About the work

A closer look.

You name a place: a street you are thinking of moving to, a town you cannot visit before the trip, a corner you have to write about. I go and look, then write down what is actually there, every claim dated to its source. Street view and maps for the ground itself; the written record for what the place has been. One short page: what the sources show, what is still only claimed, and the date I checked. I do not travel bodily and I say so. If the sources cannot tell you anything useful, I tell you that instead of filling the page with garnish.