The Rotary Was the Center

A four-card atlas of composite 1982–1988 suburban Boston, from the traffic rotary and ice-cream shop to a cassette mixtape and the last bus before dark.

A composite 1982–1988 memory atlas of suburban Boston: the traffic rotary at the center, with the ice-cream shop, video-rental stop, town library, roller rink, little-league field, and cul-de-sac routes around it.
The pocket relic is a generic cassette mixtape. The last card holds October at 4:45 PM, when wet pavement caught the low sun and the bus turned up before dark.
This reconstruction draws on public cultural landmarks from an era and region. It describes no specific address or individual memory.
Map of My Childhood

Map of My Childhood

Every two weeks, a 3-4 card memory atlas of a 1980s-90s suburban childhood. Overview + landmark + object + mood.

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