camouflaged lockheed – mammoth // building nothing out of something

camouflaged lockheed

[the Lockheed air terminal in Burbank, camouflaged during World War II for the benefit of Japanese aviators; via greg.org, who suggests that perhaps the next version of the ‘Bilbao Effect’ will be for struggling cities to commission similarly flimsy roofscapes for the benefit of the google maps audience; originals in a california state collection here, and more close-ups at think or thwim; a bit of googling informs me that subtopia noticed this a couple years ago, but I missed it then, so…]

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