"Urban Fabrics" Maps

BOSTON, Massachusetts. Explore the core of Boston with its rivers and docks, abstracted into a figure/ground, or block, plan. The map-drawing cente...

MANHATTAN New York, New York. The most recognizable city grid in the Western world. Also the most navigable! I love finding my way around Manhattan...

BROOKLYN. New York. Gritty and beautiful, historic and fashion forward, real and imaginary. The streets of Brooklyn hold so many memories and stori...

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SEATTLE, Washington. This map drawing celebrates Seattle's unique city plan surrounded by the Puget Sound, Elliott Bay and Lake Washington, its inn...

SAVANNAH Georgia 's downtown historic district, abstracted into a figure/ground, or block, plan. This block plan is derived from an 1900 map of the...

TACOMA, Washington. The map-drawing includes the entire width of the "peninsula" between the Port and the Tacoma Narrows, from Point Defiance to S....

ATLANTA, Georgia. The map area extends to Buckhead on the north, East Atlanta and the Zoo on the south and includes Westside Reservoir Park on the ...

PORTLAND, Oregon. Lush gardens and Grey skies, Big industry and Small handcraft, Idiosyncratic and Independent, Entrepreneurs on every corner, Bike...

PROVO, Utah. The city grid woven between the Lake and the bench of the Wasatch frays into neighborhood streets stepping the foothills and then wind...

SYRACUSE, New York. This historic city on the Erie Canal, in the shadow of Lake Onondaga, has a proud architectural heritage and a vibrant local ar...

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky. The largest city in Kentucky is also one of the oldest west of the Appalachians, founded in 1778. The city fills a wide plain...

DETROIT MICHIGAN. Motor City and glorious Gallery of Beaux Arts architecture and City Beautiful planning in the early twentieth century, vacant and...

SEVILLE, Spain. Bask in its warm glow and wander, with your eyes, these ancient and modern streets ripe with coves and plazas.The map focuses on th...

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. The town was laid out the town on glacial flats in a perfect grid with large blocks and wide streets. This contrast between r...

PHOENIX, Arizona. The map area includes Encanto Park and Coronado at the northern boundary, with I-17 on the west and south and I-10 on the east. T...

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands. Its iconic city plan, with concentric medieval development, all carved through with canals of all sizes, is mesmerizing...

RICHMOND, Virginia. My map-drawing of Richmond's streets, railroads and, of course, the picturesque James River includes Downtown, Shockhoe, Maymon...

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas. The nineteenth century German settlement was once one of Texas' largest cities. New Braunfels is now a charming small city, a...

HOUSTON, Texas. It's the largest city in this LARGE State and has one of the tallest skylines in the US. Green space and parks are plentiful for a ...

SPOKANE, Washington. From a military fort to a trading and transport center during mining rushes, Spokane boomed in the late 1800s / early 1900s an...

WARSAW, Poland. Explore the streets and riverbanks of Warsaw with your eyes. The gem of this dynamic street grid is located in the upper right, jus...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia. Home of Thomas Jefferson's University of Virginia nestled in the beautiful Blue Ridge mountains. Home to a vibrant downt...

CHICAGO, Illinois. The map-drawing includes Navy Pier, The Loop, Lincoln Park, Wrigley Field, Gold Coast, Humboldt Park, Bucktown, Wicker Park, and...

BUDAPEST, Hungary. The map-drawing centers on the Danube River as it winds through the city, featuring the beautiful bridges that link Buda to Pest...

East PORTLAND, Oregon. Lush gardens and Grey skies, Big industry and Small handcraft, Idiosyncratic and Independent, Entrepreneurs on every corner,...

DALLAS, Texas. A Big City in a Big State with Big influence in business, arts and culture, science and medicine, trade and manufacturing. Dallas bo...

SAN DIEGO California. Home of the Tipai-Ipai indigenous people, the geographic site of San Diego was "claimed" for Spain in 1542 and was ceded to t...

SHANGHAI, China. This modern ancient city is a deep layer cake of city plans, streets and lanes forged by carts and worn by millions of bicycles al...

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana. The image of the Crescent City is captured in my "Urban Fabric" Watercolor Texture Map of The Big Easy. I love how the grid...

INDIO, Palm Desert, Palm Springs area, California. Oases in the desert and miles of golf courses. This drawing depicts the roads, all of the tiny l...

Saigon HO CHI MINH CITY Vietnam City Map Art Print.  For your Map Wall, memento of your travels or former abodes, reminder of home, gift for friend...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada.From Strait to Inlet, Harbour, River and "Arm"...a diversity of water bodies surround the city, with great coas...

WATERTOWN New York straddles the Black River in that corner of Northern New York where Lake Ontario meets the St. Lawrence River. The river spawned...

LAKE PLACID, New York. In the heart of the Adirondacks and host of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics, the Village of Lake Placid nestles around Mir...

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania inhabits the Alleghany Mountains at the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers. Home of Carnegie Mellon...