This Bell Labs Campus Was The Googleplex Of Its Day, And Now It's Dead

The New Jersey facility was designed by a famed Finnish architect and housed great discoveries of the 20th century, but it's been empty for seven years. What's next?

Bell Laboratories wasn't just a single building. Rather, it was nationwide constellation of labs responsible for global marvels of scientific discovery and seven Nobel prizes. The mantle began to disintegrate with the closing of the famous Manhattan office, but now Bell Laboratories' Holmdel facility in suburban New Jersey has closed--and the community is left to wonder what to do with the cavernous monolith where wonders once sparked into life.

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