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Word: flexboard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1942-1942
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Tickets are bought, not through a cage-barred wicket, but over a hip-high counter of light natural birch. Washrooms have bright red, non-defaceable metal partitions. The waiting room has walls and ceiling of Flexboard (no plaster to chip and crack), is brightly lighted at night by round, porthole-like fixtures built almost flush with the ceiling. Slightly more expensive to build than old-style stations, Edgewood's (at $18,000) is expected to save money through virtual absence of maintenance costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: New Stations | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

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