polpo,
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On the way down to #VCFEast from the airport I stopped at the old Bell Labs building designed by Eero Saarinen. It’s been repurposed as a work/play/shop space and it’s really nice. It’s great that this amazing space is open to the public. As a design/architecture nerd and fan of the show Severance which is filmed here, I’m totally geeking out.

The reception area of the building, which is in a section sunk down into the floor a few feet. It’s lined by padded couches upholstered in green leather atop granite.
Glass tubular elevators inside the building. All the metalwork is painted black. A fountain is below.

polpo,
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Speaking of Saarinen… I had to stop at the TWA Hotel because I’m flying JetBlue out of JFK. This building surprises you at every turn. It changes shape constantly as you move through it.

mountdiscovery,
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@polpo is this the one @jeffjarvis proposed to be a museum for the internet?

https://twit.social/@mountdiscovery/111781948779719848

jeffjarvis,
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@mountdiscovery @polpo
No, the earlier Bell Labs in Murray Hill, soon to be vacant.

paulrickards,
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@polpo Awesome! I stopped in on Friday to check it out too. It’s an incredible space.

cenbe,
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@polpo We have one of Saarinen's buildings in #Milwaukee:

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