Wednesday, April 27, 2016

The Album Covers of New York

A few years ago I did a post on maps on album covers - and a follow-up based on reader suggestions. Here is a map of the locations shown on album covers from Uebermaps, a collaborative platform that lets you create and share maps with others.
https://uebermaps.com/maps/726-the-record-covers-of-new-york
The above parts of Manhattan and Queens cover all kinds of stuff from West Side Story to Nas. A close-up of the Lower East Side takes in Bob Dylan, Foghat, the Rolling Stones, Velvet Underground and Led Zeppelin.
Another user created a map just for places mentioned in Bob Dylan songs. There is a clear spatial pattern of his wanderings.
https://uebermaps.com/maps/2735-bob-dylans-new-york-city
Uebermaps showcases various other public maps, many in Europe such as this one showing record stores in Hamburg.
https://uebermaps.com/maps/591-recordstores-in-hamburg
You can create your own account, take pictures and make your own maps. You can also embed them into your own site like this.




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