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 # Seeing Lost Enclaves
 ### Relational reconstructions of erased historic neighborhoods of color
 
-Seeing Lost Enclaves is an [initiative](https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/2023-innovator-in-residence-rebuilds-and-revisits-lost-communities/s/33e910fb-0ea2-4676-ba4c-0ce15e664735) by [Jeffrey Yoo Warren](https://unterbahn.com) as part of the 2023 [Innovator in Residence Program](https://labs.loc.gov/about/opportunities/innovator-in-residence-program) at the [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/).
+Seeing Lost Enclaves is an [initiative](https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/2023-innovator-in-residence-rebuilds-and-revisits-lost-communities/s/33e910fb-0ea2-4676-ba4c-0ce15e664735) by [Jeffrey Yoo Warren](https://unterbahn.com) as part of the 2023-24 [Innovator in Residence Program](https://labs.loc.gov/about/opportunities/innovator-in-residence-program) at the [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/).
 
-_This is a draft guide. The final will be published in September 2023 on the [LC Labs website](https://labs.loc.gov/work/experiments/lost-enclaves)._
+This repository contains the documentation for the Seeing Lost Enclaves project.
 
-This repository contains the documentation for the Seeing Lost Enclaves project. **Part 1: Research** will be posted in draft form in December 2022.
-
-The files contained can be viewed individually but are cross-linked as well:
+The files contained can be viewed individually but are cross-linked as well; for example:
 
 * [Research](research/index.md) contains Part 1: locating reference materials for relational reconstruction.
     * See the [bibliography](research/bibliography.md)

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 # Contact
 
-I’m beginning to reach out to folks about helping with reconstruction project in other places. Recently I spent time looking for records in Truckee, CA, New Orleans, Deadwood, SD, and other places, and have been collaborating with [Dri Chiu Tattersfield](https://hellodri.itch.io/) *![external link](../images/external-link.gif)*.
+This toolkit represents work I did from 2022-2024 as the Library of Congress Innovator in Residence. I continue to be interested in connecting with descendants of these communities, as well as with Asian American artists, historians, and community members interested in remembrance related to these places. As I continue the work I began during this project, you can follow me at:
 
-I’m interested in connecting with descendants of these communities, as well as with Asian American artists, historians, and community members interested in remembrance related to these places.
+* https://unterbahn.com
+* https://instagram.com/unterbahn (where I post regularly about my practice)
 
-## Sign up for updates
+Please send questions about the Innovator in Residence program and other Library of Congress matters to LC-Labs@loc.gov.
 
-Visit [this link](https://labs.loc.gov/work/experiments/lost-enclaves) to sign up for updates at loc.gov.
-
-Follow @LC_Labs and @jywarren on Twitter, and @librarycongress and @unterbahn on Instagram. I post regular updates and share process videos on Instagram each week.
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 # Frequently Asked Questions
 
+_Seeing Lost Enclaves was a project I developed during 2022-2024 as the Library of Congress Innovator in Residence. Please see https://unterbahn.com and https://instagram.com/unterbahn for more recent work, some of which emerged from this project._
+
 ## Is this a precise historic recreation? How is precision communicated?
 
 No - my goal in relational reconstruction has been to use the process of reconstruction as one of healing and of belonging, and as a reclaiming and re-contextualizing of the archive and its meanings for our futures, inspired by Saidiya Hartman's _critical fabulation_ (also see Venus in Two Acts, cited in [Inspirations](inspirations.md)). My practice engages peoples’ creative and collaborative abilities, building tools and spaces which support and inspire creative practices, and the Relational Reconstruction Toolkit focuses on the creative possibilities of what it could have felt like –as an Asian American person – to walk down the street and experience a sense of belonging at that moment in history.
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 ## Can I visit one of the virtual reconstructions online?
 
-So far, I have hosted public visits and walking tours to Providence's Chinatown, and will continue doing so. I am working on ways to enable asynchronous visits as well, please stay tuned.
+So far, I have hosted public visits and walking tours to Providence's Chinatown, and will continue doing so. You can also visit the reconstructions through the [Hidden Portals project](https://hiddenportals.org) and the [Sites page](sites).
 
 ## Can I participate? 
 
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 No, there will be workshops and activities open to people of all skill-sets.
 
