1095 Avenue of the Americas
1095 Avenue of the Americas is a 630-foot-tall (190 m) skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It was constructed from 1971 to 1973 to be the headquarters of New York Telephone Company and has 41 floors. The building also served as the headquarters of NYNEX and Bell Atlantic. Kahn & Jacobs designed the tower, which is the 98th tallest building in the city. The original facade was said to be designed to resemble the relays which were commonly found inside telephones of the time.
1095 Avenue of the Americas (left) and Bank of America Tower (right) viewed from Bryant Park
Verizon New York, Inc., formerly The New York Telephone Company (NYTel), was organized in 1896, taking over the New York City operations of the American Bell Telephone Company.
Wires installed above Broadway, 1885
New York and New Jersey Telephone Company building
Typical central office at 228 East 56th Street
Second Avenue exchange building