Google maps shows the building with a hazardous materials warning sign. Pic is blurry for me, but it shows red flammable 4 on the top of the warning diamond.
The building also appears to be occupied by some kind of ISP called vUnity, that just so happens to employ at least a couple eastern europeans (1 Ukrainian).
The BellSouth building is very large, old looking, and nearly void of any detail, and also, blacked out windows.
I don't know what to make of this place, but I can recognize sleazy looking shit when I see it, and that place radiates sleaze.
Also worth noting, the local newspaper "The Tennessean" published a full page ad paid for by some spin-off group loosely associated with the Seventh Day Adventist group back in June.
The group claimed that Nashville was going to be hit by a nuclear strike from islamic terrorists in July. That didn't happen, but 6 months later this happens. Fishy.
If it's an old AT&T building, then the way it's built is in tradition with the AT&T style. They tended to build large, multi-story COs with no windows (or minimal windows.) Easier to keep them climate conditioned inside, and it keeps prying eyes off the merchandise while giving the maximum amount of floor and wall space for equipment. Ma was very secretive about her goods, and you know she cooperated with the government when asked to.
There are exceptions, of course, but that's the way Ma used to operate.
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