Hand-drawn
Torn paper and colored pencil. Every place with no chain signal gets its own wobbly little building; chain locations are identical stamps.
Encodes: one-of-a-kind vs. stamped outRiso diorama
An isometric risograph model. Building height is how many LA County locations the permit holder runs; unmatched places are dashed outlines.
Encodes: operator scaleWho Owns the Block?
A board game. Brands with an owner on record form color sets by parent company; click a set on the track to see all its pieces.
Encodes: shared ownership across brandsGreetings from Mid-City
A 1950s pictorial tourist map with a numbered points-of-interest key, and chains listed by who owns them. Printable as a poster.
Encodes: a guide to places, owners in the indexSurvey blueprint
A cyanotype survey sheet. Solid marks are documented; dashed marks are places nobody has matched to a permit yet. Toggle to show only the gaps.
Encodes: what we don't know yetStamp album
Pages by street. Unique stamps for places with no chain signal; chains are the same sheet stamp everywhere, overprinted with what's on record about the owner.
Encodes: unique vs. duplicate, street by street