It’s safe to say that the glory days of Corporate Drive in Hyattsville are over. The nine office buildings, in a style that might be called Late-’80s Squat, line a wide thoroughfare that’s deserted at rush hour. The building at number 8100, nestled into a small hill, appears to be sinking. Through its black-tinted windows, the accoutrements of office life are visible—pastel carpets, a maze of cubicles, a workroom kitchen where fluorescent light glints off the counters—but no one works there. The parking lot is empty.
Abandoned Office Parks Should Become the Artists’ Lofts of the 21st Century