downwithutopia:

During early 1942, Japanese submarines began to surface around the California coast as WWII expanded to US boarders. A rightfully nervous government set to protect their most valuable coastal assets, including Lockheed Manufacturing, a major producer of military planes and equipment. Located in Burbank, it was extremely vulnerable to potential attacks and needed to be safeguarded; but how?

The solution was less of a military strategy and more of an idea born in Hollywood. US Generals enlisted the help of set designers, landscapers, prop stylists, and lighting designers from the nearby MGM, Fox, Paramount, Disney, and Universal studios to create a massive artificial community that would cover the manufacture’s facilities.

artificial suburbanism