Microsoft Corporate Headquarters
You would think that Microsoft couldn’t get any bigger. Well, get this. It can, and it will. They’ve purchased land and office space from nearby corporations Eddie Bauer, Nintendo and Safeco, adding 14 buildings in a span of 3 years, and in addition to the 29,000 parking spaces on campus, plans are also underway for an underground parking garage next to 520 to accommodate another, gulp… 5,000 cars. As if traffic around here wasn’t already dreadful enough. If you are still dying to know more about this little known corporation (admit it, you’re a tourist), you can walk through the company’s 30 year history at the Microsoft Visitor Center, check out Bill Gates’ first ever business card, and test out the newest software products and games (all you Xbox fans!). But Seattleites don’t need to visit this center. We either already know more about Microsoft than we ever needed to, already work there, or both.
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