# The story of two urban giants

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2014-10-18

architect-this-city, architecture, att, atc, athiscity, design, new-york, skyscrapers, technology, telecommunications, towers, uncategorized, urban-giants, western-union

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This morning I stumbled upon an interesting documentary (via [The Urbanophile](http://www.urbanophile.com/2014/10/15/video-roundup/)) about two New York skyscrapers that were built in the 1930s as telecommunications buildings: the Western Union Building and the AT&T Long Lines Building. It’s fascinating to see how they have evolved along with technological change. [Click here](https://vimeo.com/97945495) if you can’t see the video below. It’s only 8 minutes long.

[//player.vimeo.com/video/97945495](//player.vimeo.com/video/97945495)

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/the-story-of-two-urban-giants)*