On “Buffalo in 50 Maps”

Vicky Johnson-Dahl wants to share the Buffalove. In Buffalo in 50 Maps, the drummer, ice cream maker, and director-at-large of the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) reimagines her hometown data into new visual contexts. Johnson-Dahl’s maps and infographics cajole readers past first impressions  of “brrrrr” and “chicken wings.” Instead, readers experience the city as concentric circles mapping the “Cheerios Smell” or “Josh Allen’s Passing Yards by Season.” Check out the “Parade Routes” and “Tree Density.” Did you know that Rick James, Funk Legend, is buried at Forest Lawn?