One of my favorite random websites I found that helped me get acclimated to the city when I first moved here was New York Songlines. I don’t know how long its been since the site has been updated, but check out the histories here: http://www.nysonglines.com/
Huffington Post New York Music Project is trying to discover, uncover, and map every song lyric that name-checks a location, business, corner, monument, etc., in the city of New York. Help create the definitive map of New York music by inputting the lyrics and a picture of the location here.
this is awesome.
