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Streetwise Boston Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Boston, Massachusetts - Folding pocket size travel map with MBTA subway map & trolley lines Map – Folded Map, June 1, 2013
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Don't leave home without STREETWISE.' --The New York Times
'STREETWISE is an absolute travel essential.' --Travel + Leisure Magazine
'In a strange city, your sense of direction is only as good as the map in your hands. The best maps to carry are published by STREETWISE.' --Chicago Daily Herald
'STREETWISE is an absolute travel essential.' --Travel + Leisure Magazine
'In a strange city, your sense of direction is only as good as the map in your hands. The best maps to carry are published by STREETWISE.' --Chicago Daily Herald
About the Author
STREETWISE® is the first map to be designed with modern graphics and is the originator of the laminated, accordion-fold map format. We’ve set the standard that every map company has imitated but never duplicated. Our mission is to make you feel comfortable, to make you feel safe in a place where you’ve never been before and to enable you to experience a familiar place more fully.
The company was founded in 1984 by Michael Brown, who had been in international publishing for many years, setting up subsidiaries for textbook publishers. In the 1970’s, Brown traveled extensively throughout Africa, India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Brown would take a large paper map, cut out the city center, folded it up and slip it into his pocket, thus preventing him from looking like a tourist in areas where discretion is the better part of travel. This was his tool for surviving.
After many years on the road, Brown settled back in New York and decided to start his own business, based on the adaptations he had made to maps in his travels. His goal was to give someone the ability to navigate easily in unfamiliar terrain.
He started with a new map format: the accordion fold. Such a simple idea, but at the time it was revolutionary. No more struggling to fold an awkward, oversized paper map. This new format would enable the user to blend in like a native, instead of stick out like a tourist. Brown then added lamination to ensure that the map would be a lasting tool.
More important than the format was the design of the map itself. It had to be a map that not only succeeded above and beyond any map he had used, but was esthetically appealing as well. The look of it had to be as striking as the functionality. Color was introduced in a way that was never seen before in a map - vivid purple for water, soothing gray for the background of street grids, gold to highlight elements of the map. Clarity, conciseness and convenience in a very stylish package.
Building the business was a 24 hour job. Brown sold the maps during the day, zipping around Manhattan making deliveries on his Harley Davidson. At night he packed the orders and did the design work. More titles were added, each title requiring months of research and design.
Today, STREETWISE® produces over 130 titles for major destinations, regions and countries throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom and Asia. We have grown from the back of a motorcycle to selling millions of maps around the world.
Yet each title is still painstakingly researched and updated. STREETWISE® is one of the only, if not THE only map company that conducts research by walking or driving an area to ensure accuracy. After all, what good is the map if what you hold in your hands doesn’t match what you see on the street sign? This lengthy fact checking results in superior accuracy; in effect, we’ve done the work, now you have the adventure.
In the end, it’s not about the map, it’s about getting out and finding your own authentic experience wherever you go. It’s about being in a city or a region and discovering things that you never thought you would find. You can do this if you have confidence and you have confidence if you have a great map. STREETWISE® is the great map that you need.
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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful
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B. Hutchins
on October 13, 2001
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Admittedly, that's all these maps are supposed to be for, but still, given the importance of Cambridge to the greater Boston area, a bit more effort might have been made to squeeze in more of it - at least up to Harvard Square. That's a fairly minor quibble, though, and this map shows the usual Streetwise quality in all other respects. The colors of the MBTA subway lines on the map aren't quite right, but they're close enough for government work, and the street index is its usual indispensible self. If you're coming to Boston, snag one of these - they're much hardier than paper maps, and very clear.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Atsirk Onipseredi
on January 17, 2009
i rarely feel compelled to write reviews for products, and to be honest, they are usualy more of a warning than a compliment. this is the exception. twice now i have been traveling by myself in cities (Chicago and now Boston) and found my Streetwise map to be a far more acurate guide than my (very expensive and brand new) GPS navigator. i consider them indispensible whether i am traveling for business and need to quickly navigate like a native or just sightseeing.
great feature of this map-its laminated so you can write on it without ruining it. we had it on hand while visiting some friends and they took a dry-erase marker and circled fun place to go, numbered their priority (from can't miss to so-so) and even drew X's through areas to avoid. when we accomplished what we wanted for the day, we just wiped it off and started over.
in particular, i love the detail of these maps. several times i have been just around the corner from a fun shopping district or museum and would never have known if not for these maps-something my GPS fails to share with me. i have often been able to find shorter, savvier routes with these maps than what my GPS was indicating. even if you spent an obcene amount of money on one of these devices, i insist to everyone i know to supplement their travels with one of these maps. the GPS was $600, the streetwise maps was $6. you do the math.
great feature of this map-its laminated so you can write on it without ruining it. we had it on hand while visiting some friends and they took a dry-erase marker and circled fun place to go, numbered their priority (from can't miss to so-so) and even drew X's through areas to avoid. when we accomplished what we wanted for the day, we just wiped it off and started over.
in particular, i love the detail of these maps. several times i have been just around the corner from a fun shopping district or museum and would never have known if not for these maps-something my GPS fails to share with me. i have often been able to find shorter, savvier routes with these maps than what my GPS was indicating. even if you spent an obcene amount of money on one of these devices, i insist to everyone i know to supplement their travels with one of these maps. the GPS was $600, the streetwise maps was $6. you do the math.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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on December 24, 2010
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This is just one of many Streetwise City maps I have. They are very accurate and very detailed. If I'm going to a new city, they are an absolute must!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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L. Thomas
on September 14, 2009
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I was excited to take this map with us to Boston but found it hard to read because the print was so small. In fact, I ended up sticking it in my purse and not using it at all because the map that the hotel's shuttle driver gave us was so much better. That map's print was large and in bright colors so it was easier to use. It was dog-eared at the end of the trip but it went in the trash because we no longer needed it anyway.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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on July 14, 2010
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It's an OK map but it is difficult to read because of the small print. T information is nice to have though. There are better laminated maps out there that are the same size. It works in a pinch though and is convenient to carry.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Jody Carter
on November 19, 2009
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This map has a lot of information packed into a small space. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to read. We took this to Boston for a week-long honeymoon and actually used the cardstock-printed map from the Concierge's desk. We primarily used this to figure out the T (Boston's subway system) stops.
The lamination, though, is a plus because you can write on it with a grease pencil.
All in all, there are much better on the market that are not as difficult to read.
The lamination, though, is a plus because you can write on it with a grease pencil.
All in all, there are much better on the market that are not as difficult to read.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Like the durability of this map. Just wish the MTA was over-layed in the streets so we would know where we are more easily.
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on January 3, 2013
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I live near Boston, and I use this everytime I go into the city. I love that it's laminated, small enough to fit in my (medium-sized) purse, tells me where the nearest T (subway) stop is to where I want to go, and gives the major landmarks I'd want to visit. It also has every street I've ever looked for, even the small ones where I'm just visiting an apartment. And it has the entire subway map, so I can refer to it instead of hunting for one of the maps on the wall in the subway station. I only wish it covered more area; it only covers part of Cambridge and part of Boston, not enough to get to Porter Square in Cambridge, or south Boston, or as west as the Longwood Medical Center. It would be hard to fit more in this size, though. I've bought new versions of this as they've come out, and I give them to all my out-of-town guests.
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