An undulating, space-age lobby ceiling sculpted by Isamu Noguchi in the 1940s has been uncovered at a U-Haul store in St. Louis, where it has been hidden by partitions and a drop ceiling for over two decades.
An exhibit on the city's modernist design at the St. Louis Art Museum and subsequent radio segment alerted the public to the hidden modernist masterpiece. After St. Louis citizens created a Facebook group to call for restoring the ceiling, U-Haul assented and started the restoration process last November. After more than six months of restoration, the U-Haul store has uncovered about 80% of the ceiling.