Upper Left Cities
A Cultural Atlas of San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle
Published on 21. September 2021
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-63217-182-5 (ISBN)
Description
Compare and contrast San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle through 150 innovative infographic maps that blend traditional cartography with modern graphic design.
Upper Left Cities redefines modern cartography by going into uncharted territory to create a narrative about three great cities through informative and detailed infographic maps.
Explore and compare San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle through:
* wildlife and city trails
* voting records
* commutes
* marathon routes
* food and drink patterns
From the team that brought you Portlandness, this cultural atlas includes more than 150 maps, each using data around a given topic and then translating that to a creative and often unexpected visual format. The result is a perfect blend of form and function, each map is meticulously and ingeniously designed.
The collection of maps cover:
* history
* geography
* social and economic issues
* pop culture
Upper Left Cities redefines modern cartography by going into uncharted territory to create a narrative about three great cities through informative and detailed infographic maps.
Explore and compare San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle through:
* wildlife and city trails
* voting records
* commutes
* marathon routes
* food and drink patterns
From the team that brought you Portlandness, this cultural atlas includes more than 150 maps, each using data around a given topic and then translating that to a creative and often unexpected visual format. The result is a perfect blend of form and function, each map is meticulously and ingeniously designed.
The collection of maps cover:
* history
* geography
* social and economic issues
* pop culture
Reviews / Votes
"The graphics are the key to the book: creative, eye-catching, and sometimes weird (at least one is stitched in needlepoint). But the overall effect is a kind of visual almanac that presents information you can take, interpret, or commit to memory as you wish. This is a digestible way to consume numbers and data points; there is an art to it. The data might not change your view of any of the three cities, but bits will stick to your mental socks like burrs. If you want urban detail and comparisons with 'sister' cities - especially in ways you never knew you wanted - this is a book for you."-Crosscut
"The story of Portland, Seattle, and San Francisco, told through gorgeously illustrated maps."
-Portland Monthly
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Blue Star Press
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 259 mm
Width: 206 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
948 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-63217-182-5 (9781632171825)
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Persons
HUNTER SHOBE is a cultural geographer and assistant professor at Portland State University. He holds a PhD in geography from the University of Oregon and has more than twenty years of experience researching the cultural, political, and economic dimensions of how people connect to places and environments. Past studies focused on diverse topics, including the role of Football Club Barcelona in constructing urban identity in Barcelona, and national identity in Catalonia.
DAVID BANIS has managed the Center for Spatial Analysis and Research in the Geography Department at Portland State University since 2006, working with a wide variety of partners at the federal, state, and local levels. His work explores the diverse ways that cartographers can tell stories with maps, focusing on the mapping of nontraditional subjects.
DAVID BANIS has managed the Center for Spatial Analysis and Research in the Geography Department at Portland State University since 2006, working with a wide variety of partners at the federal, state, and local levels. His work explores the diverse ways that cartographers can tell stories with maps, focusing on the mapping of nontraditional subjects.