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The 15 Coolest Offices In Tech: Gawker Office Tour

Nicholas Carlson and Alyson Shontell
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go26.jpgLast year we stopped by Gawker Media's New York headquarters.

It was awesome.

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There's a rooftop for lounging, writing and barbecuing in warm weather.  There's also a lot of cool wood work and some strange cheerleader art.

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Gawker's neighborhood is actually three neighborhoods: SoHo, NoLita and the Bowery

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Gawker is way up at the top of these stairs. There's an elevator somewhere in the building, but no one ever uses it.

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When you finally make it to the top you'll be greeted by Gawker's office assistant

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Gawker has a series of phone booths. Here's sales director Michael Cascio. He used to run sales at CollegeHumor.

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There's a lounge area that looks like it's straight out of the blue pill/red pill scene in The Matrix

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No cubes for the Gawkers. They work on draftsman's tables, just like architects

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"We wanted a space that felt a bit like a library," says founder Nick Denton. "The theory was that young writers -- recently out of college -- would find the long rows of desks comfortingly familiar."

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Architect Chris Larkin's steampunk look is on purpose. "We [wanted] to buy a big old printing press for the lobby -- but didn't have enough space," says Nick.

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Nick works on a common table too. Here's his "corner office"

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Gawker's roof deck is home to many summertime parties for advertisers

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It's also good for working outside on nice days

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The requisite glassy conference room.

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Gawker even has an office surfboard.

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Old media has a home at Gawker's headquarters.

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What's with all the weird Cheerleader art? "Joe Heaps Nelson has been 'glorifying the inconsequential' of American life in vivid color for more than two decades and capturing the surreal world of cheerleading since 1999."

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