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.
mapping
A collection of contemporary and historical maps of NYC.
preservation
Resources about the city in transition, and the many attempts to define and preserve what is valuable.
in the media
Classic historical films and sounds of the city.
buildings
Resources and guides for studying the city’s built environment.
sensory city
Recording, mapping, and analyzing sensory experiences of New York.
photographs
Images of the city captured in historical and contemporary collections.
by the numbers
Quantitative resources by private and public agencies about New York.
infrastructure
Studying and documenting the complex systems that sustain urban life.
in the archives
A list of archival collections that document life in New York.
