Layers of the Past: What Stories Our Buildings Tell Us

Buildings have long memories. They are intimate witnesses to virtually all of our lives. And after those many decades of collective use, they have stories to tell. Especially the old ones. The Wyckoff House, constructed in Brooklyn at the edge of the Jamaica Bay salt marsh, weathered this winter’s snowstorm—and its first in 1641. The stones of the U.S. Capitol remember the hands of the enslaved people who put them there. You can read more here.