Wdc Pop-Up Map by Vandam: 2

Washington DC Pop-Upmaps all top attractions including museums, major architecture, hotels, theaters, shopping destinations, and the Metro system for all of Washington DC at an immensely legible scale of 1:32,000, complete with 3-D building illustrations. Clear information design allows users to read the map from three feet away and has earned VanDam maps a place in the MoMA Collection. The map is laminated, pocket size and unfolds to 12 times its original size, then refolds itself by closing the covers. The map easily fits into your pocket or purse. Dimensions: 3.75” x 6” closed, 8.5” x 11” open per section.

Coverage: Mall Map: 1:9,500 Washington DC Street Map 1:16,000 Beltway Map: 1:238,000; Capital MetroTransit Map. Washington DC Pop-Up Map is so legible you will instantly understand the National Mall and how it connects to other parts of the District and Old Town Alexandria.

You get God's perspective on Monument City as well as the minute details. This 18th Century city grid with grand diagonal avenues designed by Pierre L'Enfant is a metaphor for the division of power in the Republic. A right triangle with Pennsylvania Avenue as hypotenuse and grand connector between the Executive (White House) and the Legislature (Congress) with the Judiciary (Supreme Court) backing up to Congress on Capitol Hill. The Washington Monument describes the triangle's Western point and serves as your compass needle to navigate the Capital.

Washington DC Pop-Up Map includes a stunning dimensional Mall detail of the central city from Arlington National Cemetery through Foggy Bottom, Federal Triangle, Judiciary Square, Penn Quarter, Chinatown, Downtown, the East End and Capitol Hill. Restrooms and concessions are clearly marked. Separate Beltway and Metro DC maps insure you have everything you need for a successful trip. While politics in the Capital may be petty and divisive, the riches of art, science and culture offered in its museums almost all of them free are generous, conciliatory and un-equalled anywhere else.

The hot ticket in town remains the African American Museum of History and Culture. Its bronze colored corona architecture boldly breaks the mold of the mostly white neo-classicist structures on the Mall and offers an intriguing perspective on American history. On the West Mall history is made manifest in the placement of the MLK Memorial where Dr. King stares down Jefferson with Lincoln's backing.

Washington DC Pop-Up’s map scale of 1:6,000 makes you feel you are there with 3D buildings illustrations as your compass. All Metro stops are marked by their respective line in context right on the main map and on a separate subway overview so you know both the local details and understand the larger system.

Stephan Van Dam, the map designer and publisher has mapped the Capital for the Smithsonian, The National Gallery and the National Park Service. We also publish a series of Presidential History Maps Lincoln, Jefferson and Washington as well as WDC Pop up Map.

Washington DC Pop-Up Maps are updated twice a year and are more current than any other map available. So get the 2024 Pop up and become an instant Washingtonian!

Stephan Van Dam, AIGA is an award-winning cartographer, graphic designer, and information architect. He is president, principal and creative director of New York-based VanDam Publishing. Twenty-seven of his maps are in the MoMA Collection.

The universal power of maps has been his guiding passion for the past 35 years. He has mapped over 125 world cities, including Washington maps for the Smithsonian, National Gallery and National Park Service and holds several patents in the field of paper engineering and origami map folding. <br/><br/>His work has been honored by the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA), the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), the editors of ID magazine and has been featured on national television and been sighted in numerous feature films. He presented his 4DmApp at TED in 2002.