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Addison Avenue: Restored Shed Interior
In addition to the attention given to the exterior, the interior of Bill Hewlett’s shed was also restored and decorated to show his spartan accommodations in the late 1930s.
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Addison Avenue: Staying Original
Throughout the restoration of all three buildings on the Addison Avenue property, craftsmen painstakingly saved as much original material as they could. Rafters with moderate damage were repaired and ...
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Addison Avenue: Stronger with Steel
The garage was given a steel substructure to make it earthquake resistant. It was then rebuilt using its original boards and reclaimed wood from an old barn nearby.
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Addison Avenue: The Foundation
After jacks lifted the main house off the ground at Addison Avenue, restorers installed cribbing and cross-beaming for additional support while work was done on a new footing and foundation. The parti ...
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Addison Avenue: The Wear and Tear
Time and termites took their toll on the Addison Avenue site where Hewlett-Packard began — Bill Hewlett’s shed most of all. Bill lived in this structure when he moved to the property and he referred t ...
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Addison Avenue: What’s Old is New
Wood reclaimed from the house was used to replace boards too damaged to reuse on Bill Hewlett’s shed.
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An Award-Winning Initiative
In 2000, Hewlett-Packard was named a winner of the Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership. Created by then U.S. President Bill Clinton, it was the only presidential award honoring companies for outs ...
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An Interest in the iPod
In 2004, Apple wanted to expand the market share of its hugely successful iPod line to non-Mac PC users. The company had expanded its iTunes program to Hewlett-Packard PCs in late 2003, and in 2004 Ap ...
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BH5700 Blade Server: Meeting the Standard
As mobile technology revolutionized communications, Hewlett-Packard developed new solutions to help companies thrive in the new environment. The bh5700 blade server, released in 2006, was one of the f ...
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Black Leadership at HP
By the 21st century, Black leaders were influencing HP from the top down. Robert E. “Bob” Knowling joined HP’s board at a critical juncture in 2000 to help the company revamp its operations. A tech an ...