-
-_I will post more Q&A as the project progresses, thank you!_
 
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     <!-- LoC footer starts here -->
     <footer class="loc-footer" style="background:#eeefef;border-top:none;">
-        <p><em>Seeing Lost Enclaves is a <a href="https://labs.loc.gov/work/experiments/lost-enclaves">project</a> by Jeffrey Yoo Warren as part of the 2023 <a href="https://labs.loc.gov/about/opportunities/innovator-in-residence-program">Innovator in Residence Program</a> at the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/">Library of Congress</a>.</em></p>
+        <p><em>Seeing Lost Enclaves was a <a href="https://labs.loc.gov/work/experiments/lost-enclaves">project</a> by Jeffrey Yoo Warren as part of the 2023-24 <a href="https://labs.loc.gov/about/opportunities/innovator-in-residence-program">Innovator in Residence Program</a> at the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/">Library of Congress</a>.</em></p>
 
         <ul class="loc-footer-nav-list" role="navigation">
             <li><a href="https://github.com/libraryofcongress/seeing-lost-enclaves">Source code</a></li>  

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 ![Seeing Lost Enclaves: Relational reconstructions of erased historic neighborhoods of color](images/banner.png)
 
-_Seeing Lost Enclaves: Relational reconstructions of erased historic neighborhoods of color_ is a project by [Jeffrey Yoo Warren](https://unterbahn.com) *![external link](../images/external-link.gif)* as part of the 2023 [Innovator in Residence Program](https://labs.loc.gov/about/opportunities/innovator-in-residence-program) at the [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/). You can read more on the [Seeing Lost Enclaves experiment page](https://labs.loc.gov/work/experiments/lost-enclaves).
+_Seeing Lost Enclaves: Relational reconstructions of erased historic neighborhoods of color_ is a project by [Jeffrey Yoo Warren](https://unterbahn.com) *![external link](../images/external-link.gif)* as part of the 2023 [Innovator in Residence Program](https://labs.loc.gov/about/opportunities/innovator-in-residence-program) at the [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/). You can read more on the [Seeing Lost Enclaves experiment page](https://labs.loc.gov/work/experiments/lost-enclaves), including blog posts and other materials.
 
 ## Hidden Portals
 
-This May 2024, Yoo Warren invites the public to visit a series of virtual installations on the Library's Washington, DC campus and five historic Asian American sites around the country. Accessible by mobile device, the experimental Hidden Portals event provdes an immersive 3D reconstruction of these neighborhoods developed with archival photographs and records from local and Library of Congress collections. 
+In May 2024, Yoo Warren invited the public to visit a series of virtual installations on the Library's Washington, DC campus and five historic Asian American sites around the country. Accessible by mobile device, the experimental Hidden Portals event provides an immersive 3D reconstruction of these neighborhoods developed with archival photographs and records from local and Library of Congress collections. 
 
-## [Visit Hidden Portals &raquo;](https://libraryofcongress.github.io/seeing-lost-enclaves/portals/)
+## [View archived portals](sites) | [Visit Hidden Portals website &raquo;](https://libraryofcongress.github.io/seeing-lost-enclaves/portals/)
 
 ----
 
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ This May 2024, Yoo Warren invites the public to visit a series of virtual instal
 
 ## Toolkit
 
-This website an evolving guide to _relational reconstruction_, a set of practices for creating an immersive (virtual, 3D) reconstruction of an erased neighborhood, such as the one I have begun to craft in the [Seeing Providence Chinatown project](https://unterbahn.com/chinatown) *![external link](../images/external-link.gif)* (see below), about the neighborhood which existed on Empire Street in Providence, RI until December 1914. Guides and documentation of subsequent phases of this work will be posted over the course of 2023, and will include topics such as reconstruction, modeling, soundscapes, ambience. 
+This website is a guide to _relational reconstruction_, a set of practices for creating an immersive (virtual, 3D) reconstruction of an erased neighborhood, such as the one I have begun to craft in the [Seeing Providence Chinatown project](https://unterbahn.com/chinatown) *![external link](../images/external-link.gif)* (see below), about the neighborhood which existed on Empire Street in Providence, RI until December 1914. Guides and documentation of subsequent phases of this work will be posted over the course of 2023, and will include topics such as reconstruction, modeling, soundscapes, ambience. 
 
-As I dive deeper into this work, I hope to share the techniques I've learned and developed, both in this guide and through public workshops over the coming months. I especially hope to work together with fellow Asian Americans who share my interest in unearthing early histories and stories of erased communities across the country -- and with descendants of these communities. Though Chinatowns are for me a starting point, due to my work in Providence's Chinatown, I am also interested in the histories of other erased communities of color, and hope to learn more about these histories over the course of the project. Please [reach out](contact.md) if you are interested in sharing or contributing.
+Here I share the techniques I've learned and developed, both in this guide and through public workshops over the residency period. I especially sought to work together with fellow Asian Americans who share my interest in unearthing early histories and stories of erased communities across the country -- and with descendants of these communities. Though Chinatowns are for me a starting point, due to my work in Providence's Chinatown, I am also interested in the histories of other erased communities of color, and hope to learn more about these histories over the course of the project. Please [reach out](contact.md) if you are interested in sharing or contributing.
 
