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Gettysburg Cyclorama by Richard Neutra – Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Image credit: The Architect’s Newspaper

In August 2012, a court-ordered National Park Service study found that “the best course of action would be to demolish the Cyclorama building that has stood in the park for 50 years.” Under consideration for National Register status, the Mission 66 project was, ironically, one of many mid-century modern buildings constructed in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Park Service.