{"title":"Bubble map","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"kennedy-era-washington-dc-communities-bubble-map-framework-for-2000-ncpc-1961-p-7-028558","title":"Kennedy-era Washington DC communities bubble map—Framework for 2000—NCPC 1961","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'A Framework for 2000 Development—District of Columbia'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington dissolves into a cluster of soft yellow and ochre bubbles on this captivating 1961 plan, a classic 'potato map' in which each rounded neighbourhood is assigned a high or low residential density. Red employment centres, freeways and rail transit thread between the blobs, which float above the faint street grid and the Potomac and Anacostia rivers. Drawn for A Policies Plan for the Year 2000, it shows planning as mid-century graphic design, and the facing page adds a small explanatory diagram of how housing, centres and transit were meant to fit together. Offered with its facing key and text as two separate sheets from the original spiral-bound report, each about 25 × 25 cm.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54371661316443,"sku":"P-7-028558","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028558a.jpg?v=1792089741"},{"product_id":"plymouth-neighbourhood-social-idealism-bubble-potato-map-abercrombie-watson-1944-p-7-028571","title":"Plymouth neighbourhood social idealism bubble\/potato map—Abercrombie\/Watson 1944","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Community \/\/ Diagram illustrating the group system applied to Plymouth'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlymouth is reimagined as a cluster of bold orange bubbles in this delightful 'potato map', the planners' diagram of the neighbourhood groups into which the post-war city would be organised. Each bubble is a neighbourhood with its own centre, grouped around community centres and a single cultural centre, with open spaces and rural reservations wrapping the whole. The text beneath, which candidly presents the scheme 'in cartoon form', argues that the spirit of neighbourliness must be regained if civic consciousness is to be preserved, and suggests the groups might even form a new ward map. From Abercrombie and Paton Watson's Plan for Plymouth, it is a classic of the bubble-map genre and of wartime social idealism.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54371668820315,"sku":"P-7-028571","price":41.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-7-028571a.jpg?v=1792089774"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/collections\/bubble-map.oembed","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}