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Re: Bell Labs Holmdel Is Now Mainly a Food Court

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Post by walrus01 » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 12:41 AM UTC

It's not mainly a food court, it's owned by a fairly typical commercial real estate investment group, and is divided into rentable office space.

https://bell.works/new-jersey/work/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs_Holmdel_Complex

aerial view: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bell_Labs_Holmdel.jp...

Re: Bell Labs Holmdel Is Now Mainly a Food Court

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Post by ggm » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 12:42 AM UTC

A Xerox Parc alumni told me the physical structure had massive influence on the dynamics of social interaction. it is not impossible Bell Labs, and MIT's Building 29 are examples of this too. I've never been to any of them. I know the common room of many university CS departments is where you get the low-down on whats really going on. Coffee helps.

Re: Bell Labs Holmdel Is Now Mainly a Food Court

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Post by saalweachter » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 12:48 AM UTC

riffic wrote: post #9

cbradford wrote: post #3

The phrases "innovation", "tech hub" and "New Jersey"... I don't think so

Do you not realize what the significance of Bell Labs is? edit: This site is an Eero Saarinen design as well, TIL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs_Holmdel_Complex

To a certain extent, both Silicon Valley and Hollywood owe their existence to being inconveniently far from New Jersey, a different circuit court, and thus more easily able to ignore the patents of the tech giants in New Jersey.

Re: Bell Labs Holmdel Is Now Mainly a Food Court

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Post by HarryHirsch » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 12:51 AM UTC

ardy42 wrote: post #10

cbradford wrote: post #3

The phrases "innovation", "tech hub" and "New Jersey"... I don't think so

> The phrases "innovation", "tech hub" and "New Jersey"... I don't think so Don't be so parochial. Who knows what the places you consider to be "tech hubs" now will be in 50 years. I recently learned that Minnesota of all places used to be a "tech hub" during the mainframe era.

And Norwich, NY was once place to a thriving, innovative pharmaceutical company.

Re: Bell Labs Holmdel Is Now Mainly a Food Court

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Post by fennecfoxen » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 12:53 AM UTC

coliveira wrote: post #5

cbradford wrote: post #3

The phrases "innovation", "tech hub" and "New Jersey"... I don't think so

New Jersey still is a tech hub, but for pharmaceutical technology.

Can confirm, worked with a silly-expensive consultancy for a company with a little process-deviation-reporting-workflow-management tool (with BPMN workflow modeling, because they needed to make my life interesting); it was in New Jersey because allllll their customers were in the area.

Re: Bell Labs Holmdel Is Now Mainly a Food Court

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 12:57 AM UTC

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Re: Bell Labs Holmdel Is Now Mainly a Food Court

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Post by aj7 » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 4:51 AM UTC

riffic wrote: post #9

cbradford wrote: post #3

The phrases "innovation", "tech hub" and "New Jersey"... I don't think so

Do you not realize what the significance of Bell Labs is? edit: This site is an Eero Saarinen design as well, TIL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs_Holmdel_Complex

Of course! That's why I posted it! This was the most prestigious laboratory in the world.

Re: Bell Labs Holmdel Is Now Mainly a Food Court

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Post by aj7 » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 4:51 AM UTC

walrus01 wrote: post #11

It's not mainly a food court, it's owned by a fairly typical commercial real estate investment group, and is divided into rentable office space. https://bell.works/new-jersey/work/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs_Holmdel_Complex aerial view: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bell_Labs_Holmdel.jp...

You're reading the ads. I said mostly.

Re: Bell Labs Holmdel Is Now Mainly a Food Court

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Post by acdha » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 2:08 PM UTC

riffic wrote: post #9

cbradford wrote: post #3

The phrases "innovation", "tech hub" and "New Jersey"... I don't think so

Do you not realize what the significance of Bell Labs is? edit: This site is an Eero Saarinen design as well, TIL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs_Holmdel_Complex

Not to mention why Raritan Township, NJ was renamed to Edison. I’m not sure sure you could make the case that anything Silicon Valley has produced has had more impact on daily life than what came out of Menlo Park a century ago.