The Institute for Extraspatial Studies was a Manhattan-based facility owned by Adrian Veidt located at the intersection of 40th Street and 7th Avenue. It was believed to be a research laboratory in search of extra-dimensional energy sources, but in reality, it secretly served an essential role in Veidt's plans to save humanity from nuclear annihilation, as a justification for why the "alien" squid monster teleported to New York City.
History[]
The institute was located on the southeast corner of 40th and 7th in Herald Square across from the Utopia cinema and Promethean Cab Co. in midtown Manhattan. Its chief physicist was Ed Corey, and was funded by Dimensional Developments.[1] The Institute had been working onteleportation windows that would open portals to other dimensions to extract energy resources. Both the Institute and Dimensional Developments were owned by Veidt Enterprises.[2]
On November 2nd, 1985, a giant alien monster materialized from inside the building,[3] destroying it utterly, and killing everyone inside.[4] Since the institute was working on portals to other dimensions, Adrian Veidt had the world believe that the lab was considered inadvertently responsible for bringing the trans-dimensional alien to Earth.
After the 11/2 Psychic Shockwave, the building was demolished and framed by Pyramid Construction.
DC Timeline[]
Construction for the Institute for Extraspatial Studies was completed in November 1981. During the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Adrian Veidt invited the world's greatest scientists to help him solve the universe's greatest mysteries.[5]
Trivia[]
- The Institute for Extraspatial Studies was located at the intersection of 40th Street and 7th Avenue. The intersection is home to the Gunga Diner (later Burgers 'N' Borscht), Utopia (later New Utopia), Bernard's Newsstand, and the offices of Promethean.
- In the HBO series, the facility is referred to as the Institute for Transdimensional Studies.