Dec 24 2024
For a brief, glittering moment in the middle of the 20th century, the traditional evergreen Christmas tree faced competition from something that looked as though it had arrived from another planet. Aluminum Christmas trees shimmered beneath rotating color wheels, reflected the glow of living-room television sets, and fit perfectly into an era fascinated by rockets, …
Dec 18 2024
Few buildings capture the optimism of the Jet Age as perfectly as the Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport. With enormous white arches sweeping over a circular glass structure, it looks like a flying saucer has landed in the middle of LAX—or perhaps like a spaceport designed for a future that people in 1961 …
