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		larrydag on Jan 16, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Eero Saarinen's Bell Labs, Now Devoid of Life Was this a direct result of the Alcatel and Lucent merger or did this start long before?

andyjohnson0 on Jan 16, 2014 [–]

The merger happened in 2006, the same year that the building closed and was sold. Wikipedia says [1] that the closure was a result of post-merger R&D restructuring.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Labs_Holmdel_Complex#Post_...

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