New York City can be overwhelming — to visit, live in, or study. This page gives some ways to counter the confusion. The list is idiosyncratic and neither exhaustive nor complete, but the resources offer a way to begin to understand this dense maze.

NYC in general

Official website of the city as well as seminal texts and studies of New York.

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Mapping

A collection of contemporary and historical maps of NYC.
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Preservation

Various resources and materials about the city in transition, and the many attempts to define and preserve what is valuable.
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In the Media

From Blitzer’s 1905 short film about a newly opened subway line, to RadioLab’s podcasts on what makes cities tick, New York has been explored through a variety of media formats.

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Buildings

Resources and directions for studying the city’s built environment.
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Sensory City

A collection of resources recording, mapping, and analyzing the sensory experiences of the city.
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Photographs

Resources about historical and contemporary NYC in photographic collections.
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By the Numbers

A list of quantitative resources by private and public agencies about the city.

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Infrastructure

Various resources studying and documenting the many complex infrastructures that sustain urban life.

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In the Archives

A collection of links to various archives and collections.
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