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You Are Here: NYC Katharine Harmon

You Are Here: NYC By Katharine Harmon

You Are Here: NYC by Katharine Harmon


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More than 200 maps by creative cartographers with descriptions giving insiders' views of the city, past, present, and imaginary

You Are Here: NYC Summary

You Are Here: NYC: Mapping the Soul of the City by Katharine Harmon

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.

About Katharine Harmon

Katharine Harmon is the author of two successful books: You Are Here (Fall 2003) and The Map as Art (Fall 2010). Harmon has contributed essays to catalogs and publications, and co-curated shows in New York, Seattle, and London. She has spoken frequently on the topic of creative cartography, including at academic conferences.

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GOR009793202
9781616895266
1616895268
You Are Here: NYC: Mapping the Soul of the City by Katharine Harmon
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Princeton Architectural Press
20161101
192
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