You Are Here

By Katharine Harmon

Subjects: Central Park, Imaginary places, New york (n.y.), pictorial works, New york (n.y.), maps, maps, NYC, Cartography -- New York (State) -- New York, New York (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works, New York City, Imaginary places -- New York (State) -- New York -- Maps, Harlem

Description: 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."