 ## Contents
 

diff --git a/portals/audio/lukes.mp3 b/portals/audio/lukes.mp3
diff --git a/portals/audio/portland.m4a b/portals/audio/portland.m4a
diff --git a/portals/portals.js b/portals/portals.js
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   { name: 'truckee', lat: 39.32746622566374, lng: -120.1870212082937, url: 'viewer.html?url=spheres/truckee.jpg', audio: 'audio/truckee-ambient.mp3', narration: 'audio/truckee.mp3', description: "A pinkish light washes over a dusty country town road dotted with pebbles. A wooden porch-fronted brick storefront offers a shady spot to look out over a series of wide, lush green garden plots across the narrow street, a pine-covered hill rising in the distance. Soft clouds and mist mix with the trees and beside and behind the shop, a range of other small wooden buildings are packed together in a tight and lively looking neighborhood, wooden walkways linking storefronts and keeping your feet up out of the dirt."},
 
   { name: 'burrill', lat: 41.820647, lng: -71.415001, url: 'viewer.html?url=spheres/burrill.jpg', audio: 'audio/providence-ambient.mp3'},
-  { name: 'lukes', lat: 41.82363591512491, lng: -71.41297341126862, url: 'viewer.html?url=spheres/burrill.jpg', audio: 'audio/providence-ambient.mp3'},
+  { name: 'burrill-alley', lat: 41.82063267770893, lng: -71.41473611182317, url: 'viewer.html?url=spheres/burrill-alley.jpg', audio: 'audio/providence-ambient.mp3'},
+  { name: 'lukes', lat: 41.82363591512491, lng: -71.41297341126862, url: 'viewer.html?url=spheres/lukes.jpg', audio: 'audio/lukes.mp3'},
   { name: 'pcm', lat: 45.52433723518639, lng: -122.6735075902735, url: 'viewer.html?url=spheres/portland.jpg', audio: 'audio/portland-ambient.mp3', narration: 'audio/portland.mp3', description: "Summer sunlight warms the cool earth in a narrow valley between a tall wooded hillside and a high wood fence with cypress peeking over the top. A creek meanders calmly by, dragonflies darting by, as a gentle breeze brushes the tops of the dense crops planted across the flat bottom of the gulch – melons, beans, radishes and more offering familiar scents. The soil is soft and full of organic matter as you step away from the creek and look towards the small tin-roofed wooden cabins at the base of the slope, dark shadows cast from their porch overhangs, and firewood piled alongside. A larger group of houses stand halfway up the hill, roofs shining with reflected sunlight, and across the narrow valley, a timber bridge reflects in the water of the creek."},
   { name: 'statue', lat: 25.027136, lng: 121.528874, url: 'viewer.html?url=spheres/portland.jpg', audio: 'audio/portland-ambient.mp3', narration: 'audio/portland.mp3'},
   { name: 'rome-square', lat: 25.027419553970663, lng: 121.52940233206643, url: 'viewer.html?url=spheres/truckee.jpg', audio: 'audio/truckee-ambient.mp3', narration: 'audio/truckee.mp3'},

diff --git a/publications/LOC-White-paper-June-26-2024.pdf b/publications/LOC-White-paper-June-26-2024.pdf
diff --git a/sites.md b/sites.md
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 # Sites
 
-On this page you’ll find links to two of the sites I’ve worked on as part of Seeing Lost Enclaves. These spaces are shared - you may encounter other people on their own virtual visits. 
+On this page you’ll find links to several of the sites I’ve worked on as part of Seeing Lost Enclaves. 
 
