The archive basement rests below the old building, cool and carefully climate-controlled. A low hum travels through the shelving, keeping paper, maps, boxes, and film at a steady temperature. Lamps burn above a long wooden table. Metal map cabinets line one wall, labeled boxes fill another, and a microfilm reader waits quietly in the corner.

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