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The thing about London is that you can have a launderette and then look above it and it’s got this beautiful Regency architecture.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021
The club night at Mangle E8 in Dalston - a former industrial launderette - was put on by LoveJuice, which hosts dance music parties all over the world, from Ibiza to Dubai.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2017
Pope Francis has opened a free launderette in Rome in the latest of a series of initiatives aimed at the poor that has included help with housing, showers, haircuts, meals and medical care.
From The Guardian • Apr. 11, 2017
There's a Centre of Britain launderette, a Centre of Britain gallery and a centuries old sandstone-coloured Centre of Britain Hotel.
From BBC • Aug. 21, 2014
We were soaked and filthy, desperately needed a launderette, clean, dry clothes, a square meal, and a Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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