Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

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Library Journal Review

However many residents a metropolis has is how many versions of the city there are. The eight million-plus New York Cities are here presented in 200 maps that show everything from a plan that would join Governor's Island and Manhattan using landfill to a map of the city made from honeybees. Harmon (You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination; The Map as Art) features cultural iconography, such as The New Yorker cartoon of the city looming large and the rest of the world clinging to the edges of the illustration, alongside Colonial-era maps and today's satellite and data-driven views. Many photographs make the picks as well, with all entries accompanied by salient and informative captions. Sprinkled throughout are various authors' essays on personal geography and city experiences. VERDICT A wonderful treat for New Yorkers and for lovers of geography- and cartography-inspired looks at life in the past and today. Fans of Harmon's similar but broader previous gems will snap up this new work.-Henrietta Verma, National Information Standards Organization, Baltimore © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

Harmon has a particular interest in maps as art, and vice versa, and here she offers a plethora of graphic examples, providing the reader with a variety of perspectives of New York City. Most of the more than 200 full-color maps and photographs convey mental images and interpretations of how people see the city. Harmon was diligent in collecting the images and maps, some of which date back 400 years. Cognoscenti will enjoy every single page of this book, because each sends interesting messages that will likely bring a smile to the lips and perhaps also a nostalgic sense of place. The book also has much to offer nonspecialists because it serves as a guide to sites that might otherwise be missed. The nature of the maps ranges widely, from simple renderings of locations of interest, to topographic maps, to informational maps fitting for every age and taste (guides to food and to where the hip-hop movement was born), and depictions of personal geographies complemented by global and regional viewpoints, each giving meaning to place. This is a creative and innovative assemblage. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers. --Leon Yacher, Southern Connecticut State University