Kathy Hart brought our attention to this beautiful mosaic map of the original topography of Manhattan Island at Battery Park subway station, NYC. I love the way it is an oblique perspective and the use of different coloured tiles for the topographic shading.
Reinder Storm sent us this from Utrecht “Temporary kind of lieu de mémoire, to commemorate a storm that very heavily damaged the Dom cathedral in Utrecht, in 1674. “ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martin%27s_Cathedral,_Utrecht
Berl sent me this pic of an embroidered map by his aunt. “My aunt had a similar map on a wall in her home which she had embroidered. Cheekily I asked if she would make one for my ninth birthday – and she did. Here it is on a wall […]
Reinder sent this pic of a shuttered shop in Amsterdam with a world map in the window. Time moves on.
Micha Silver sent us this pic. “Here’s a wall mosaic on a store front in Shelburn Falls, a small town in western Massachusetts. The town lies on the Shelburn River, and residents have transformed an abandoned train bridge over the river to a beautiful flower exhibition.”
Marc-Tobias sent us this pic of a van showing the car sharing locations in Munster- a very detailed map for the side of a van.
Andrew Zolnai sent us these pics of the entrance foyer ceilings at the Scott Polar Institute in Cambridge. Arctic and Antarctic maps as frescoes.
Elizabeth sent this pic of the Safety Curtain at the Apollo Theatre in London when she went to see Wicked there.