Mystery and intrigue surround a towering New York City building that houses Russian diplomats with its tall steel fencing — and cameras, too.
Mystery and intrigue have always surrounded the Russian Diplomatic Compound in New York. Tall steel fencing and cameras, too.
The building has long been an enigma. It was built in 1974 using a unique top-down construction method that involved hoisting up prefabricated floors onto a frame. Floor 20 hovered high over the ground before the first floor was slid into place. Locals have long theorized this method was used to prevent American intelligence agencies from getting a foothold inside.
"I don't know if it's true or just some urban legend, but the story is that it was built there because it's one of the highest points in the Bronx in terms of elevation and, you know, that it's to spy from in terms of electronic monitoring and stuff like that," Dinowitz said."I don't know, but I think a lot of people believe that's the case.
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