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Long Beach Airport opened on April 25, 1942, and was declared a historic landmark in 1990 by the city's Cultural Heritage Commission.Long Beach Airport’s Historic terminal will welcome back passengers later this month after being closed for more than a year as it underwent renovations, including restoration to a World War II-era mosaic.The west entrance has been closed to the public for decades, but airport officials said when it reopens it’ll unveil the restored mosaic by Grace Clements.
“It's incredible to think that back in 1941 when women didn't have a lot of opportunities to have leadership roles, either in arts or government or other roles, that was only 28 years old and she was leading this massive public art project,” airport spokesperson Kate Kuykendall told LAist. As legend has it, Kuykendall said carpet flooring covered the tiles sometime in the 1960s when officials thought travelers’ dress shoes and high heels were too loud. In 2012, maintenance crews stumbled upon the hidden art when they pulled back the carpet and exposed the tiles.
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