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A few years ago, one of my buddies got a research scientist job at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center at Yorktown Heights and I got a friend&family pass visiting
by devy 7y ago
A few years ago, one of my buddies got a research scientist job at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center at Yorktown Heights and I got a friend&family pass visiting their building there - inside it's amazing, considering this was built in 1950s. I remember there was a long hallway with invention exhibits, some of the most iconic inventions in computer hardware, ICs, CPUs were on display. Pretty amazing.
The arc-shape building reminded me Apple Park in Cupertino, except TJ Watson center was built decades earlier.
- acomjean 7y agoI did enjoy the building. Rather a lot of interesting stuff was thought up there and it was humbling. I like that the hallway was on the outside and hallways radiated out (and everyone had offices with frosted glass). It was a pain running pipes though as standard bend didn't quite work for that radius. https://picryl.com/media/ibm-thomas-j-watson-research-center-yorktown-heights-new-york-1956-61-interior-8d33a4?zoom=true https://picryl.com/media/ibm-thomas-j-watson-research-center... https://picryl.com/media/ibm-thomas-j-watson-research-center-yorktown-heights-new-york-1956-61-exterior-1 https://picryl.com/media/ibm-thomas-j-watson-research-center... The library was a trip too. It was like what they thought the future of furniture was in the the 1960s. It was all in excellent shape.
- devy 7y agoYep, that was exactly the hallway I was talking about!