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The original Microsoft building is in Albuquerque. Maybe this is the first one in Washington? https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/historic-microsoft-plaque-alb
by dreamcompiler 1y ago
The original Microsoft building is in Albuquerque. Maybe this is the first one in Washington?
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/historic-microsoft-plaque-albuquerque https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/historic-microsoft-plaqu...
- mynameisash 1y agoThe title is referring to the fact that the building shown is the original Building 3. It has since been demolished, and now there's a new Building 3.
- canucker2016 1y agoAnd there's finally a Building 7, which I guess could be a way to determine when an ex-ms employee worked at the main campus. see https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20080401-00/?p=22913 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20080401-00/?p=22... and https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250401-00/?p=111033 https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250401-00/?p=11...
- mattgrice 1y agoNo it is not, an earlier WA building (not necessarily the earliest) was across from the Burgermaster on SR520/Northup Way. I think they meant it's the original MS building 3. As far as I know there is no 'new' building 3.
- jamiem 1y agoThere's a new building 3 as part of the East campus redevelopment https://maps.app.goo.gl/o4fLxGArs6GAhxgE9 https://maps.app.goo.gl/o4fLxGArs6GAhxgE9
- Wistar 1y agoThe first in WA was directly adjacent to the Burgermaster on Northup. The next set of buildings was nearly directly across 520 to the south.