Nowy Jork & Warsaw: The Map

For this project, I was interested in local landmarks named after a location or person of Polish or American origin present in both Warsaw and New York. I have spent roughly half my life in each city, and was interested in drawing connections between them based on history and language. For this, I scoured street atlases of New York and Warsaw for urban elements named after the same person or geographical place. The maps were combined to create a new, fictitious city that allows the sister streets to be on the same page. Transparent overlays highlight the sister street pairs, and each map section is accompanied by a short entry on the two streets' namesake.

Perfect bound book with letter-pressed cover. 68 pages.