By the end of this month, the staff of @virginianpilot will be moving out of our historic downtown Norfolk headquarters.

Since 1937, generations of Pilot journalists have created the “daily miracle” from 150 Brambleton.

Here’s a thread celebrating this iconic building.
We haven’t worked in our offices for some time because of the coronavirus pandemic. I won’t get the chance to be in the building too many more times.

I imagine we would have had a going away event. That’s not really possible right now.
We haven’t worked in our offices for some time because of the coronavirus pandemic. I won’t get the chance to be in the building too many more times. I imagine we would have had a going away event. That’s not really possible right now.
We haven’t worked in our offices for some time because of the coronavirus pandemic. I won’t get the chance to be in the building too many more times. I imagine we would have had a going away event. That’s not really possible right now.
The Pilot’s history dates to the end of the Civil War. The newspaper has won 3 Pulitzer Prizes. They decorate the walls.
The Pilot’s history dates to the end of the Civil War. The newspaper has won 3 Pulitzer Prizes. They decorate the walls.
The Pilot’s history dates to the end of the Civil War. The newspaper has won 3 Pulitzer Prizes. They decorate the walls.
The Pilot’s history dates to the end of the Civil War. The newspaper has won 3 Pulitzer Prizes. They decorate the walls.
Frank Batten is revered at The Pilot as a former publisher who founded @weatherchannel and created a media empire in Norfolk.
Frank Batten is revered at The Pilot as a former publisher who founded @weatherchannel and created a media empire in Norfolk.
Frank Batten is revered at The Pilot as a former publisher who founded @weatherchannel and created a media empire in Norfolk.
This is our 2nd floor newsroom. It’s been redesigned many times since the 30s. Norfolk’s afternoon paper once shared this space.
This is our 2nd floor newsroom. It’s been redesigned many times since the 30s. Norfolk’s afternoon paper once shared this space.
This is our 2nd floor newsroom. It’s been redesigned many times since the 30s. Norfolk’s afternoon paper once shared this space.
This is our 2nd floor newsroom. It’s been redesigned many times since the 30s. Norfolk’s afternoon paper once shared this space.
This is our 2nd floor newsroom. It’s been redesigned many times since the 30s. Norfolk’s afternoon paper once shared this space.
More photos from the newsroom
More photos from the newsroom
More photos from the newsroom
More photos from the newsroom
More photos from the newsroom
More photos from the newsroom
More photos from the newsroom
More photos from the newsroom
More photos from the newsroom
One of the spots I love most at The Pilot is our morgue — the archives. It was created in the late 1930s and modeled after the archives at the @baltimoresun.

It’s away from the newsroom. Very quiet. And there’s a slight musty smell.

It’s not as its best - packed up to move.
Now-empty racks of card shelves in the library.

This space originally was used for locker rooms for pressman, per @JakonHays.
Only 4 U.S. newspapers have been named the “world’s best designed” by @SND since 2000. The Virginian-Pilot was one of them and we’ve been very proud of our world-class designers and that legacy.

The walls are decorated with brilliant art.
Only 4 U.S. newspapers have been named the “world’s best designed” by @SND since 2000. The Virginian-Pilot was one of them and we’ve been very proud of our world-class designers and that legacy. The walls are decorated with brilliant art.
Only 4 U.S. newspapers have been named the “world’s best designed” by @SND since 2000. The Virginian-Pilot was one of them and we’ve been very proud of our world-class designers and that legacy. The walls are decorated with brilliant art.
Only 4 U.S. newspapers have been named the “world’s best designed” by @SND since 2000. The Virginian-Pilot was one of them and we’ve been very proud of our world-class designers and that legacy. The walls are decorated with brilliant art.
Only 4 U.S. newspapers have been named the “world’s best designed” by @SND since 2000. The Virginian-Pilot was one of them and we’ve been very proud of our world-class designers and that legacy. The walls are decorated with brilliant art.
This is a time capsule from 1990. @JakonHays pulled it out of a wall on the first floor. It's due to be opened in 2065.
One of the best things about The Pilot is just how damn weird it is.
One of the best things about The Pilot is just how damn weird it is.
One of the best things about The Pilot is just how damn weird it is.
One of the best things about The Pilot is just how damn weird it is.
One of the best things about The Pilot is just how damn weird it is.
¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
That’s it. There are so many other places in this building that are odd or strange or cool.

I’ll miss you, you old leaky building.

I hope Pilot alumni will share their memories of Brambleton.
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