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B<\/span><\/strong>efore and After. The first is of the Fisher Automobile Co, the catalyst for America’s first coast-to-coast road, the Lincoln Hwy, and genesis for Indianapolis Auto Row which dominated a seven-or-more-block area of its downtown with car related businesses……<\/span><\/p>\n

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Before and After. 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