Detroit in 50 Maps

Detroit in 50 Maps

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Publication Date: 2nd November 2021

Detroit in 50 Maps shows you the Motor City from entirely new perspectives, from neighborhood coffee shops to the legacy of redlining.

There are thousands of ways to map a city. Roads, bridges, and railways help you navigate the twists and turns; topography gives you the lay of the land; population growth shows you its changing fortunes. But the best maps let you feel what that city's really like. Detroit in 50 Maps deconstructs the Motor City in surprising new ways. Track where new coffee shops and coworking spaces have opened and closed in the las... Read More

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Detroit in 50 Maps shows you the Motor City from entirely new perspectives, from neighborhood coffee shops to the legacy of redlining.

There are thousands of ways to map a city. Roads, bridges, and railways help you navigate the twists and turns; topography gives you the lay of the land; population growth shows you its changing fortunes. But the best maps let you feel what that city's really like. Detroit in 50 Maps deconstructs the Motor City in surprising new ways. Track where new coffee shops and coworking spaces have opened and closed in the las... Read More

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Detroit in 50 Maps shows you the Motor City from entirely new perspectives, from neighborhood coffee shops to the legacy of redlining.

There are thousands of ways to map a city. Roads, bridges, and railways help you navigate the twists and turns; topography gives you the lay of the land; population growth shows you its changing fortunes. But the best maps let you feel what that city's really like. Detroit in 50 Maps deconstructs the Motor City in surprising new ways. Track where new coffee shops and coworking spaces have opened and closed in the last five years. Find the areas with the highest concentrations of pizzerias, Coney Island hot dog shops, or ring-necked pheasants. In each colorful map, you'll find a new perspective on one of America's most misunderstood cities and the people who live here.

A conversation starter for Detroiters past, present, and future, Detroit in 50 Maps is for anyone keen to understand the city in new and surprising ways.

Details
  • Pages: 192
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: Belt Publishing
  • Series: 50 Maps
  • Publication Date: 2nd November 2021
  • ISBN: 9781953368027
  • Format: Hardcover
  • BISACs:
    REFERENCE / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (see also TRAVEL / Maps & Road Atlases)
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Reviews

An offbeat, fascinating, decidedly lo-fi atlas. ... Each map is interesting on its own, but taken together--despite the title, there are far more than 50--they offer a lively cultural snapshot of the Motor City. --Tina Jordan, New York Times Book Review

From Rebecca Solnit's atlases of New York, New Orleans and San Francisco, to Belt Publishing's Detroit in 50 Maps, these are books that surface the lesser-known stories --particularly those of marginalized groups - and show how they still reverberate through present-day space. --Laura Bliss, Bloomberg CityLab


Author Bio

Alex B. Hill is the director of data and community research at the Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation and an adjunct professor at Wayne State University. He started the website DETROITography (detroitography.com) in an attempt to bring together various Detroit cartographers and their great work. He is also the author of Detroit in 50 Maps (Belt Publishing). He lives in Detroit.

Detroit in 50 Maps shows you the Motor City from entirely new perspectives, from neighborhood coffee shops to the legacy of redlining.

There are thousands of ways to map a city. Roads, bridges, and railways help you navigate the twists and turns; topography gives you the lay of the land; population growth shows you its changing fortunes. But the best maps let you feel what that city's really like. Detroit in 50 Maps deconstructs the Motor City in surprising new ways. Track where new coffee shops and coworking spaces have opened and closed in the last five years. Find the areas with the highest concentrations of pizzerias, Coney Island hot dog shops, or ring-necked pheasants. In each colorful map, you'll find a new perspective on one of America's most misunderstood cities and the people who live here.

A conversation starter for Detroiters past, present, and future, Detroit in 50 Maps is for anyone keen to understand the city in new and surprising ways.

  • Pages: 192
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: Belt Publishing
  • Series: 50 Maps
  • Publication Date: 2nd November 2021
  • ISBN: 9781953368027
  • Format: Hardcover
  • BISACs:
    REFERENCE / Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (see also TRAVEL / Maps & Road Atlases)
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)

An offbeat, fascinating, decidedly lo-fi atlas. ... Each map is interesting on its own, but taken together--despite the title, there are far more than 50--they offer a lively cultural snapshot of the Motor City. --Tina Jordan, New York Times Book Review

From Rebecca Solnit's atlases of New York, New Orleans and San Francisco, to Belt Publishing's Detroit in 50 Maps, these are books that surface the lesser-known stories --particularly those of marginalized groups - and show how they still reverberate through present-day space. --Laura Bliss, Bloomberg CityLab


Alex B. Hill is the director of data and community research at the Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation and an adjunct professor at Wayne State University. He started the website DETROITography (detroitography.com) in an attempt to bring together various Detroit cartographers and their great work. He is also the author of Detroit in 50 Maps (Belt Publishing). He lives in Detroit.