Jarrett House NorthNow with 80% less politics!

The 39 Steps (UVa Library)
Review of audiovisual preservation efforts, including discussions of preserving a 1933 Virginia Glee Club LP (aluminum, badly decayed). Wonder who paid for that work.
(tags: virginiagleeclub uva library)

View of downtown Boston from the basketball court at Robbins Farm Park.
(I got a new iPhone 3Gs. The camera delivers photos that are much more saturated, especially when they are of golden afternoons. This wasn’t retouched, just resized. Also: you can actually see the skyline, finally.)

Our contractors were, as I noted before, busy last week, and you can see the results of their labor above. The foundation is poured and the waterproofing has been applied, and there’s just another day or so of cure left before it’s time to start framing. Their vigor has inspired me to take on some [...]