BLOG 17 (New York Times Tour)

BLOG 17 (New York Times Tour)

All I can say is WOW! After the blog we did a few weeks ago about newspaper not doing so well because of the evolving digital newspapers, I may have been wrong in my blog. If they can afford a tower building like this in New York, they must be doing ok. 

The most interesting design of the building, in my opinion, was the metal frames on all for sides of the building. The video explains that the metal frames were designed for light enhancement inside the building. Personally, I think it ruins the look of the building. 

But, thats not why I think that feature is interesting. Its interesting to me because I believe that that frame actually serves another purpose. Many government buildings and embassy also use similar features on the outside as a way to block signals that may be coming into the building. This keeps people from listening in on the building and assists in retaining sensitive information. This is just a guess by the way and it probably seems like some conspiracy theory. But, thats what it looks like to me :)

I’m probably way off on my guess but, that is definitely the most intriguing part of the tour video to me.

The rest of the building (catfeteria, lobby, newsroom) look very nice! I definitely wouldn’t be too upset if I had to work there.

As for the tour, I think its great! The tour gives you a good feel of what the building is like and shows you all of the main parts of the building. The tour is incredibly educational and was very pleasing to go through. I think that more companies should start doing virtual tours like this.

Here is a video of the building