“Morphogenesis of a Philadelphia City Block”
The first time I mapped out a historical geography was as a young SFSU undergrad. I recently came across this project while looking for old photos in my boxes of personal archaeology. I was thrilled to find it; I thought I had lost it long ago. I was ridiculously proud of this at the time–even though it only took a few hours to put together. When I researched this project, I hadn’t yet learned GIS, so the maps are hand-drawn.
This project was the first of many historical geographies I’ve explored, the last of which was the University of Washington campus.
I’ve never even been to Philadelphia.
Here is my original graphic:
