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Originally Posted by vetteking
That rendering looks nice love when old buildings are renovated to something special
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Yes, I really hope it comes to fruition as depicted! This is one of the most exciting and transformational things to come along in Albuquerque, certainly in this particular area of town. The building has an interesting history as one of the original offices for Microsoft when it was founded here back in 1975. They occupied the structure for a couple of years back in the late 1970s, shortly after it was built. I hope this transformation will only add to that interesting history in the years ahead!
Here's Bill Gates' Microsoft business card from this period when they were headquartered in the structure.
And here's a newspaper clipping from May 18, 1975 in the Albuquerque Journal as the building was nearing completion.
This was only about a month after Microsoft was founded on April 4, 1975 and originally headquartered nearby at California Street and Linn Avenue NE.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft
The Two Park Central Tower will be 50 years old next year. I really hope this conversion will be underway by then to mark the occasion and usher in a new era for the structure as Park Central in its next fifty years and beyond!
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