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Painted Block

Your Block on the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map

Address
paintedblock.vercel.app
Kind
Studio
Captured
October 15, 2026
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paintedblock.vercel.appPainted Block's first screen at 1440 wide, captured October 15, 2026.

In its own words

Find your street on the Sanborn fire insurance maps at the Library of Congress, crop your block, and see the dpi each print size would get. Every print is cut from the Library's own scan at full resolution, with its citation typed on it.
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Painted Block's home page from top to bottom.
The whole home page, top to bottom
Painted Block's first screen on a phone, 390 wide.
On a phone, 390 wide