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The HP 1501 Page Mill building is where Facebook went from nine small offices in downtown PA to their first actual campus. The neighbors were furious because of all the traffic they were about to get so the city implemented their two hour parking restrictions nearby. After FB moved to Menlo Park (one of Sun’s old campuses), the 1501 building was demolished and turned into housing.

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I don't think that's quite right -- I think you're thinking of 1601 S. California Ave. Faceboook had there and 1050 Page Mill, but not 1501 Page Mill afaik -- that was HP/HPE until recently and is still an office building, now leased by Tesla.

After Facebook moved out of 1601 California Ave. in 2011, it was leased to Theranos. Then it (and some of the buildings on adjacent parcels) got knocked down to turn it into a Stanford faculty housing development that opened in 2017-2019 (University Terrace). I think that's the only housing in the Stanford Research Park.

And actually the first Facebook building was a block away above the Chinese restaurant with the woman with six fingers. There was a documentary on Sky about Zuck that shows footage from it. The 156 office was the second office.

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