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Mark Hayward

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2015

Mark Hayward is a curator, creative director and artist who has worked with numerous cultural institutions & corporations in the US, Europe and Asia. For eight years he was a curator and exhibition developer for the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. His clients have included NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, National Museums Liverpool, Louisiana’s Old State Capital, Marina Bay Sands Singapore, Empire State Building and Paramount Pictures Studios. He has completed commissions for the Chicago History Museum, Grand Performances and Eagle Rock Music Festival. He and his husband Charley live in Los Feliz and have three cats: Sabrina, Clementine and Flash-the-Wonder-Kat. Mark is currently working on an illustrated guidebook to LA and a field agent for Obscura Society LA.
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Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse
Permanently Closed

Liverpool, England

Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse

This aging storage facility is the world's largest brick warehouse.

Superlambanana

Liverpool, England

Superlambanana

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

Shanghai Natural Museum

Shanghai, China

Shanghai Natural History Museum

This ratty natural history collection is a charming relic among a city rushing into modernity.

Scale model of Shanghai, including buildings expected to be built by 2020

Shanghai, China

Scale Model of Shanghai

A giant scale model giving a sneak peek at what urban planners see for Shanghai by 2020.

European architechture mixes with traditional Chinese iconography throughout the area.

Shanghai, China

Shanghai French Concession

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

Singapore's Rooftop Pool

Singapore

Singapore's Rooftop Pool

The largest pool at its elevation sits on top of one of the most expensive resorts in the world.

Bronze Bathers

Singapore

Bronze Bathers

The most playful of the life-sized statues that make up Singapore's "People of the River."

The temple at dusk.

Singapore

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple & Museum

This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.

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