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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616895268
• ISBN13: 9781616895266
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 9.9"