The Retrologist by Rolando Pujol

The Retrologist by Rolando Pujol

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The Emigrant ATM Center, a throwback to the days when automated teller machines were new

The Emigrant ATM Center, a throwback to the days when automated teller machines were new

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Sep 04, 2012
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The Emigrant ATM Center, a throwback to the days when automated teller machines were new
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There was a time, just a few decades ago, when an ATM was an exotic novelty. Imagine a machine that would dispense your cash, as well as accept it? Magic. 

The magic is long gone, of course. I haven’t interacted with a human bank teller in years, but in midtown Manhattan, there’s a functioning relic of a time when ATM machines were something so special, …

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