
The Bathtubs or the Boiler Room
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Spending Versus Austerity
Each of the six tubs cost 90 bucks in 18 60, which is around 25 hundred dollars apiece to day. They had oakwood panelling, plaster cornices, mint an tile, a eggandart molde. Of the six original tubs, only two are left,. One has a piece of plywood over it that props up some padlocked steel mystery box. The other was decommissioned years ago. This place is a total collision of erras, not just old verses new. And i know that just a little bit ago, we were considering the capital building as just a building. It's impossible to look at this room and not see a metaphorical debate right here
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