Gallery: Nonstop Metropolis' Stunning Maps Show NYC the Way Locals See It

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    Cartography: Molly Roy; Artwork: Peach Tao
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    Mysterious Land of Shaolin: The Wu-Tang Clan's Staten Island
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    Cartography: Molly Roy
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    Black Star Lines: Harlem Secular and Sacred
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    Cartography: Molly Roy; Artwork: Duke Riley
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    Water and Power: The Reach of the City
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    Cartography: Molly Roy; Artwork: Tino Rodriguez
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    Wildlife
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    Cartography: Molly Roy; Artwork: Lady Pink
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    Burning Down and Rising Up: The Bronx in the 1970s
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    Cartography: Molly Roy; Photographs: Mirissa Neff
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    Mother Tongues and Queens: The World's Languages Capital
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    Cartography: Molly Roy; Artwork: Linnea Russell
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    Trash in the City: Dumping on Staten Island and Beyond
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