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September 09, 2013 03:46:46 PM

Your American Icon:

Old Air Traffic Control Tower at LAX

Location:

Los Angeles, CA

Why is this work an American Icon?:

This icon greeted me when I first visited LA (on the '70s) as a green-card holder from Canada. I had lived in Philly before, and visited many place in the Northeast, but even New York is not that different from big Canadian cities like Toronto (formerly Yorktown). But LA was totally different - THIS is the USA was what I thought seeing the control tower. Right out of the Jetsons.

First name:

Preston

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