Gates Foundation Breaks Ground On New Headquarters
Across from Space Needle
The Associated Press
July 22, 2008, 9:02 AM PDT
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is breaking
ground on its new headquarters across the street from the Space
Needle.
The world's largest charitable foundation hopes to occupy its
new Seattle headquarters in late 2010.
The campus will be big enough to house 1,200 employees. It will
have an interactive museum that tells of the foundation's work.
Officials say the two intersecting, V-shaped buidings with a
private, landscaped courtyard symbolize the organization's
connection to Seattle and its efforts to reach out to the people
around the world.
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