A-Map-of-Every-Building-in-America-The-New-York #

A Map of Every Building in America - The New York Times #

Created: December 4, 2019 10:25 AM Tags: Data, Maps URL: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/12/us/map-of-every-building-in-the-united-states.html ! On this page you will find maps showing almost every building in the United States. Every black speck on the map below is a building, reflecting the built legacy of the United States.

History Made Apparent #

The nation’s expansion shows itself: The clustered development of the original colonies flowed west, with scattered cities and towns linked, like beads on a string, by rivers, highways and railroads.

Traces of Distant Culture #

South of New Orleans This arrangement of buildings along a narrow spit of land on either side of a Louisiana bayou shows the imprint of the region’s history under France: “long lot” development, which stretched skinny holdings laterally away from important waterways.

A City, by Design #

Washington, D.C. Many cities evolve over time, but some are designed from scratch. Unlike places such as the Flint area — with its carefully plotted grids — places like the landscape east of Lancaster, Pa., have a long history of organic settlement.