MAGGIE LEE
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SKYLINES
pop-up book public installation

Skylines celebrates 400 years of New York City history with a collection of large-scale, outdoor pop-up books. Artists would be invited to install pop-ups in historical sites throughout the city, using the present as a live backdrop. Some sites are still frequently visited by tourists while others are more mundane, awaiting to be rediscovered. I hope to evoke the public's curiosity in unearthing the stories of their streets.
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Outdoor books would be fabricated with Hylite, a waterproof, aluminum-polypropylene composite. 
luna park coney island vintage postcards
The first site I chose to research and model in paper is Coney Island's Luna Park at the turn of the century. The amusement park had thrill rides, freak shows, and live elephants. At night, thousands of electric lights illuminated the iconic architectural landscape of minarets, arches, and canals. The first Luna Park operated from 1903-1944, when it was destroyed in a fire. 

Illustrations were done based on historical photographs and postcards. I created mockups of each pop-up element individually before combining them full scale.
luna park coney island sketches
luna park coney island pop up location gazebo boardwalk
luna park coney island pop up stand
luna park coney island pop up opening gif

POP-UP LOCATIONS
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MANHATTAN
Times Square 1978 
The Bowery 1940 
Lower East Side 1910 
5 Points 1850
Wall St Buttonwood Alliance 1792 
Peter Stuyvesant’s Farm 1650 
Harlem 1922 
pre-Central Park 1844
Ladies Mile 1880 
Collect Pond 1808
New Amsterdam Settlement 1625

QUEENS
Steinway Village 1891 
Flushing Worlds Fair 1964
Jamaica bay 1780

STATEN ISLAND
Historic Richmond Town 1740 
Ft Wadsworth 1776
BROOKLYN
Luna park 1907 
Williamsburg 1890 
Ebbets Field 1945 
Red Hook 1932 
Floyd Bennet Aviation Field 1930 
Weeksville 1838
Brooklyn Navy Yard 1938

STATEN ISLAND
Historic Richmond Town 1740 
Ft Wadsworth 1776

THE BRONX
Tremont Avenue 1964 
Bronx River 1600 
Arthur Ave 1950 
Bronx Zoo 1899

ROOSEVELT ISLAND
NYC Lunatic Asylum 1839
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