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January 25, 2008
Microlocal neighborhood news comes to 3 cities
EveryBlock: A news feed for your block. has launched, created under a Knight Foundation grant by new-media journalist-programmer Adrian Holavaty.
EveryBlock is a three-city demo of microlocal news -- Chicago, New York and San Francisco.
Here's an example of one way to view it, from the New York version: Everything around 473-493 Kent Ave.
Or,
Browse news by type
* Building permits
* Building violations issued
* Business reviews
* Crime reports
* Graffiti cleaned
* Graffiti pending cleanup
* Landmark building permits
* Liquor licenses
* Lost and found
* Missed connections
* News articles
* Photos
* Restaurant inspections
It would be nice if Flickr photos in Tribeca displayed thumbnails rather than a links list -- all that clicking to see what's behind the unhelpfully "Untitled" photos just highlights how labor-intensive it is to produce a useful index of the collective haul.
Posted by Sheila Lennon
at 10:41 AM | Permalink