Nothing out of the ordinary these days but still sad. My wife worked for the company back in the late 80's early 90's while I worked over at Intel. Anyway I was out taking the 93SE for an early Sunday morning drive and was surprised to see this since I was unaware they were tearing it down. At first I thought another gas main explosion occurred as one did early last summer at a nearby local business. But after I did some checking I discovered this was scheduled for demolition and will be redeveloped into an industrial space. No biggie but kinda of sad since the company was such a large technology presence here in AZ for so many years along with Motorola, Intel, Sperry, DEK and others.
In fact my first job after moving here in '78 was working at Motorola Government Electronics Division (GED) in prestigious Scottsdale as a mechanical drafter (yes that was a job back in the day). I was pretty excited when I received my first assignment working on the "The Galileo Project" for NASA but I digress...
Took these pics earlier this morning (except for the first shot showing the building prior to being demo'd). It's pretty dramatic to see in person.
In fact my first job after moving here in '78 was working at Motorola Government Electronics Division (GED) in prestigious Scottsdale as a mechanical drafter (yes that was a job back in the day). I was pretty excited when I received my first assignment working on the "The Galileo Project" for NASA but I digress...
Took these pics earlier this morning (except for the first shot showing the building prior to being demo'd). It's pretty dramatic to see in person.
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