Though it pervades the landscape of many of our cities, we rarely appreciate how window units continue to shape our homes and street walls. The basic design of a window unit has remained mostly the same since it appeared on the market in 1935 – that is to say, functional and bland. But instead of designing a more elegant object, we have allowed AC units to become visual background noise. — urbanomnibus.net
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One thing I recall starkly from Philly was how so many of the first floor window AC units had tags dented into their aluminum fins. This is a lovely article!
Boyfriend with AC needed
Ha ha! Ain't that some shit, yo!