Year: 2007
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Regular users contribute mightily to CTA Alerts
I first conceived CTA Alerts, the wireless notification utility for service interruptions on the Chicago Transit Authority, as a rider-to-rider service in the absence of good top-down communication from the CTA. Since we started, however, the CTA itself has been the top poster of information, and all of it is quality stuff. Tonight, however, highlights…
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2427-33 W. Roosevelt
Permit #: 100191754 Applicant: MMT Demolition Owner: HWBD & Co., Chin LLC Permit Description: Demolish and remove all debris from a 2-story brick building Status (if applicable): Released 8/1/2007
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Abandoned bicycles – Viewing a problem – FixMyStreet
England is a great hotbed of community-oriented action sites that rely on data to make them go. Here’s Fixmystreet: What is FixMyStreet for? FixMyStreet is a site to help people report, view, or discuss local problems they’ve found to their local council by simply locating them on a map. It launched in beta early February…
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Pretty nifty generator
Here’s a handy tool you’d might like to have around on the Day After: VentureBeat » Trulite to release handy fuel cell for consumers Trulite, a Houston, Texas company, has developed a portable fuel cell for the consumer, contained in a box that powers everything from computer, to fridges and construction site power tools. Costing…
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3935 W. Washington
Permit #: 1001188805 Applicant: MMT Demolition Owner: Mr. J. Gleech Permit Description: Demolish and haul away 2-story brick warehouse Status (if applicable): Released 11/2/2007