Part of a trilogy of atlases, this title conveys innumerable unbound experiences of New York City through twenty-six imaginative maps and informative essays. Bringing together the insights of dozens of experts, it explores all five boroughs of New York City and parts of nearby New Jersey.

INTRODUCTION CENTERS AND EDGES MAP 1. SINGING THE CITY: THE NEW YORK OF DREAMS OUR CITY OF SONGS, BY JOSHUA JELLY-SCHAPIRO, GARNETTE CADOGAN, VALERIA LUISELLI, JOE BOYD, WILL BUTLER, MIRISSA NEFF, TEJU COLE, MARGO JEFFERSON, AND BARRY LOPEZ MAP 2. CAPITAL OF CAPITAL: HOW NEW YORK HAPPENED THE BEST CITY MONEY CAN BUY, BY JOSHUA JELLY-SCHAPIRO MAP 3. CRASH: CRISES AND COLLISIONS IN 21ST-CENTURY LOWER MANHATTAN FALLING AND RISING IN LOWER MANHATTAN, BY ASTRA TAYLOR MAP 4. RIOT! PERIODIC ERUPTIONS IN VOLCANIC NEW YORK THE VIOLENCE OF INEQUALITY, BY LUC SANTE MAP 5. CARBONIFEROUS: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE CITY PETRO GOTHAM, PEOPLE'S GOTHAM, BY DANIEL ALDANA COHEN MAP 6. WATER AND POWER: THE REACH OF THE CITY THIRSTS AND GHOSTS, BY HEATHER SMITH MAP 7. HARPER'S AND HARPOONERS: WHALING AND PUBLISHING IN MELVILLE'S MANHATTAN SAILORS AND SCRIVENERS, BY PAUL LA FARGE MAP 8. WHAT IS A JEW? FROM EMMA GOLDMAN TO GOLDMAN SACHS MY YIDDISHE PAPA, BY SHEERLY AVNI THE LOST WORLD OF JEWISH FLATBUSH, BY JOEL DINERSTEIN MAP 9. ARCHIPELAGO: THE CARIBBEAN'S FAR NORTH OF ISLANDS AND OTHER MOTHERS, BY GAIUTRA BAHADUR MAP 10. CITY OF WOMEN THE POWER OF NAMES, BY REBECCA SOLNIT MAP 11. LOVE AND RAGE MAP 12. CITY OF WALKERS: AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY ROUND AND ROUND, BY GARNETTE CADOGAN MAP 13. WILDLIFE THE OYSTERS IN THE SPIRE, BY REBECCA SOLNIT MAP 14. OUR LATIN THING: NEW YORK CITY RADIO EN ESPANOL THE MEGA MEZCLAPOLIS, BY ALEXANDRA T. VAZQUEZ MAP 15. BURNING DOWN AND RISING UP: THE BRONX IN THE 1970S NEW YORK CITY: SEEING THROUGH THE RUINS, BY MARSHALL BERMAN INTERVIEWS WITH VALERIE CAPERS, GRANDMASTER CAZ, GRANDWIZZARD THEODORE,AND MELLE MEL MAP 16. MAKERS AND BREAKERS: OLMSTED, MOSES, JACOBS SHAPE THE CITY WAYS AND MEANS, BY JONATHAN TARLETON MAP 17. TRASH IN THE CITY: DUMPING ON STATEN ISLAND AND BEYOND COMING CLEAN, BY LUCY R. LIPPARD MAP 18. MYSTERIOUS LAND OF SHAOLIN: THE WU-TANG CLAN'S STATEN ISLAND BREATHING SPACE: AN INTERVIEW WITH RZA, BY JOSHUA JELLY-SCHAPIRO MAP 19. BROWNSTONES AND BASKETBALL: BROOKLYN'S HOME GROUNDS AND GAMES EMPIRE OF BROWNSTONE AND BRICK, BY THOMAS J. CAMPANELLA PRISONERS OF RED HOOK, BY FRANCISCO GOLDMAN MAP 20. BROOKLYN VILLAGES FREED BUT NOT FREE, BY SHARIFA RHODES-PITTS MAP 21. PUBLIC/PRIVATE: A MAP OF CHILDHOODS PLAYGROUNDS I HAVE KNOWN, BY EMILY RABOTEAU MAP 22. THE SUBURBAN THEORY OF THE AVANT-GARDE: NEW JERSEY'S GREATS NORTH STARS AND GOSPEL BATTLES: PETER COYOTE'S JERSEY MEMORIES MAP 23. PLANTING LIBERTY: 350 YEARS OF FREEDOM IN FLUSHING "LAW OF LOVE, PEACE AND LIBERTIE," BY GARNETTE CADOGAN MAP 24. MOTHER TONGUES AND QUEENS: THE WORLD'S LANGUAGES CAPITAL TOWER OF SCRABBLE, BY SUKETU MEHTA MAP 25. BLACK STAR LINES: HARLEM SECULAR AND SACRED HOME TO HARLEM, BY CHRISTINA ZANFAGNA MAP 26. OSCILLATING CITY: MANHATTAN, DAY AND NIGHT SCHLEPTROPOLIS, BY THOMAS J. CAMPANELLA ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CONTRIBUTORS

“I am thrilled to have another book-object in this series, as I devoured the San Francisco volume when I was there, and the New Orleans one likewise. Now finally here is one about the town where I live. The format, with the maps, networks, and accompanying stories and histories, is a lovely, nonlinear way of mirroring the almost infinite layers that make up a city. We all have our own mental maps of our cities and the ones we visit—maps that are, like the ones here, historical, musical, temporal, personal, economic, and geographical. The maps in Nonstop Metropolis are a good approximation of how we New Yorkers experience and perceive the city we live in.”—David Byrne

“Put your map apps and your GPS away, because none of those high-tech innovations will lead you to the immense satisfaction that this hard-to-put-down book is full of. The unique, clever, and artistic maps give you the who, what, when, and, most importantly, where of loads of unusual and little-known New York City histories. As a New York City native I finally have all the maps I need to the treasures and secrets of my hometown.”—Fab 5 Freddy

“A new way to think about the cultural and political life of cities.”—Randy Kennedy, New York Times

“Solnit, well known for her writing on politics, art and feminism, has turned her attention to New York City’s complexities in Nonstop Metropolis, the third of her trilogy of atlases and accompanying exhibitions.”—Alex Rayner, The Guardian

Selected praise for Infinite City and Unfathomable City
 
“A deeply illuminating assemblage of maps and essays.”—Lynell George, Chicago Tribune

“Inventive and affectionate.”—Lise Funderburg, New York Times Book Review

 “Brilliantly disorients our native sense of place.”—Jonathon Keats, San Francisco Magazine
 
“With Unfathomable City, Solnit and Snedeker have produced an idiosyncratic, luminous tribute to the greatest human creation defined by its audience participants: the city itself.”—Daniel Brook, New York Times