StreetSmart NYC Map 9/11 Edition by VanDam -- Laminated City Street Map of

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Product Description StreetSmart NYC Map 9/11 Edition maps all top attractions including museums, major architecture, hotels, theaters, shopping destinations, Broadway theaters and the subway system for all of Manhattan at an immensely legible scale of 1:32,000, complete with 3-D building illustrations. Clear information design allows users to read the map from three feet away and has earned VanDam maps a place in the MoMA Collection. The map is laminated, pocket size and easily fits into your pocket or purse. Dimensions: 4” x 9” closed; 9” x 24 open. Contents: Manhattan Street map scale 1:32,000 9/11 Memorial Detail Map scale 1:7,000 Manhattan Subway Map StreetSmart NYC Map 9/11 Edition is so clear and easy to understand so you can navigate the city with ease. For instance: You are looking to get from your Tribeca hotel to the High Line to meet friends at the Spanish Mercado in Hudson Yards, looking for the fastest subway connection from the Lower East Side to the Hudson Theater in Midtown, negotiating the shifting grids of the West Village, looking for the right uptown exit on the FDR Drive, making sense of the Dutch Colonial Grid Downtown to find the 9/11 National Memorial before dusk for that perfect shot, or hiking from the Met through Central Park to head to the Apollo Theater Harlem for a show. The map shows you the shortest route as well as the closest bathrooms. Also includes complete transit information and an address finder covering all of New York City. Locals StreetSmart NYC Map 9/11 Edition The NYC StreetSmart 9/11 Edition includes a stunning dimensional detail of Lower Manhattan with the 9/11 National Memorial site at 1:7,000 scale at its center to make you feel you are there. There are self guided historic walks to lead you through the Financial Center, World Trade Center, Wall Street, South Street Seaport, Tribeca and more. Stephan Van Dam, the map designer has lived in Manhattan for over 40 years and know the city inside out. The map is updated four times a year and is the most current map available. So get StreetSmart NYC Map 9/11 Edition and become an instant New Yorker. Review "...A Connoisseur's Map!" --USA Today "For savvy travelers." --Travel & Leisure "The Map..." --The New York Times About the Author Stephan Van Dam, AIGA is an award-winning cartographer, graphic designer, and information architect. He is the president, principal and creative director of New York-based VanDam Publishing. Twenty-seven of his maps are in the MoMA Collection. The universal power of maps has been his guiding passion for the past 35 years and fuels his desire to tell stories and construct new realities through maps in all media. He's has mapped over 125 world cities, and holds several patents in the field of paper engineering and origami map folding. His work has been honored by the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA), the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), the editors of ID magazine and has been featured on national television and been sighted in numerous feature films. Van Dam presented his 4DmApp at the original TED conference in 2002.

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