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Bonneville Salt Flats Rest Stop Shelter

As seen on the Mid-Century Modernist.

 

A striking mid-century modern form at the rest area next to the (also striking) salt flats west of the Great Salt Lake. I don’t remember the design of Utah's newer rest area structures, but I'm sure that’s because they aren’t memorable. This is one of those historically significant public designs, like those of the WPA, that remains uncredited, and often unappreciated, by today’s administrators.

 

1. What do your state's rest stops look like?

2. Find the bacon gnome.

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Uploaded on January 17, 2008
Taken on May 14, 2006