Mapping Manhattan
Maps are more about their makers than the places they describe. Map who you are. Map where you are. Fill the map with a story or paint your favorite cup of coffee. Map the invisible. Map the obvious. Map your memories.
In 2009, I walked the length of Broadway asking strangers to fill out blank maps of Manhattan island with their representations of the place. This book, inspired by Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities, is a collection of their maps, plus ones by notable New Yorkers including Yoko Ono, David Chang, and Neil deGrasse Tyson. Mapping Manhattan: A Love (and Sometimes Hate) Story in Maps by 75 New Yorkers, on sale now online and in many bookstores.
Featured In:
The New York Times
Fodor’s Travel
Brain Pickings
The Paris Review
Time Out New York
I’m always collecting submissions.
Download a map by selecting any of the outlines below, and email it to the Map Your Memories project when you’re ready.
By sending in a map you grant me permission to use it without limit in any project related to Map Your Memories. Maps designed by Dan Ashwood.
Bronx
Brooklyn
Manhattan
New York City
Queens
Staten Island