map.js file (leaflet js logic for web map).

map.js

var map;
var pointsLayer;
$(document).ready(function () {
    map = new L.Map('mapContainer');
    var url = 'http://{s}.tiles.mapbox.com/v3/mapbox.mapbox-streets/{z}/{x}/{y}.png';
    var copyright = 'Map data © 2011 OpenStreetMap contributors, Imagery © 2011 CloudMade';
    var tileLayer = new L.TileLayer(url, {
        attribution: copyright
    });
    var startPosition = new L.LatLng(41.883333, - 87.633333);
    map.on('load', function (e) {
        requestUpdatedPoints(e.target.getBounds())
    });
    map.setView(startPosition, 13).addLayer(tileLayer);
    map.on('moveend', function (e) {
        requestUpdatedPoints(e.target.getBounds())
    })
});

function requestUpdatedPoints(bounds) {
    $.ajax({
        type: 'GET',
        url: '/SeeAll',
        dataType: 'json',
        data: JSON.stringify(bounds),
        contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
        success: function (result) {
            parseNewPoints(result);
            addToList(result)
        },
        error: function (req, status, error) {
            alert('what happen? did you lose conn. to server ?')
        }
    })
}
function addToList(data) {
    for (var i = 0; i < data.features.length; i++) {
        var art = data.features[i];
        $('div#infoContainer').append('<a href="#" class="list-link" title="' + art.properties.descfin + '"><div class="info-list-item">' + '<div class="info-list-txt">' + '<div class="title">' + art.properties.wrknm + '</div>' + '<br />' + art.properties.location + '</div>' + '<div class="info-list-img">' + art.properties.img_src + '</div>' + '<br />' + '</div></a>')
    }
    $('a.list-link').click(function (e) {
        alert('this is what happens when you click on a list item');
        e.preventDefault()
    })
}
function parseNewPoints(data) {
    if (pointsLayer != undefined) {
        map.removeLayer(pointsLayer)
    }
    pointsLayer = new L.GeoJSON();
    var geojsonMarkerOptions = {
        radius: 8,
        fillColor: "#FF6788",
        color: "YELLOW",
        weight: 1,
        opacity: 1,
        fillOpacity: 0.5
    };
    L.geoJson(data, {
        pointToLayer: function (feature, latlng) {
            return L.circleMarker(latlng, geojsonMarkerOptions)
        },
        onEachFeature: function (feature, pointsLayer) {
            pointsLayer.bindPopup(feature.properties.img_src + "<br />" + feature.properties.wrknm + "<br />" + feature.properties.artist + "<br />" + feature.properties.location + '<div class="description">' + feature.properties.descfin + '</div>')
        }
    }).addTo(map)
}