Wish You Were Here: Touring New York City Through 200 Years of Guidebooks, Viewbooks, Photobooks, and Maps

A striking narrative of New York City’s history, urban planning, and architecture told through maps, guides, and more.

A visual chronicle of New York City’s urban development, Wish You Were Here showcases the metropolis through historical guidebooks, maps, viewbooks, and photo books. The rapidly changing city landscape is lavishly illustrated in evolving contemporary media, from copperplate engravings of maps and scenes to lithography, woodcuts, and photographs.

Mark D. Tomasko is a historian, collector, author, and researcher of banknote engraving.