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Fig. 22— Combined equipment and office building, New Yori< City, containing 

 headquarters of the New York Telephone Company, 31 stories, 66,000 square meters 

 of floor space. Lower 9 floors arranged for toll tandem equipment and for dial 

 equipment with an ultimate capacity of 100,000 telephones. Upper 22 floors 

 arranged for offices with a capacity of about 5,000 people. 



