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In 1974 every American household had a stack of them against the garage wall: bent aluminum tube, woven plastic strapping in two colors, folding flat to a couple…
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In 1974 an American back yard had equipment standing in it all summer. A wooden croquet rack in the garage, two steel badminton posts hammered into the turf…
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It arrived flat, on a truck, in boxes. A rolled sheet of corrugated steel, a bag of bolts, a folded vinyl liner, a bundle of uprights, a filter…
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In 1974 an American block party happened because one household decided it would, went door to door, and borrowed some sawhorses.
The street was closed with whatever was…
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It Was Enormous and It Lived in the Ceiling
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The fan was a propeller two to four feet across, mounted in the ceiling of the upstairs…
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In 1975 a miniature golf course was poured concrete under coarse green outdoor carpet, with obstacles built on site out of plywood, sheet metal and paint by whoever…