FROM THE REFERENCE DESK
Stories behind
the shelves.
Short histories, grounded in the libraries’ own sources.
This first collection contains three Gemma-assisted field notes, checked against the cited official sources by Codex. It is the beginning of the editorial collection, not a history of every library.
01 / NEW YORK, NY
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Two opening days. One new chapter for New York.
READ THE FIELD NOTE ↗02 / BOSTON, MABoston Public Library, Central Library
A headquarters shaped by two different centuries.
READ THE FIELD NOTE ↗03 / SEATTLE, WASeattle Central Library
A third Central Library, built to look forward.
READ THE FIELD NOTE ↗