From a Guest Blog Post on ScientificAmerican.com:
A heavily rusted cast iron ring sits on a bookshelf inside a neoclassical church a few blocks north of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
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And the ethos at 300 Funston Avenue makes the visitor acutely aware both of the physical nature of data and the need for a public space around its preservation. The building is a place where both the bricks of data and the bytes of books come to life.
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