Featured Atlases
Mapping New York by Call Number: 912.7471 M297Publication Date: 2009The story of New York City through historical maps, and a history of map making in New York City – from the Dutch colonial period through the present.
In the Brooklyn Library, the first-floor reading room holds an atlas collection (under the windows along the south wall) and map cases (in the stack room behind the elevator). Browse the 911 and 912 ranges in the stacks.
Atlas of Western Art History by Call Number: 703 S814Publication Date: 1994Contains 150 detailed, full-color maps. Arranged chronologically and grouped by historical period and style, this atlas maps the historical context of art, the rise of artistic movements, the sites of works of art, and the places where artists worked.
Maps by Call Number: 912 M685Publication Date: 2013A beautifully illustrated atlas for children, containing illustrations of countries and cities, landscape, places of cultural and historical interest, animals and plants, and more.
Atlas of Shrinking Cities by Call Number: 307.2 A881Publication Date: 2006Documents shrinking cities with 30 world maps, 50 diagrams, 30 city portraits, and 15 essays. The Atlas examines demographic developments, migration, environmental destruction, and the changing character of human settlements. Population data for the past 50 years is included for all cities of more than 100,000 people.
The Atlas of the Real World by Call Number: 912 D71Publication Date: 2008366 digitally modified maps - known as cartograms - depict the areas and countries of the world not by their physical size, but by their demographic importance on a vast range of topics.
Axonometric Maps
Axonometric maps, which depict 3D space on a 2D plane, are great for illustrating buildings. Pratt has axonometric maps that may be particularly useful to architecture and urban planning students. Please ask at the reference desk if you would like to use any of these maps:
Manhattan Skyline: East River- Precise scale drawing of over 1000 buildings south of 96th Street and prior to September 11, with historic information as well as names, dates completed, street addresses, and architects.
Manhattan Skyline: Hudson River- Precise scale drawing of over 1000 buildings south of 96th Street and prior to September 11, with historic information as well as names, dates completed, street addresses, and architects.
Boston
Chicago’s Tallest Buildings: 900 N. Michigan Avenue, 311 S. Wacker Drive, Amoco Building, AT&T Corporate Center, John Hancock Center, One First National Plaza, Sears Tower, Three First National Plaza, Two Prudential Plaza, Water Tower Place
Chicago
Chrysler Building
Cleveland
Columbia University
Empire State Building
Jackson Square, New Orleans
Los Angeles
Manhattan (downtown)
Manhattan (midtown)
Miami
New York’s Tallest Buildings: 40 Wall Street, American International Building, Chrysler Building, Citicorp Center, Cityspire, Empire State Building, General Electric Building, MetLife Building, One Chase Manhattan Plaza, World Trade Center
San Francisco
TriBeCa
Waikiki
Washington, D.C.
Woolworth Building
Topographic Map of Prospect Park
We have a large topographic map produced for us by the Prospect Park Alliance. Please ask at the Brooklyn reference desk if you would like to use this map.
Building Plans
We have plans for the Thirteen Most Important Buildings in the History of Western Religious Architecture. Please ask at the Brooklyn reference desk if you would like to use any of these maps:
Chartrres Cathedral
Durham Cathedral
Hagia Sophia (Istanbul)
Notre Dame du Haut (Ronchamp)
Pantheon (Rome)
Parthenon (Athens)
Saint Paul’s Cathedral (London)
Saint Peter’s Basilica (Rome)
San Vitale (Ravenna)
Sant’ Andrea (Mantua)
Sant’ Apollinaire in Classe (Ravenna)
Temple of Amen-Mut-Khowsu (Luxor)
Vierzehnheiligen (Bamberg)
Identity Maps
Identity Maps portray building footprints and use.
We have identity maps of Morningside Heights, Greenwich Village, New York Downtown, New York Midtown, Upper East Side, Upper West Side, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.
Please ask at the reference desk to use any of these maps.