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===Building Complex Location (code) information, past and present=== * Chester (CH) β North Road, [[Chester Township, New Jersey]] (began 1930, outdoor test site for small size telephone pole preservation, timber-related equipment, cable laying mechanism for the first undersea voice cable, research for loop transmission, Lucent Technologies donated land for park)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historicchesternj.com/images/2015_Spring_CHS_Newsletter_compress_corr_add.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.historicchesternj.com/images/2015_Spring_CHS_Newsletter_compress_corr_add.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Chester Historical Society News & Views |date=2015 |website=Historicchesternj.com |access-date=July 26, 2022}}</ref> * Crawford Hill (HOH) β Crawfords Corner Road, [[Crawford Hill|Holmdel]], NJ (built 1930s, currently as exhibit and building sold, [[Holmdel Horn Antenna|horn antenna]] used for "Big Bang" theory) * Red Hill (HR) β located at exit 114 on the Garden State Parkway (480 Red Hill Rd, Middletown, NJ), the building that formerly housed hundreds of Bell Labs researchers is now in use by [[Memorial Sloan Kettering]] * Holmdel (HO) β 101 Crawfords Corner, [[Bell Labs Holmdel Complex|Holmdel]], NJ (built 1959β1962, older structures in the 1920s, currently as private building called Bell Works, discovered extraterrestrial radio emissions, undersea cable research, satellite transmissions systems Telstar 3 and 4); provided office space for ~8000 workers in the 1980s (reaching a peak of ~9000 in 1982); prized glass building with hollow interior designed by [[Eero Saarinen]]; a 3-legged white water tower built to resemble a [[transistor]] marks the long entrance drive to this facility. * Indian Hill (IH) β 2000 Naperville Road, Naperville, IL (built 1966, currently Nokia, developed switching technology and systems)<ref name="auto">{{cite web |author=Noll, A. Michael |title=Memories : A Personal History of Bell Telephone Laboratories |url=https://quello.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Memories-Noll.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150811232343/http://quello.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Memories-Noll.pdf |archive-date=2015-08-11 |url-status=live |website=Quello.msu.edu |access-date=July 26, 2022}}</ref> * Indian Hill New (IHN) β 1960 Lucent Lane, Naperville, IL (built in 2000 by Lucent Technologies for growth of the Indian Hill Bell Labs complex.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lucent Naperville |url=https://www.krjda.com/projects/lucent-naperville |website=www.krjda.com |access-date=27 November 2023}}</ref> The steel and glass designed, {{Convert|613620|sqft|adj=on}} building with 900 parking places, was sold by Nokia for $4.8 million in April 2023. The buyer, Franklin Partners, purchased the {{Convert|41|acre|adj=on}} site for warehousing but decisions were made to demolish the building for future approved planning. The pedestrian bridge to Indian Hill building was demolished as a separated company.<ref>{{cite web |title=Franklin begins razing of Naperville office complex |url=https://therealdeal.com/chicago/2023/08/28/franklin-begins-razing-of-naperville-office-complex/ |website=therealdeal.com |date=August 28, 2023 |access-date=27 November 2023}}</ref> The conference room<ref>{{cite web |title=The best "Elevator Pitch" of the World? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrIfes1L7NI |website=www.youtube.com | date=10 December 2017 |publisher=Youtube |access-date=27 November 2023}}</ref> and lobby scenes of the building<ref>{{cite web |title=The Dilemma (2011) β Serious Lady Wood Scene (1/10) Movieclips |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aK7LsC0G-4 |website=www.youtube.com | date=4 June 2018 |publisher=MovieClips |access-date=27 November 2023}}</ref> were filmed in July 2010, during Alcatel-Lucent ownership, for the Ron Howard film, ''[[The Dilemma]]''.)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ron Howard movie filming in Naperville |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20100715/news/307159642/ |work=Daily Herald |date=July 14, 2010 |access-date=27 November 2023}}</ref> * Indian Hill Park (IHP) β 200 Park Pl, Naperville, IL (Leased facility until Lucent Technologies consolidation to Indian Hill location.)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wonderly |first1=Gregg |title=What Good is a Tree When All You Have is a Computer? |url=https://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=4350 |website=www.artima.com |publisher=Gregg Wonderly |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref> * Indian Hill South (IX) β Naperville, IL (Leased facility until Lucent Technologies consolidation to Indian Hill location.)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldston |first1=Ed |title=Property Manager |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/henry-ed-goldston |website=www.linkedin.com |publisher=Ed Goldston |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref> * Indian Hill West (IW) β Naperville, IL (Leased facility until Lucent Technologies consolidation to Indian Hill location.)<ref>{{cite web |title=Haywood v. Lucent Technologies Inc. |url=https://casetext.com/case/haywood-v-lucent-technologies-inc-1 |website=casetext.com |publisher=Casetext Inc. |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref> * Murray Hill (MH) β 600 Mountain Ave, Murray Hill, NJ (built 1941β1945, currently Nokia, developed transistor, UNIX operating system and C programming language, [[anechoic chamber]], several building sections demolished) [[File:AT&T Bell Laboratories Whippany New Jersey entrance sign in 1994.jpg|thumb|Whippany Bell Labs was an AT&T location from the mid-1920s until 1996. Lucent Technologies from 1996 to 2006 and Alcatel-Lucent from 2006 to 2009 (closure). The buildings were sold and demolished in 2010, except for two buildings repurposed for Bayer Healthcare.]] * Network Software Center (NSC and/or NW) β 2500-2600 Warrenville Rd, Lisle, IL (Built in mid 1970s. Owned property under AT&T Bell Labs, then Lucent Technologies constructed an additional building in 2000s. During Alcatel-Lucent consolidation to Indian Hill location, the buildings were placed for sale and sold to [[Navistar]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Navistar proposes moving headquarters to Lisle |url=https://www.villageoflisle.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/170 |website=www.villageoflisle.org |publisher=Lisle Village Newsletter |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref>) * Short Hills (HL) β 101β103 JFK Parkway, Short Hills, NJ (Various departments such as Accounts Payable, IT Purchasing, HR Personnel, Payroll, Telecom, and the Government group, and Unix Administration Systems Computer Center. Buildings exist without the overhead walkway between the two buildings and two different companies are located from banking and business analytics.) * Summit (SF) β 190 River Road, Summit, NJ (building was part of the UNIX Software Operations and became UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. In December 1991, USL combined with Novell. Location is a banking company.) * West St ( ) β 463 West Street, New York, NY (built 1898, 1925 until December 1966 as Bell Labs headquarters, experimental talking movies, wave nature of matter, radar) * Whippany (WH) β 67 Whippany Road, Whippany, NJ (built 1920s, demolished and portion building as Bayer, performed military research and development, research and development in radar, in guidance for the [[Project Nike|Nike missile]], and in underwater sound, [[Telstar 1]], wireless technologies)<ref name="auto" />
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