The Fifth Avenue Hotel is a luxury establishment situated in New York’s NoMad neighborhood, surrounded by incredible history and architecture. We took the concept of the ‘Flaneur’ in French a wonderer with his turtle, we gave it a luxury twist by making this character a fashionable socialite intrigued by walking around New York inspired by the building facades and architecture of the neighborhood. My illustrated celebrates New York from the Flatiron building at the South to the Empire State building at the North and with great detail I illustrated every block between highlighting architectural marvels, interesting focal points as well as shops and eateries that guests can enjoy. I wanted to create a aerial map through illustration and was influenced by maps of New York from the 1950’s. I created the map while sitting in different spaces of the hotel to embody the colors and opulent details of the hotel within the blocks I was creating.