200 Years on the Grid – via AIGA.org
Love it or hate it, the “grid” has been a fact of life in Manhattan for 200 years. I spent 21 years of my life alternately bragging then complaining about this marvel of city planning that was once...
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Here’s one of the stranger items I’ve stumbled upon in my dustbin diving. Apparently, you used to be able to stick a stamp on just about anything and mail it—including this aluminum Tray Postcard...
View Article1884 U.S. Census Maps Show Forest Trees of North America
Officially titled “Sixteen Maps Accompanying Report On Forest Trees Of North America, By C.S. Sargent, 1884,” this beautiful collection of maps-as-info-graphics produced by the U.S. Census provides a...
View Article1897 Map Depicts Original Lot Grants in New-Amsterdam
Happy birthday, New Amsterdam (1653). An engraved map from 1897 is described as follows: “Map of the Original Grants of Village Lots from the Dutch West India Company to the Inhabitants of...
View Article200 Years on the Grid – via AIGA.org
Love it or hate it, the “grid” has been a fact of life in Manhattan for 200 years. I spent 21 years of my life alternately bragging then complaining about this marvel of city planning that was once...
View ArticleTexas Tray Postcard
Here’s one of the stranger items I’ve stumbled upon in my dustbin diving. Apparently, you used to be able to stick a stamp on just about anything and mail it—including this aluminum Tray Postcard...
View Article1884 U.S. Census Maps Show Forest Trees of North America
Officially titled “Sixteen Maps Accompanying Report On Forest Trees Of North America, By C.S. Sargent, 1884,” this beautiful collection of maps-as-info-graphics produced by the U.S. Census provides a...
View Article1897 Map Depicts Original Lot Grants in New-Amsterdam
Happy birthday, New Amsterdam (1653). An engraved map from 1897 is described as follows: “Map of the Original Grants of Village Lots from the Dutch West India Company to the Inhabitants of...
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