Few people today would consider going to a laundromat a luxury. But before the first laundromat — or "washateria," as it was called back then — was created in the 1930s, that is exactly how the launch ...

Gas drillers’ clothing is giving some laundromat owners the washday blues. The proprietors say mud, grease and chemicals wreak so much havoc on their machines they want rig workers to air their dirty ...

Maurice Boowa (left) and Jim Chase (right) chat while doing their laundry at Wash Street in Manchester where, twice a week, unhoused people have the opportunity to clean their clothes. It’s 6:00 p.m.