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The Rise and Fall of the Fotomat Island Empire

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As Suburban Sprawl Reached Its Fever Pitch In the mid-1960s, the American landscape was undergoing a quiet, asphalt-covered metamorphosis. As suburban sprawl reached its fever pitch, the convenience of the automobile became the primary axis around which daily