Famous album covers overlaid onto Google Street View
The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, Jones Street, West Village, New York City
This idea may have been done before this, but I can’t remember seeing it before now. Lots of notable album covers were taken in city streets, so why not overlay some popular album covers onto Google Street View? I once had to take a picture of the building on the cover of Physical Graffiti for a scavenger hunt, so I know exactly where that one is. (You’d never notice it just walking around. For one thing, the big red letters are missing.) I’ve been to London a dozen times and I’ve never done the Abbey Road saunter. I think I’ve been to Ludlow and Rivington and thought about Paul’s Boutique once, not sure.
Moving Pictures, Rush. Ontario Legislature, Toronto
Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin. St. Mark’s Place, East Village, New York City
Animals, Pink Floyd. Battersea Power Station, Wandsworth, London
Late for the Sky, Jackson Browne. Hancock Park, Los Angeles
Willy and the Poor Boys, Creedence Clearwater Revival. Hollis Street, Oakland, California
The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem. Dresden Street, north Detroit
Original Pirate Material, The Streets. Kestrel House, Islington, London
Abbey Road, The Beatles. 3 Abbey Road, St John’s Wood, London
Paul’s Boutique, Beastie Boys. Ludlow and Rivington, Lower East Side, New York City
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, PJ Harvey. 7th Avenue, Times Square, New York City
(What’s the Story) Morning Glory, Oasis. Berwick Street, Soho, London
via The Guardian