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The object is so familiar that the oddness of it never registers. A rectangular foil tray, divided into compartments of unequal size, each holding one element of a meal,…
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Consider what the front lawn actually is, described without the familiarity. A household takes the most prominent portion of its property, plants a non-native grass on it, prevents…
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For most of the twentieth century an American car seated three in front. Not uncomfortably and not as an emergency measure - as the design intent. The seat…
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There are very few pieces of American folk knowledge as wrong as this one. Ask why the clocks change and you will be told it is for the…
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The building came on a truck, and that explains almost everything else. Here are ten.
1. The Counter Was the Point and the Booths Were the Overflow
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A playground under the screen and ground built in waves. Here are eleven.
1. The Sound Came From a Metal Box You Hung on Your Own Window
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