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99% Vernacular: Volume 1

99% Invisible

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The Ding Bat and the Fassade

In a given neighborhood, you would see the same repetitive cuboid structures. The facades were an attempt to differentiate one ding bat from another. A lot of them were decorated with modern, abstract decows like starbursts. It was also pretty common for the front of the buildings to feature a name that tried to evoke sophistication but really read more like budget vacation.

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