About This Map

Little Village is an iconic, widely beloved Iowa City alt magazine that has become a cultural staple of the city that proudly calls itself the Athens of the Midwest, solidly propped up by its readers somewhere in between Prairie Lights and Hamburg Inn — as well as inside of these storied landmarks.

This map is an in-depth interactive illustration produced by Lowercase for our three-part conversation with Matt Steele, Little Village's publisher, that touches on the history of the magazine, the importance of design, what it takes to publish a physical publication, whether print is really dead, the role of local press and more.