This is what happens when you leave it up to the internets...

[calliopeo]

Wikipedia has a long, long, well researched article on Spike--with footnotes.

And a much shorter article about the entire history of New York--with no references.

Comments

[mary_wroth]

Oh Spike. I dunno. That makes some kind of sense from a sex appeal standpoint. NY History vs. the hotness of Spike? No contest for me really. ;)

[calliopeo]

it makes complete sense from an internet psychology point of view--but not, perhaps, from an historical perspective.