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Article #5865Re: DEC Maynard HQ == Jefferson Inst???
From: David Pikcilingis
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 1994 04:16
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 1994 04:16
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In article <39dkte$laj@jac.zko.dec.com>,
Steve Lionel <lionel@quark.enet.dec.com> wrote:
+
+ In article <39bjag$ru0@spitfire.navo.navy.mil>, booda@lynx.navo.navy.mil
<snip>
+ |>Cape Cod for the weekend. I got on the Boston Outer Loop at Maynard, and
Route 2 from Greenfield to 128 (I95) in Waltham
+ |>nearly drove off the road when I looked to my left and saw...the Jefferson
<snip>
+ the response that the building in the movie was a Xerox facility somewhere
+ off of Mass. Rt. 128. A Digital employee who worked there when the movie was
+ made said that the building was used for many exterior and interior shots.
+
+ There is a Digital connection, though - shortly after the movie was made, we
+ did lease space in that building for a year or so for our order processing
+ department.
+
+ I'm a bit puzzled at your reference to the "Boston Outer Loop at Maynard".
+ The two "loop" roads around Boston are Rt. 128 (now called I95 for most of
+ its length), which is about 11 miles outside of Boston, and I495 which is
+ about 30 miles out. Maynard isn't on either of these routes - there's
+ a Maynard exit on I495 but the town itself is several miles to the east.
+
+ If you were driving to Cape Cod from Greenfield, you would be extremely
+ unlikely to drive through Maynard (unless you loved driving on back roads
+ for no good reason). The Coma building doesn't overlook 128 (at least its
The back of the old XEROX building with the odd windows could be seen clearly
from route 128. It can still be seen but there are some trees that have
blocked some of the view.
+ front doesn't), so I don't think you would have seen it there.
+ --
+
+ Steve Lionel Mail: lionel@quark.enet.dec.com
+ DEC Fortran Development WWW: http://www.digital.com/info/slionel.html
+ Digital Equipment Corporation
+ 110 Spit Brook Road, ZKO2-3/N30
+ Nashua, NH 03062-2698 "Free advice is worth every cent"
+
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