The Guardian features an excellent introduction to several American cities:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/series/reading-american-cities

So far New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington DC. Hopefully something coming on San Francisco at some point. And what about suburban spaces, mid-size cities, the provincial town?

The most recent article, “reading the midwestern metropolis of American literature” deals with Chicago

Photograph: Bruno Ehrs/ Bruno Ehrs/Corbis / http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/aug/19/chicago-reading-american-literature-city-naturalism-modernism

Not exactly a literary city – or is it? A map of a city with literary  locations from “over 600 books from the history of English Literature (and a few favourites from further afield).”

Here at electricliterature.com >

http://electricliterature.com/map-of-the-city-where-every-novel-takes-place/