Saturday, March 12, 2011

Staten Island Mapmakers

When Debbie Davis map was first published i spent a long time pouring over it, discovering places I didn't know about and places I knew, but never considered their toxicity.



http://www.toxictrailmap.com/

http://photos.silive.com/advance/2011/03/toxic_trail_map.html

Many years ago a car service driver told me a story as we drove through Mariners Harbor of secret dumping of nuclear waste, which I laughed off as an urban myth. Maybe he was right.

Staten Island has several map makers that I know of, maybe there are more too.

Robin Locke Monda has made Staten Island maps full of personality, defining ethnic areas on the island.

Robert McMurray's remind me of to do lists, with annotations and reminders.

Nancy Bonior plays with our abstract man made boundary lines.

Different approaches to get us all to a similar place- defining our place in the world.

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