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Google takes Manhattan
Google has long kept a small outpost in New York City. But now the ever-growing upstart has seized a much bigger chunk of Manhattan real estate: 300,000 square feet, occupying three block-long floors of a skyscraper at 111 8th Avenue, according to InformationWeek. The new office makes room for 500 New York-based Googlers, up from a mere 80 last spring.

eWeek's photo slideshow reveals a typically Googley setup: Air-hockey games, copious amounts of free food, and bright colors everywhere. You'd think you were in Mountain View. But Craig Nevill-Manning, Google's New York-based director of engineering, tells Clickz that the East Coast outpost, Google's second-largest engineering center, is essential for recruiting Big Apple loyalists. As Clickz, an Internet-advertising news website, puts it, "Having a presence in New York is key to the company's East Coast recruiting efforts, as many developers who live or attend college in the tri-state area simply won't relocate to California."
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