Bad Maps
By Ed Fuentes — February 16, 2010 — 6 Comments
As regular readers know, maps of Downtown have taken their share of liberties with our geography, particularly when it comes to where landmarks are located.
When...
By Eric Richardson — September 26, 2007
When I first posted the Market Loft maps last October and started the Bad Maps series, it wasn't with any particular goal in mind. I didn't set out to try and...
By Eric Richardson — September 06, 2007
This morning I was glancing through this CRA report (PDF) on purchasing SRO hotels (lead story in this week's Downtown News gives the backstory on that). It was...
By Eric Richardson — August 02, 2007
Back in April it was a City map that got the "Bad Maps" nod, so this time it's only fair to recognize the efforts of Metro, the county transit agency. The map pictured...
By Eric Richardson — July 18, 2007 — 5 Comments
I promise you that come Saturday, all this Fresh Fare content will be over. Right now, though, they just keep providing such great stuff.
Most Downtowners probably...
By Eric Richardson — April 30, 2007 — 8 Comments
It's surprising how many bad maps are out there. Every so often I run across a map of Downtown that's particularly egregious, and I just have to take the time...
By Eric Richardson — April 01, 2007 — 5 Comments
Kathy and I went to the Arclight yesterday and had a few minutes to kill between dinner and our movie. We stopped by the bookstore and I started browsing the Los...
By Eric Richardson — January 08, 2007 — 1 Comment
I really enjoyed the laugh we all got back in October from the bad map Market Lofts uses. A couple weeks later I pointed out the "creative license" in several other...
By Eric Richardson — November 09, 2006 — 8 Comments
A couple weeks back we had a good laugh at the implausibly incorrect map Market Lofts uses to sell people on Downtown. Since then I've taken a look at some other...
By Eric Richardson — October 24, 2006 — 18 Comments
We haven't met, but you're getting built in my neighborhood. I was walking by your sales office today and then checked out your website. As someone who knows a...
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