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Bell Labs Holmdel Complex (2019)

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Re: Bell Labs Holmdel Complex (2019)

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Post by bediger4000 »

Bell System buildings are the weirdest. There's art deco stuff like the St Paul MN central office, or the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph building in downtown Denver, which is worth venturing into the lobby to see murals like "The Wings of Thought" and "The Crucible of Science" to industrial hulks like the Minneapolis main central office. There's a data center at 52nd and Zuni in Denver that's really 1960s.

Then there's buildings so bland you can walk or drive by and you won't remember them, like the building at the corner of 15th and Curtis in Denver. Architectural blind spot.

Re: Bell Labs Holmdel Complex (2019)

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Post by gttalbot »

Yeah I worked in here for Lucent before the OG dotcom crash. It's a pretty neat building. When you went in back in those days, there was a big communication satellite suspended over the entry lounge, with various things like telephones, transistors, etc., which were productionized here. IIUC there are antennas on the property used to discover the Big Bang too. There's also a big water tower in the shape of a transistor over a reflecting pool. It was a rough time watching this building emptied out into dumpsters during Lucent's auguring-in.
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