{"id":1789202,"date":"2020-08-31T14:55:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T18:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1789202"},"modified":"2020-08-31T14:55:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T18:55:50","slug":"alex-russells-great-maps-of-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/08\/alex-russells-great-maps-of-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Russell’s Great Maps of Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alex Russell, \u201cThe Great Map of Williamsburg\u201d (2020)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last October, Alex Russell released his first pictorial map<\/a> of a Brooklyn neighbourhood, the Great Map of Greenpoint<\/a>. It was begun, he says, \u201cas an effort to drive business around the neighborhood. As a restaurant owner in Greenpoint, it was to draw attention to everything this great little area had to offer.\u201d His follow-up, the Great Map of Williamsburg<\/a> (above), ran straight into the pandemic, as Greenpointers<\/em> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cMy printer closed their doors for a few months just as my order went in,\u201d Russell said of his map, which went to print right as the coronavirus halted New York\u2019s spring. \u201cSadly, I have recently discovered that a handful of the businesses on The Great Map of Williamsburg have closed due to COVID. I will be delivering their maps to them this week as a bittersweet memory of what was. Some of them, like Brooklyn Charm, had been there for over a decade. I feel honored to have had the chance to be a part of their history.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Both maps are available for sale as posters; Williamsburg costs $40 and Greenpoint costs $25. [News12 Brooklyn<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last October, Alex Russell released his first pictorial map of a Brooklyn neighbourhood, the Great Map of Greenpoint. It was begun, he says, \u201cas an effort to drive business around the neighborhood. 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