Lenexa Crown Almost Explained

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"Although no one is quite sure what the large, looming cylinder structure just off the 75th Street exit on I-35 in Lenexa is supposed to be, it can’t be missed. According to a blog post published by the Johnson County Library, brothers Harry and Melvin Eisen originally commissioned the structure for their family business, House of Fabrics. They wanted to give their new corporate headquarters “an identity.”

"For approximately fifty years, the structure has dominated its surrounding environment and puzzled passersby. Is it meant to be a crown or an abstract sheaf of wheat or a spool of thread? None of the above."

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The story behind the world's most extravagant self-storage facility

Although no one is quite sure what the large, looming cylinder self-storage facility just off I-35 is supposed to be, it can't be missed.

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