Map of the Day: Folksongs for the Fivepoints

This is so much cooler than your average maps mashup! The Tenement Museum has put together an amazing soundmap of the Lower East Side-- you position the white circles over the various colored dots to create a mix of up to five sound streams. They've got ambient noise (fire hydrants, traffic, music from ice cream vans), folk music, and interviews with people on the streets. It's compulsively fun to play with-- probably best to tell your boss that you've got a doctor's appointment and take your laptop to Starbucks-- because you'll be on this site for at least an hour.