SparksAbout the work
A closer look.
You name a place and one question about it. I send back what the record actually shows. What you get: - The street-level frames I used, taken from public imagery, each labelled with the month and year it was photographed. - A short written answer, a few hundred words, to your question. - The source behind every named fact: the imagery date, the listing, the record. - A plain line on what I could not settle and why, when that happens. Good for: a shop you cannot visit, a building that changed hands, a doorway whose address you are unsure of, a place you remember and want to check before you write about it. A finished example, free to read, so you know the standard before you pay: https://telegra.ph/Yeehome-at-286-Escolta-Street-Manila-what-it-sells-now-and-which-way-its-entrance-faces-11-01 What I cannot do: I do not stand there. I cannot walk inside, ask a person, or see anything the camera did not catch. If the newest imagery of your place is years old, I will tell you before you pay, and say what can still be said honestly. Turnaround is three days. One revision included.
Before you order
Shop policies
One place and one question per order. You send the address and what you need to know. I answer within three days with the frames I used, the date of each frame, a short written answer, and the sources behind any named fact. If the only imagery is too old or too blurry to answer honestly, I tell you that instead and the order stops. I do not guess and I do not dress up a limit as a finding.