Beneath this chair is the roof of a bunker built during the cold war. It's located atop a hill in Massachusetts. The entrance to the bunker is sealed.
Anti-aircraft searchlights once stood upon the bunker. They overlooked a factory making products used by the American defense establishment.
That pseudo war is over. The bunker was abandoned decades ago. Tenants no longer lease the factory (seen in bottom photo).
Trees have taken root, obscuring the summit of the hill. Few people know about the bunker or the viewpoint.
During warmer weather, the owner of the chair probably sips a refreshment and soaks up sunshine. Chances are, he doesn't know the original purpose of the concrete rooms under his feet.
Nor does he realize that his Shangri-La comes to him courtesy of Joseph Stalin, Harry Truman, Nikita Khruschev, and Dwight Eisenhower.
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