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ATandT Switching Center

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Completed
  
1961

Roof
  
79 m (259 ft)

Floors
  
17

Owner
  
AT&T

Antenna spire
  
136.55 m (448.0 ft)

Height
  
137 m

Opened
  
1961

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Alternative names
  
AT&T Switching Center PacBell Tower Pacific Telephone Tower SBC Building SBC Communications Switching Station

Type
  
Commercial offices Switching station

Location
  
420 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, California

Architects
  
John Parkinson, Frank Donald D. Parkinson

Similar
  
TCW Tower, Equitable Life Building, Ernst & Young Plaza, 611 Place, Citigroup Center

The AT&T Madison Complex Tandem Office is a 17-story, 79 m (259 ft) skyscraper in Los Angeles, California, completed in 1961. With its microwave tower, used through 1993, bringing the overall height to 137 m (449 ft), it is the 29th tallest building in Los Angeles. The building serves 1.3 million phone lines in area code 213, and other Los Angeles area codes, for foreign long distance calling.

Map of AT%26T Switching Center, 434 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90014, USA

References

AT&T Switching Center Wikipedia