A graphic architectural elevation of a Chicago apartment building with a grid of windows

    TIM BENSMAN / CHICAGO

    A buildingthat remembers

    CHICAGO

    THE CARETAKER LEFT ONE LIGHT ON

    THE BUILDING IS QUIET

    There is a room
    for you.

    THE PLAQUE / STREET LEVEL

    A personal website should behave like a place.

    So I made a building where every visitor can leave one light on. I’m Tim Bensman. I keep it running from Chicago.

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    THE NIGHTS / BUILDING RECORD

    Every night leaves a pattern.

    Tonight began with the caretaker’s light. Every room left on adds itself to the pattern.

    THE LEDGER / EVERY RECORDED NIGHT

    The building keeps the dates.

    1. Tonight is the first page.

    A ROOM NOT SHOWN ON THE PLANS

    The thirteenth floor

    Every kind of light appeared in the building tonight. A floor that should not exist has opened between twelve and fourteen.