A living archive

Four rooms,
four obsessions.

A card catalog of libraries, a departure board of cross-country rail journeys, a gallery wall of art seen in person, and a darkroom of film photographs. Each collection keeps growing, and each room keeps its own character.

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Room 01
The Card Catalog

Library Rankings

Every reading room gets an index card: typed grades for space and ambiance, a due-date stamp for the visit, and a spot on the map. Two drawers: NYPL and the rest of the country.

NYPL Rankings US Rankings Interactive maps
Open the drawers
027.4 SCH
Main Library (Schwarzman Bldg.)
SpaceA+
AmbianceA+
VisitedSep 28 2025
Room 02
The Departure Board

Travels

No cars, no planes: cross-country by rail and public transit only, and only to cities you can get around without one. Two Amtrak hauls, mapped station to station and filmed from the window.

Amtrak Coast to coast No cars, no planes
Board the train
Departures◆ On time
NYP → LAXSouthwest Chief
CHI → SEACoast Starlight
Room 03
The Darkroom

Photo Gallery

Rolls of 35mm developed under the safelight and dumped to @filmdumps.log: grain, light leaks, and city streets.

35mm film Street @filmdumps.log
Step into the dark
filmdumps.log
safelight on · do not open the door
Room 04
The Gallery Wall

Art Seen

Eighty works remembered as museum wall labels (artist, title, movement) hung under gilded frames from the MET to the Getty. Filter the wall by institution or genre.

The MET Dia:Beacon National Gallery The Broad Getty
Walk the wall
Vincent van Gogh
Wheat Field with Cypresses
Post-Impressionism · The MET