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A few weeks (or trips — they blur together) ago, I posted a photo of the “signature” building at LAX.<\/p>\n

Here’s a very cool article about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Construction of the Theme Building, part of the “Los Angeles Jet Age Terminal” project, began in April of 1960 and was completed in August of 1961. The building, with its flying saucer suspended on parabolic arches that soar 135 feet high, was dedicated in 1962. Long before the Los Angeles City Council designated the building a Cultural-Historical Monument in 1992, it had already become iconic of the future we were supposed to have.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many fun pictures of the exterior and (recently much-enhanced) interior.<\/p>\n

And, yes, the future was <\/em>cool in 1961 … \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few weeks (or trips — they blur together) ago, I posted a photo of the “signature” building at LAX. Here’s a very cool article about it. 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