The building seemed to hum with the heat.
The brick glowed, the glass block panels pulsed in bold retro tones — red, turquoise, gold, teal, and lemon-lime. Each one evenly spaced, like an echo of a modernist grid. A symmetry that made suburban life feel ordered. A time when design met optimism.
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