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The Writing On Facebook's New Walls

What does the center of today's socially-driven Web look like? Pretty minimal, actually. See for yourself over at TechCrunch, which just posted nearly 30 pictures of Facebook's new campus building in the old Sun Building in San Francisco. Highlights? "A phone booth (!)," TechCrunch enthuses, along with "purple glazed windows, chalkboard paint, a tons of Unistrut benches and the re-incorporation of the Sun's logo-etched glass doors for its conference rooms."

According to TechCrunch, the picture come courtesy of Facebook Product architect Aaron Sittig, who has documented the move and the elaborate decorative elements involved in a Facebook album called "Building 10 at Night." Particularly for such a "social" institution, it's eerie to observe Facebook's new digs without any trace of people. It's also worth noting that while Facebook could have big, collaborative decorating plans in store for the new campus, the new interiors presently demonstrates the youthful exuberance for which the last campus was known. Company devotees will ask, "Where's the graffiti?!" -- and perhaps conclude that Facebook's innocence is officially lost.

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