places
“A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image.”
-JOAN DIDION
place
The word place is associated with the definitive- a coordinate to be mapped, a source to return to. But place is not limited to the physical, it can equally be used to describe the abstract locus around which memories, stories, and moments construct an idea of that which is now absent- a simulacrum to make present the forgotten or irretrievable. Along the axis of a shared past, places serve as organizational frameworks where groups of memories are stored.
The ontology of “place”
DEFINITION 1
a : physical environment : SPACE
b : a way for admission or transit
c : physical surroundings : ATMOSPHERE
DEFINITION 2
a : an indefinite region or expanse
b : a building or locality used for a special purpose
c : the three-dimensional compass of a material object
DEFINITION 3
a : a particular region, center of population, or location
b : a building, part of a building, or area occupied as a home
Davenport Places
A geography of shared memories mapped to landscapes we know and love
Explore places by theme.
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In the Garden
Explore places that share gardening as a theme.
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Build it.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business.
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Grow it.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business.
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Sell it.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business.
In the Garden
Explore Middletown, New Jersey
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