New York City photographer Phil Toledano shot an great series of photos of bankrupt offices, which to him are more archeology than photography.
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photo by Phil Toledano
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A little closer to home in the SF Bay Area, I worked for a large insurance corp. HQ in Marin county that had massive layoffs during the dot-bomb era. 1 out of 3 buildings was almost completely empty of people, but massive amounts of office/cube/supplies remained and there seemed to be endless work of demo and “organization” that happened very slowly over time. I had my sister meet me for lunch one day and I snuck her into the the building to take pictures, because it seemed important to capture:
http://pho.realitycrutch.com/archives/cat_office_space.html