The river bend
The St. Joseph River enters from the east, dips to its southernmost point here and turns north again. The rest of the city seems to organise itself around that curve.
Minimalist map poster · United States
41.6834° N / 86.2500° W
A downtown grid built around the southernmost bend of the St. Joseph River, with Notre Dame's quads just to the north





One city, five moods
Ekamowa emwit style ouga bwe ouga ekamowa e dedaña ñan bwega. Style otata a kor eangan — eprint, eframe ke HD files.
Pixel ekwan · 24 × 36″ print filePrint-sharp
Enin 100% crop eo mai print file eo elango. Poster otata — eprint, eframe ke edownload — erender iaan server bwir e 300 DPI, dedaña ñan 7,200 × 10,800 pixels, bwe lane ekekedik ekwan ebwe crisp iaan print 24 × 36″.
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The map
South Bend takes its name from the river. The St. Joseph River comes down from Michigan, swings south here, and then turns back north toward Lake Michigan. On a map that curve is the city's strongest line. The downtown grid sits against the inside of the bend, and the older neighbourhoods fan out from it in straight Midwestern blocks.
North of downtown, the University of Notre Dame appears as a separate pattern. Instead of a street grid there are quads, tree-lined walks and two small lakes, St. Mary's and St. Joseph's. The South Bend map poster shows both patterns in one frame: the rigid civic grid and the looser, inward-facing layout of the campus.
The city was for decades the home of the Studebaker company, and large former industrial parcels still break up the grid on the south and west sides. Downtown, the East Race Waterway is a man-made whitewater channel alongside the river. It shows up on the map as a thin parallel line next to the river.
The St. Joseph River enters from the east, dips to its southernmost point here and turns north again. The rest of the city seems to organise itself around that curve.
Quads, paths and two lakes set the university apart from the surrounding grid. It is easy to recognise even on a small print.
A narrow artificial channel runs beside the river on the east bank downtown. It was built for kayaking and rafting and is clearly visible at poster scale.
Make it yours
Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.
Preview ededa low-resolution im watermark. Print im HD files erender iaan 300 DPI, dedaña ñan 7,200 × 10,800 px, ededa watermark.
Why South Bend
South Bend prints often end up with Notre Dame graduates, families of students and people who have lived through a few winters in the city. The river bend and the campus make the map easy to recognise without any labels.
You can personalise the title, the subtitle and the coordinates line, for example with a graduation year. Choose from Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand. Blueprint suits the grid well, and Paper gives it a softer feel.
Oder poster South Bend| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
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Eprint iaan matte paper 200 gsm, iaan size eo eo, mai 30 × 40 cm ñan 24 × 36″. Poster eprint eo emeja iaan $39, shipping ededo.
Eko. Emwit frame wood solid iaan black, white, oak natural ke wood dark. Etaña shatterproof glazing im ready ñan hang. Poster eframe emeja iaan $99, shipping ededo.
Shipping ma free ägen 60+ country. Poster ngaga eo e print ägen print partner nearest ibiema 30+ country, ae e tep ägen 3–7 business day. Ngaga kor status ae tracking ibe My Orders. Country ibiema e tep 2–5 week, ae country ngaga ibe shipping e bwaren, website e ibin oen bwa ngaga pay.
Kabun photo bwira iaan 14 aean mai delivery, im bwira ereprint ededo ke erefund.
Eko. Iaan editor page eanin, ouga change title, subtitle, im coordinates line ñan tomwin ouga koda, im emwit style im size. Order eprint, eframe im digital otata ekamowa design ouga tomwin.
Iaan $9 ouga ereub 300 DPI PNG im PDF print-ready iaan size otata eo, ededa watermark, ñan print ekamowa tomwin. Ouga aewedik? Download preview ededa watermarked kabun.