Walking inside the wedge like a leaf or a clock turning back was filmed in early 2024. In it, Anne Marie Rooney documents Julia Rooney walking her painting, Bluescreen, from their childhood home to Below Grand's gallery on Orchard Street and back. The 3.5 mile route was mapped out in advance, determined by images the Rooney sisters researched in The New York Historical Society's archive, specifically those from the "Subway construction photograph collection, 1900-1950" (courtesy of The New York Board of Transportation). These images, listed below, appear intermittently throughout the film, inserted in place of Bluescreen as it moves through the present-day reality of these streets. 

19 Beach Street, Manhattan, 1915-03-05 
102 Franklin Street and 59 Leonard Street, Manhattan, 1930-10-16 
59 Leonard Street, Manhattan, 1930-10-16 
290-304 Broadway, Manhattan, 1912-06-09
122 and 124 Duane Street, Manhattan, 1928-01-24
Centre and Pearl Street, Manhattan, 1911-11-29
510 Pearl Street, Manhattan, 1911-03-01
Worth and Elm Street, Manhattan, 1904-08-18
Mott Street and Pell Street, Manhattan, 1907-06-26
26 Mott Street, Manhattan, 1907-06-18
49-51 Hester Street [and Essex Street], Manhattan, 1930-07-19
Orchard Street and Delancey Street, Manhattan, 1909-07-20
380 to 398 Broadway, Manhattan, 1912-06-09
13 North Moore Street, Manhattan, 1915-05-11

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Image titles are listed in the order they appear in the video. All images are sourced from the "Subway construction photograph collection, 1900-1950," from the New York (N.Y.). Board of Transportation, courtesy of The New York Historical Society. © New York Transit Museum.