Archinect - News2024-11-24T03:23:57-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/81597386/the-architectural-history-of-pepsi-cola-part-1-the-mad-men-years
The Architectural History of Pepsi-Cola, Part 1: The 'Mad Men' Years Archinect2013-09-11T13:58:00-04:00>2013-09-12T22:09:12-04:00
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'Mad Men': The story behind Don Draper's new digs Archinect2012-04-06T11:39:00-04:00>2012-04-06T11:39:27-04:00
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It also sports walnut cabinetry with a built-in television set and one of those new-fangled-for-the-time push-button phones.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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