When workers installed the map in 1961, they laid a fabric mat to create a barrier between the artwork and the slab below. “They did a core sample,” he said, “and about 3 inches down, the little terrazzo, almost like a hockey puck, popped out right away.”
When the old airport shut down, Wyatt had a contractor take a closer look at what was below the surface of the terrazzo map. Before determining the piece could be salvaged, the airport had high-resolution photos taken to re-create it in a window of the new airport’s greeting area. Officials thought the terrazzo was affixed to a 2-foot slab of concrete, making it too heavy to maneuver without damaging it. It didn’t always look like the map was going to make the trip to the new airport. It has been disassembled and will be reinstalled in the new airport. (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The large map of the world on the floor of Terminal 1 at the old Salt Lake City International Airport in 2012.
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