Seeing photos from the Historic American Buildings Survey makes me wonder what an exhibit of a suburban retail center combination Chipotle+Clearchoice Dental Implant might look like in 150+ years.

A Google Maps street view screenshot of a commercial plaza under an overcast sky. In the background are standalone retail storefronts for a Chipotle Mexican Grill and a ClearChoice Dental Implant Center. In the foreground, a manicured green lawn with a small landscaped island sits along a concrete sidewalk and asphalt street..

Reconstruction of Dominy Woodworking Shop at Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library in Winterthur, Delaware. Photo by Kristi Finefield, 2026 April. A museum exhibit recreating a life-sized historic woodworking shop inside a timber-framed structure with glass viewing panels and cedar shingles. Inside the brightly lit exhibit, traditional woodworking tools, workbenches, and a large wooden lathe wheel are displayed. An informational plaque sits in the lower-left foreground..

interior of carpenter shop. View from north end. - Dominy House, North Main Street, East Hampton, Suffolk County, NY. Photo by Stanley P. Mixon, July 20, 1940. [hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/h...](http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ny0772/photos.123503p.) A historic black-and-white interior photograph (labeled NY-5418-F) depicting a densely packed traditional carpenter's workshop. A long, heavy wooden workbench sits beneath a large multi-pane window, covered in hand planes, chisels, wooden blocks, and hand tools. Dozens of hand saws, clamps, and various woodworking tools hang densely on the exposed timber walls.

Exterior, general view from southeast (clock shop at left). Dominy House, North Main Street, East Hampton, Suffolk County, NY. Photo by Stanley P. Mixon, July 20, 1940. [hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/h...](http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ny0772/photos.123498p.) A historic black-and-white photograph (labeled NY-5418-A) of a two-story wooden clapboard house with a large mature tree in the front yard. Overgrown vines climb parts of the exterior facade and an adjoining wooden shed on the left. A simple wooden picket fence borders the front of the property alongside a paved street..

First floor plan, Clock Shop, Dominy House. Pencil drawing on paper from Field Notes, Book 4, HABS NY FN-203. Photo by Kristi Finefield, 2026 August. [www.loc.gov/pictures/...](https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/item/ny0772/.) An architectural blueprint on graph paper labeled 1st Floor Plan from a Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS NY FN-203) record. The handwritten schematic details the floor layout of a historic structure, featuring annotated dimensions, a central forge, brick hearth, workbench placement, and rooms labeled Main House and South Parlor. Annotations note specific construction details like Seaweed insulation and structural timber posts.
Nic Babarskis @thebigbabooski