Remember on the Brady Bunch when the glamorous cosmetics tycoon Beebe Gallini tells Mike she wants her new factory to look like a powder puff? Along those lines, Mental Floss put together a fun gallery of 10 buildings shaped like the products they offer. Above, the Kansas City Library garage with its facade of 22 giant book spines, including Catch-22, Invisible Man, and The Lord of the Rings. To the left, the headquarters of Newark, Ohio's Longaberger Company makers of, you guessed it, maple baskets. "10 Buildings Shaped Like What They Sell"
Buildings in the shape of baskets, books, bottles, and bureaus
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