TimeWalk Wiki — Log

2026-04-05

Wiki created. Initialized repo structure, schema (AGENTS.md), index, and log.
Repo: https://github.com/TimeWalkOrg/TimeWalkWiki (private)
Based on Karpathy’s “LLM Wiki” pattern — AI-maintained, persistent, compounding knowledge base.
Ready for first ingest pass: research catalog (46 datasets) + maps inventory (80 maps).

Ingested 46 research catalog sources → 46 source pages in wiki/sources/
Ingested 80 maps from Google Sheets inventory → 80 map pages in wiki/maps/
Created 4 period overview pages (wiki/periods/)
- manhattan-12000bc.md — Paleo period
- manhattan-1609.md — Lenape Mannahatta
- manhattan-1664.md — Dutch Colonial / New Amsterdam
- manhattan-1776.md — Revolutionary War
Updated index.md (130 total pages)
All pages cross-referenced to period overviews
Map pages include: year, cartographer, source institution, digital URL, significance
Source pages include: provenance, type, time coverage, license, tags, description

35 building pages from PostGIS 1776_nyc_parcels_buildings (16 destroyed in Great Fire)
10 place pages: Bowling Green, Fort Amsterdam, Wall Street, Broad Street, Broadway, Pearl Street, The Battery, Collect Pond, Hanover Square, The Common
6 people pages: Peter Stuyvesant, Peter Minuit, George Washington, William Howe, Nathan Hale, Adriaen van der Donck
5 event pages: Great Fire of 1776, British Surrender 1664, Battle of Brooklyn, Declaration Read, British Evacuation
5 concept pages: Dutch Colonial Architecture, Manhattan Landfill History, Colonial Street Layout, Great Fire Damage Zone, Sugar Houses of Manhattan
Great Fire page cross-references all 16 burned buildings
Index updated: 191 total pages

Imported all 26 pages from https://github.com/TimeWalkOrg/Manhattan/wiki
Content includes: Lenapehoking terrain, Dutch brick construction, NPC character specs, 1664 surrender primary sources, Alexander Hamilton at 21, British occupation details, building design references, harbor/ships, Battle of Long Island, Commons/Liberty Pole, Great Fire details, Pleistocene ice age, demo script, FAQ, sound design, event manager spec, UE settings
Image references updated to point to original wiki URLs
New pages added to: periods (6), places (1), buildings (1), people (3), events (4), maps (1), concepts (10)
Total wiki: 217 pages

Audited all 99 image references across 217 wiki pages
36 images safe (public domain maps/engravings, own UE screenshots, Ted’s botanical garden photos)
9 copyrighted images replaced with “IMAGE REMOVED” placeholders:
- 5x Assassin’s Creed III (Ubisoft)
- 2x HBO “John Adams” series
- 1x Google Maps/Earth
- 1x Auction house (invaluable.com)
45 uncertain images watermarked with “COPYRIGHT TBD” overlay
- Most are likely pre-1928 public domain paintings/engravings but need verification
- Watermark is semi-transparent red diagonal text
Next step: visually inspect watermarked images, find public domain versions on Wikimedia/LOC

Visually inspected all 45 watermarked images using AI vision
24 confirmed public domain — watermarks removed, originals restored
18 confirmed copyrighted — replaced with descriptive placeholders + replacement notes
2 uncertain — kept watermarked pending Ted verification
1 already classified correctly (was in batch 1)
Created image-replacement-tracker.md with specific free sources for each copyrighted image
Found CC-licensed Half Moon replica photos on Wikimedia Commons
Found NOAA/USGS/NASA public domain sources for maps and glacier imagery
No private codes, tokens, or credentials found in repo (safe to make public after image cleanup)
Estimated total licensing cost: $0 - 650 (m os tl ik e l y u n d er$ 200, only 1-2 images may need paid license)

Downloaded 8 free replacement images from Wikimedia Commons and LOC:
- Half Moon replica (CC-BY-SA, Wikimedia)
- Batavia ship interior (CC-BY-SA, Wikimedia) — similar period Dutch ship
- Lenape dwelling photo (CC-BY-SA, Wikimedia)
- Dyckman Farmhouse Museum (CC-BY-SA, Wikimedia)
- Laurentide Ice Sheet map (CC-BY-SA, Wikimedia)
- William Pitt Tavern, Portsmouth NH (CC-BY-SA, Wikimedia)
- Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth NH (Public Domain, LOC/Carol Highsmith)
- Colonial house (Public Domain, LOC/Carol Highsmith)
Created 2 informational placeholders with source URLs for manual download:
- Glacier reference (NASA Earth Observatory, public domain)
- NY Bight bathymetry (NOAA, public domain)
Remaining copyrighted placeholders (8): need UE renders, Google Street View replacements, and book cover alternatives

Added \wiki/people/metahuman-likeness-reference.md: sourced likeness brief for the Hamilton (1776), Burr (1776), and Stuyvesant (1664) MetaHumans, with 3 public-domain portrait/bust reference images each (9 total) added to \wiki/images/.
Cross-linked to alexander-hamilton-1776, peter-stuyvesant, and the 1776/1664 period pages.

Added wiki/places/bayards-mount-fort.md: the 1776 heptagonal earthwork redoubt (Bayard’s Hill Redoubt / Fort Bunker Hill / Independent Battery) on lower Manhattan’s tallest hill (~110 ft, near modern Grand & Mott/Mulberry). Covers Charles Lee’s Feb 1776 defense plan, citizen-labor construction (March 1776), garrison (Hamilton’s artillery company — flagged as reported/traditional for the Aug 29-30 retreat night; Nathan Hale), British occupation & 1780 refortification, post-war duels/celebrations, and the 1802-1811 leveling into Collect Pond fill.
Added 2 public-domain images to wiki/images/: Ratzer Plan detail (Wikimedia Commons, PD) and Archibald Robertson’s 1798 Collect Pond watercolor (Met Museum open access, PD).
Cross-linked from manhattan-1776 (new Key Places section) and collect-pond; index places count 11→12.