You are here NYC : mapping the soul of the city / Katharine Harmon.

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Harmon, Katharine A., 1960- [Browse]
Format
Map
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2016.
Description
190 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

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    "Maps are magical. Every graphic, like every story, has a point of view, and New York is rife with mapmaking possibilities, thick with mythology, and glutted with history. You Are Here: NYC assembles some two hundred maps charting every inch and facet of the five boroughs, depicting New Yorks of past and present, and a city that never was. "A Nightclub Map of Harlem" traces a boozy night from the Radium and the Cotton Club to the Savoy and then the Lafayette; "Wonders of New York" pinpoints three hundred sites of interest, including the alleged location of Captain Kidd's buried treasure; the Ghostbusters subway map plots the route from Astral Projections Place to Stay Puft Street; and a rejected proposal of ornate topiaries illustrates a Central Park that might have been. This sequel to the best-selling You Are Here includes original essays by Bob Mankoff, Maria Popova, Sarah Boxer, and Rebecca Cooper, among others."--Amazon.
    Notes
    • "With more than 100 maps from artists, cartographers, and explorers, You are here: NYC gives the reader a breath-taking view of the Big Apple, both real and imaginary"--Provided by publisher.
    • Includes index.
    Contents
    • To astonish the world. A panorama of power / Maria Popova ; The view from 9th Avenue / Bob Mankoff
    • A beautiful catastrophe. Mapping a greater New York / Zoe Mendelson
    • A symphony of conveyances. Mapping New York City, one foot at a time / Becky Cooper
    • Finding home. A map, a tonic, a shower curtain / Sarah Boxer
    • Personal geographies. Mapping the martini / Geoff Nicholson ; Mapping the city's smellscapes / Kate McLean
    • Nothing never happens. A New York pictorial state of mind / Antonis Antoniou.
    Other title(s)
    • You are here New York City
    • New York City
    ISBN
    • 9781616895266 ((alk. paper))
    • 1616895268 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016004560
    OCLC
    935196269
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