Photos of Eero Saarinen's Abandoned Bell Labs

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This article by Samuel Medina originally appeared in Metropolis Magazine, titled "Eero Saarinen's Bell Labs, Now Devoid of Life" and features stunning photos of the abandoned leviathan by Rob Dobi.

At its peak, thousands passed through its massive, light-filled atrium. Today, Bell Labs Holmdel stands empty, all of its 1.9-million-square-feet utterly without life. An iconic example of the now-disparaged office park, the campus in central Jersey, was shuttered in 2007 and vacated soon after. Years later, it remains in an abandoned, if not unkept state. The grounds are cared for, the floors swept clean, and the interior plantings trimmed, however haphazardly. (That's saying something; in the laboratory's heyday, plastic shrubbery filled its glorious central hall.)

More about the building's future, and more photos by Rob Dobi, after the break

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Cite: Samuel Medina. "Photos of Eero Saarinen's Abandoned Bell Labs" 21 Jan 2014. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/469456/photos-of-eero-saarinen-s-abandoned-bell-labs> ISSN 0719-8884

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