The places we move through every day often carry the imprint of past crises—fires, floods, and preparations made under extraordinary pressure. In Massachusetts, those moments left lasting marks not only on public policy and emergency response, but on the physical landscapes that still shape daily life.

Much of my work focuses on returning to those places and understanding what they were built to do. Walking streets shaped by past fires, standing inside former emergency facilities, or tracing flood impacts across familiar neighborhoods offers a way to see how decisions made under pressure continue to influence the present.