41.4993°N / 81.6944°W · United States
Three shapes that have nothing in common: a lakeshore drawn as if with a ruler, a river that folds back on itself again and again before it reaches it, and a square set down between them in 1796 by surveyors from New England.
You choose the framing, the palette and the words of the caption. The work is drawn from real data, then printed to order in the workshop closest to you.
The lake fills the upper left of the sheet, its shore a long, nearly straight diagonal edged with piers. Into it comes the Cuyahoga, which on the last miles of its course never stops turning: it enters at the bottom right, folds into tight bends across the middle of the sheet and reaches the lake just left of the centre. Above the last bends, the main avenues of downtown meet at a small green square, right by the engraved point.
Just west of the mouth, a second arm of water runs along behind the shore and stops short of the lake, with a long strip of land between the two: that is the river’s old course, and the island its new mouth left behind. North of the square, a long green rectangle heads towards the water: the Mall. The rail lines that follow the valley, on the other hand, are drawn too pale to count.
Water takes the whole upper left corner and the winding ribbon of the river, in a single ink: choose it deep enough for the bends to stay legible where they narrow. Green runs along the valley in strips and gathers in two places near the centre, the square and the Mall; a moderate green keeps both readable without staining the whole valley. The contrast between the straight shore and the crooked river needs nothing more: it is in the drawing.
Portrait, the lake in the upper left, the mouth and the island just left of centre, and the bends of the river taking the middle of the sheet down to the bottom right. The engraved point sits a little above the middle. The suburbs to the south and the far reaches of the shore leave first. Come much closer and the square and the Mall gain detail, but the bends dwindle to two or three and the old river bed slips off the left-hand edge.
The title, one line under it, the coordinates. Between a straight line and a crooked one, the caption can say which side was yours: the lake, the river, or the square between them.
Sixteen inks, in the configurator’s order. It is not in the catalogue, but you will find it in the palette library, filed under its material.
Opens the colour workshop with these 16 inks in place: change one, keep the rest.
It will wait in your account, ready for any piece.
The Original Plan of the Town and Village of Cleaveland, prepared in 1796 by the Connecticut Land Company, called for a public square of nine and a half acres, bisected by two wide streets, Superior and Ontario. It was conceived as the open space of a traditional New England town plan, a common for grazing and a place to meet. The green square where the avenues of downtown meet on the sheet is that one.
Originally, the last bend of the river carried its mouth westward along the lakeshore, as far as what is now West 54th Street. In 1827 the present mouth was dug, giving the river a more direct channel straight into Lake Erie and forming Whiskey Island. The old bed is still on the map: it is the arm of water that runs west behind the island.
The Group Plan report of 1903, from a commission whose members were Daniel Burnham, Arnold Brunner and John Carrère, recommended a central mall five hundred feet wide, with the city’s public buildings grouped around it; they went up between 1910 and 1957. It is the long green rectangle north of the square: a century after the plan of 1796, the city gave itself a second open space, a few steps from the first.
Yes. The search covers the whole world, from a capital to a hamlet. For the Sky collection, any date works, past or future: the sky is calculated.
From 21 × 29.7 cm to 84.1 × 118.9 cm, that is A4 to A0, portrait or landscape depending on the material. Every size is shown with its price in the editor.
Four, from the barest to the most dressed.
Making depends on the edition: 1 to 3 working days for Fine Art paper and wooden hangers, 3 days for the poster and the mounted frame, 3 to 5 days for the framed canvas. Transit depends on the country:
| Delivered to | In transit | In total |
|---|---|---|
| European Union | 5 to 7 working days | 6 to 12 working days |
| United Kingdom | 2 to 3 working days | 3 to 8 working days |
| United States | 4 to 6 working days | 5 to 11 working days |
| Canada | National delivery | Given at dispatch |
| Australia | National delivery | Given at dispatch |
These are standard delivery times and remain indicative. For a set date, order two to three weeks ahead.
Digital editions are available immediately: the file of your piece can be downloaded from your account as soon as you order, and an email lets you know the moment it is ready.
One day someone will ask why this map hangs on your wall. The answer will be a bridge over the bends, a summer on the lakeshore, a winter crossing of the square.
Compose my Cleveland poster