-## Be sensitive to other visitors and to yourself
-
-Please bear in mind that for some visitors, especially Asian American visitors, or descendants of those who lived in these spaces, this visit may be connected to difficult histories and may inspire complex feelings. Some may be grieving these spaces. Some may be seeking to re-connect, or to feel a sense of belonging. 
-
-Asian American and Asian Diaspora visitors are the primary audience and our experience of the space takes priority. I’d like to ask that as you visit, you offer others space and respect, just as you show respect to the stories and communities which are represented here. 
-
-As you enter you’ll see a waiting area, in which you’ll be prompted to choose an “avatar” — a body to represent you in the reconstructed virtual space. In choosing an avatar, please consider how your presence in the space will transform it, with the above considerations in mind. 
-
-Please reach out via the contact page if you have questions or would like to discuss any of this further. 
-
-<div class="fl">
-
-<div class="item">
-
-[![wet cobblestones reflect streetlights down a gloomy street with a well-lit theater marquee in the distance, opposite of where a narrow side street turns off](images/providence.jpg)](https://hubs.mozilla.com/4UjiDyv/seeing-providence-chinatown-1914-sep-13-23#Theater)
-
-[Providence Chinatown in 1914](https://hubs.mozilla.com/4UjiDyv/seeing-providence-chinatown-1914-sep-13-23#Theater) *![external link](../images/external-link.gif)*
-
-</div>
-
-
-<div class="item">
-
-[![a narrow river meanders below a grassy overgrown hillside nestled between two wooded slopes with large houses in the distance; a group of smaller cabins cluster at the top of the hillside](images/portland.jpg)](https://hubs.mozilla.com/EVBFqvG/portland-chinese-vegetable-gardens-sept-23#Grove)
-
-[Portland Chinese Vegetable Gardens, c1900](https://hubs.mozilla.com/EVBFqvG/portland-chinese-vegetable-gardens-sept-23#Grove) *![external link](../images/external-link.gif)*
-<br />
-(in collaboration with [Dri Chiu Tattersfield](https://hellodri.itch.io/) *![external link](../images/external-link.gif)*)
-
-</div>
-</div>
-
-
-# Photospheres
+## Photospheres
 
 For each of five sites, I created photospheres from the reconstructed models I crafted, many with collaborating artists. These are more accessible, archivable, and higher fidelity than the models themselves, and can be viewed here.
 
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 </div>
 
-<br />
-<br />
-<br />
+## Videos
+
+Use the links above to access the photospheres. However, if you are unable to use the photospheres, there are video recordings of each available as well:
+
+* Portland: https://youtu.be/IllUh_NuK4E 
+* Providence: https://youtu.be/HNxS6kIr4cY
+* Pachappa/Riverside: https://youtu.be/ITRJ17VTrwM
+* Hanford: https://youtu.be/lovDF7h-Qj8
+* Truckee: https://youtu.be/FgnavPmVvtQ 
 
 <style>
 
@@ -156,3 +129,42 @@ As a part of my residency project, portals were also created in and around the L
   margin-bottom: 10px;
 }
 </style>
+
+
+
+# Mozilla Hubs reconstructions
+
+_Mozilla Hubs was a platform used early in Seeing Lost Enclaves to create a multi-person online environment to experience the reconstructions. Unfortunately, Mozilla shut down Hubs in May 2024. While there are some replacements under development, these links currently no longer work._
+
+### Be sensitive to other visitors and to yourself
+
+In Mozilla Hubs, multiple people may visit at once – that is, these spaces are shared: you may encounter other people on their own virtual visits. Please bear in mind that for some visitors, especially Asian American visitors, or descendants of those who lived in these spaces, this visit may be connected to difficult histories and may inspire complex feelings. Some may be grieving these spaces. Some may be seeking to re-connect, or to feel a sense of belonging. 
+
+Asian American and Asian Diaspora visitors are the primary audience and our experience of the space takes priority. I’d like to ask that as you visit, you offer others space and respect, just as you show respect to the stories and communities which are represented here. 
+
+As you enter you’ll see a waiting area, in which you’ll be prompted to choose an “avatar” — a body to represent you in the reconstructed virtual space. In choosing an avatar, please consider how your presence in the space will transform it, with the above considerations in mind. 
+
+Please reach out via the contact page if you have questions or would like to discuss any of this further. 
+
+<div class="fl">
+
+<div class="item">
+
+[![wet cobblestones reflect streetlights down a gloomy street with a well-lit theater marquee in the distance, opposite of where a narrow side street turns off](images/providence.jpg)](https://hubs.mozilla.com/4UjiDyv/seeing-providence-chinatown-1914-sep-13-23#Theater)
+
+[Providence Chinatown in 1914](https://hubs.mozilla.com/4UjiDyv/seeing-providence-chinatown-1914-sep-13-23#Theater) *![external link](../images/external-link.gif)*
+
+</div>
+
+
+<div class="item">
+
+[![a narrow river meanders below a grassy overgrown hillside nestled between two wooded slopes with large houses in the distance; a group of smaller cabins cluster at the top of the hillside](images/portland.jpg)](https://hubs.mozilla.com/EVBFqvG/portland-chinese-vegetable-gardens-sept-23#Grove)
+
+[Portland Chinese Vegetable Gardens, c1900](https://hubs.mozilla.com/EVBFqvG/portland-chinese-vegetable-gardens-sept-23#Grove) *![external link](../images/external-link.gif)*
+<br />
+(in collaboration with [Dri Chiu Tattersfield](https://hellodri.itch.io/) *![external link](../images/external-link.gif)*)
+
+</div>
+</div>
+