Mapping Manhattan: A Love (and Sometimes Hate) Story in Maps by 75 New Yorkers

by Becky Cooper, Adam Gopnik, 

Book Overview

Armed with hundreds of blank maps she had painstakingly printed by hand, Becky Cooper walked Manhattan from end to end. Along her journey she met police officers, homeless people, fashion models, and senior citizens who had lived in Manhattan all their lives. She asked the strangers to "map their Manhattan" and to mail the personalized maps back to her. Soon, her P.O. box was filled with a cartography of intimate narratives: past loves, lost homes,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419706721
• ISBN13: 9781419706721
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Abrams Image
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 10.2"