32 Avenue of the Americas

32 Avenue of the Americas, also known as the AT&T Long Distance Building, or simply the AT&T Building, is a 27-story landmarked Art Deco skyscraper located in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City. The building reaches a height of 549 feet (167.3 m) up to its twin spires, and was completed in 1932. It is located by the intersections of Walker Street, Lispenard Street, Church Street and the Avenue of the Americas.The structure is currently the 369th tallest building in New York City The tower was designed by the architectural firm of Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker, and contains 1150000sqft of office space. It is managed by the privately held Rudin Management Company.HistoryOccupied by AT&T, the building was originally known as the AT&T Long Lines Headquarters and was located at 24 Walker Street. Major reconstruction on the building followed during the early 1930s, as the address changed to 32 Avenue of the Americas. The building housed the technical offices and equipment for the company's transatlantic communications and other functions. In 1992, when AT&T sold the former AT&T Building in Midtown Manhattan to Sony, the company moved its head offices to the Tribeca location.Between 2001–02, the tower underwent an extensive renovation by the architecture firm of Fox & Fowle, which included the installation of new mechanical and communications infrastructures. The highlight of the restoration included the placement of two 120ft communications masts which increased the height of the overall tower from 429ft to 549ft. Numerous features of the building's original design were restored, including the lobby with its expansive Art Deco murals. A quarter of the building's windows were replaced with louvers which emulated the pattern of the original sash windows.