United States · Noir
Chicago Map Poster · Noir
Every street, park and waterway of Chicago, drawn from real map data in the Noir palette. Buy the files and print anywhere, or let us print it for you.
- Digital: 4 portrait JPGs (2:3, 3:4, 4:5, ISO) at 300 DPI
- Fits 12×18 in, 30×40 cm, 16×20 in, A4/A3/A2 and more
- Extras ZIP with the 11×14 in version and all ratios in landscape
- Printed sizes A4 to 60×90 cm, €29.90–€65, shipping included
- Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
About the Chicago map
the grid, the lake, the river
Chicago has one of the most satisfying grids in the world: block after block of right angles stretching to the horizon, interrupted only by Lake Michigan's dramatic eastern edge and the Y-shaped fork of the Chicago River downtown. That interplay of rigid geometry and water is what makes the poster so striking.
The lakefront is the anchor, a long smooth curve along the whole eastern side with Grant Park, Navy Pier and the Museum Campus as indentations. Inland the grid is relentless and beautiful, sliced by diagonals like Milwaukee and Archer that create wedge-shaped intersections.
Noir: Chicago has always been a noir city: dark, industrial, atmospheric, the lake as negative space.
Centre on the Loop with a 6 km radius so the lakefront runs down the whole right edge of the print and the river fork sits at the heart. Portrait orientation suits the north-south shoreline.
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