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AT&T Long Lines "Oak Hill" Tower, San Jose, CA, 2021.

All the pixels, none of the microwave energy, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/51261791084/

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[–] mattblaze@federate.social 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

With a few exceptions (mostly towers atop downtown switching offices in populated areas), no one was trying to make any of this utilitarian communications infrastructure beautiful. It was form strictly following function, built to be reliable and rugged.

But there was, I think, quite a bit of beauty to find in it. I wonder if we'll look at our current neighborhood cellular towers, now often regarded as a visual blight, the same way decades after they're (inevitably) also gone.

[–] wendyg@mastodon.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

@mattblaze@federate.social Depends who's photographing them and how.

[–] PeterLudemann@mathstodon.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

@mattblaze@federate.social The switching offices were designed to blend with the urban landscape. E.g. (one that I've been in, even though it's Bell Canada and not AT&T): https://maps.app.goo.gl/Skb1YiARSSZK15hz8
(I've also seen one in downtown Palo Alto but can't remember the exact location).