Q Days Project - Map of Manhattan
A highly detailed handmade map -- the “map for a friend” mentioned below -- of the island I called home for 13 years. My friend, who runs a tea business, will be selling prints when life returns to some semblance of normal, so at the moment I feel obliged to limit its exposure here to a single, low-resolution image. (The actual piece is over 2 feet tall.)
A mini-atlas of maps printed in 1964 inspired me to experiment with painting each neighborhood its own color. Like a collection of farms or tiny villages. The map is hand-lettered, right down to the street names, bridges, and tunnels.
(And, except for Battery Park City, it’s a reasonably accurate map.)
I will update a link to this post -- or create a new post with higher-res imagery and some close-up details -- when the prints become available. In the meantime, please enjoy this colorful view of the heart of a town which has, this year, been knocked down but remains far from out.
