You Are Here
About this book
From Amazon:
"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."
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- OL Work ID
- OL17373052W
Subjects
mapsNew York CityCentral ParkNYCHarlemNew york (n.y.), mapsNew york (n.y.), pictorial worksImaginary placesImaginary places -- New York (State) -- New York -- MapsCartography -- New York (State) -- New YorkNew York (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works