Photo Of The Month

As we continue to work our way through our archive of photos, we run across some that are a bit out of the ordinary. They may be humorous or unique but they stand out from the other photos. We post new photos here monthly with the previous photos in the slideshow.

Our March Photo of the Month comes from the December 16, 1977 issue of TekWeek. When the Technical Center, Building 50, was opened in 1966, there was a dramatic double staircase toward the center/front of the building connecting the third and fourth floors. A skylight had been built above the stairs. Apparently in order to increase useable floorspace on the fourth level, in early 1978 a new floor was installed in the stairwell opening and the stairs were eliminated. The stairway from the third floor to the second level, visible at the lower right in the photo, was also closed off later. The remnant of that staircase directly back of the lobby was part of a CRT test area, used for several years.

We also aquired this set of architectural layout drawings for all four floors shows the floor plan for the move-in. It is quite detailed and you can zoom in to see what groups were located where. Here are some of the details:

First Floor