Palo Alto, California
$500.00
A dynamic view of Palo Alto during the late 1980s.
1 in stock
Description
This attractive and fun-filled poster map of Palo Alto, California, presents the city with northeast at the top of the sheet, so that the bright blue waters of San Francisco Bay fill in the background. Somewhat oddly, the title cartouche blocks out a significant part of the local real estate! The rest of the image is occupied by dozens of carefully illustrated storefronts and buildings, depicted in the exaggerated commercialized fashion popularized during the 1980s and 1990s.
The sheet captures a vibrant small business economy, with a variety of retailers, service providers, restaurants, etc. Caricatured portraits of owners and personalized signs/phone numbers add a delightful touch. Other features of interest include a portion of Stanford University, the San Francisco skyline, and additional ‘aerial advertisements.’
Copyright in 1989 and published by City Design, Inc. of Pleasanton, California.
Source: David Rumsey Map Collection
Map Details
Publication Date: 1989
Author: City Design
Sheet Width (in): 35.5
Sheet Height (in): 22.9
Condition: B+
Condition Description: Vibrant color printed map on a single-sided sheet of thick, glossy paper. Moderate wear along the outer edges and scattered wrinkling throughout the sheet has resulted in some distinctive white creasing (see scan). Mostly effects the upper edge and lower left. One small faint stain, about the size of a pencil erasure, in sky (upper left). Between good and very good condition overall.
$500.00
1 in stock