Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)
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Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)
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Re: Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)
#2It is being demolished now. The company doing the demolition must be very proud of destroying things, because they make drone & time-lapsed videos of it:
https://johlerdemolition.com/portfolio-items/motorola-schaum...
Edit: I meant this in a positive tone, not a negative. I'm glad they take pride in their work.
Re: Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)
#3What an absolute waste.
Re: Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)
#4Even stranger is the abandoned Motorola complex built way out among the farmlands in Harvard, Illinois.
Motorola has fallen far! When I started a job at a big company in a Chicago suburb, they actually asked for a show of hands "who's from Motorola" and like 17/20 people raised their hands!
Re: Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)
#5It is being demolished now. The company doing the demolition must be very proud of destroying things, because they make drone & time-lapsed videos of it: https://johlerdemolition.com/portfolio-items/motorola-schaum... Edit: I meant this in a positive tone, not a negative. I'm glad they take pride in their work.
It’s their job to destroy things, why wouldn’t they be proud?
I’m proud too when I refactor bad code.
Re: Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)
#6I grew up in a neighboring suburb to Schaumburg, and in junior high or high school in the late 80's early 90's I remember taking a field trip to the Motorola campus (as well as McDonald's Hamburger University!). Mostly I remember a showroom museum of sorts, where much of the early tech, military field radios I remember mostly, was on display.
At the time I was underwhelmed, I think in part because I knew Motorola as a failing microprocessor company, but I was sad I didn't see what appeared to be that museum space in any of the pictures in the linked gallery.
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#7What an absolute waste.
The Zurich building on the campus is pleasant on the eyes even thought they are a not so good employer, and they have a Top Golf now (some /s intended).
Re: Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)
#8I grew up in a neighboring suburb to Schaumburg, and in junior high or high school in the late 80's early 90's I remember taking a field trip to the Motorola campus (as well as McDonald's Hamburger University!). Mostly I remember a showroom museum of sorts, where much of the early tech, military field radios I remember mostly, was on display. At the time I was underwhelmed, I think in part because I knew Motorola as…
There are several drone videos on YouTube/Vimeo of that building, the Galvin Center, being demolished. Top Golf is there now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1aEJFTUmkg
I find it fascinating how all the metal bits are carefully separated and stacked (using big hydraulic claws) for recycling.
Re: Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)
#9It is being demolished now. The company doing the demolition must be very proud of destroying things, because they make drone & time-lapsed videos of it: https://johlerdemolition.com/portfolio-items/motorola-schaum... Edit: I meant this in a positive tone, not a negative. I'm glad they take pride in their work.
It’s their job to destroy things, why wouldn’t they be proud? I’m proud too when I refactor bad code.
Deleted 5000 lines of code from a project yesterday! And I am feeling very good about it :)
Re: Abandoned Motorola Headquarters (2020)
#10Fascinating. Motorola has been part of some very significant things in history (not just because I'm multi-Amiga owner).
From my outsider view, it seems the companies who really invest in R&D make the best things happen. Unfortunately the best doesn't always mean the most long term successful (depends on many many more factors than just the quality of the product).
I would love to see a world where it was fashionable for companies to proudly devote 20+% to R&D. It seems instead like R&D is 2% at best, and marketing (or legal... patents) is 18%.