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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, MA

Boston Public Library, Central Library

A headquarters shaped by two different centuries.

READ THE FIELD NOTE ↗
03 / SEATTLE, WA

Seattle Central Library

A third Central Library, built to look forward.

READ THE FIELD NOTE ↗

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