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Manhattan’s grid is iconic. But it’s hardly the heart and soul of the city. A new book maps New York City in ways that no architect or urban planner could.
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[Image: courtesy Abrams Books]The book,
Decoding Manhattan by architect Antonis Antoniou and designer and author Steven Heller, uses more than two centuries of diagrams, illustrations, and maps to demystify, illuminate, and yes, decode, the inner workings of the city that never sleeps. From an olfactory map of New York’s Astor Place to a family tree-style diagram depicting New York’s New Wave, the graphics in this book add rich layers to our understanding of Manhattan. In a city of skyscrapers and subways, the goings-on at street level really only capture the surface.
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