Big Basket
The 7-story Big Basket building in Newark, Ohio, on Rt 16, opened in 1997 as the headquarters of the Longaberger Company, an American basket manufacturer. One of the most famous example of mimetic architecture, designed to replicate the company's bestselling product, the Medium Market Basket, but 160 times larger.
The founder of the company, Dave Longaberger, son and grandson of basket-weavers, employed more than 8,200 employees in 2000. With declining business, the Longaberger Company vacated the basket in 2016 with fewer than 75 full-time employees. In 2018, the company became non-operational and ceased all the operation. $30M building when it opened in 1997 was sold for $1.2M in 2018. Currently in 2022, the building is vacant.
Big Basket
The 7-story Big Basket building in Newark, Ohio, on Rt 16, opened in 1997 as the headquarters of the Longaberger Company, an American basket manufacturer. One of the most famous example of mimetic architecture, designed to replicate the company's bestselling product, the Medium Market Basket, but 160 times larger.
The founder of the company, Dave Longaberger, son and grandson of basket-weavers, employed more than 8,200 employees in 2000. With declining business, the Longaberger Company vacated the basket in 2016 with fewer than 75 full-time employees. In 2018, the company became non-operational and ceased all the operation. $30M building when it opened in 1997 was sold for $1.2M in 2018. Currently in 2022, the building is vacant.