“My favorite thing is that the map itself is, at its core, a map of uncertainty,” said Mr. Buchanan, who designed and produced the project, along with Josh Katz, Rumsey Taylor and Eve Washington.

You have to respect any map that gives Korea Town and the Diamond District their due while also completely ignoring the likes of Manhattan Valley, Hudson Yards and Yorkville.

The Massimo Vignelli subway map (or, more accurately, subway diagram), introduced in 1972, was modeled after Harry Beck's simplified map of the London Underground, and modified aspects of New York ...