As some of you may remember, about 11 months ago, in February of 2009, we moved into our new office. It took us a long time, but we finally got signs installed — announcing our main sales and operations office to everyone who passes by on Randolph street in Chicago.

For those who have been to our offices, the first thing you might think is: unconventional. We’re a fun company, after all, and we like our environment to reflect our personalities. Our office is located in a 100+ year old building in downtown Chicago. It pre-dates the Chicago fire by a few years and is constructed of brick. We occupy the 3^rd and 4^th floors of the building, and the first two floors are occupied by a Sushi restaurant called Meiji and a bar called Nara. An odd location for a web hosting company, right?

Before I go any further, I wanted to point out the obvious: Our servers are housed in world-class data centers. Our first data center is down the street near the office, and our second is near the airport, and the office I am referring to in this post is just our sales, marketing and general operations location. Don’t worry, your servers are nowhere near Sushi restaurants J

Anyway, because of where our office is, most people consider it hard to find. So hard, that we had some signs installed to help guide the way. Below is a guided tour of the entrance to our offices at 621 W Randolph St. in Chicago.