Unseen Web: Everyblock.com (New York, Chicago, San Francisco)
UPDATE:
San Francisco Police Calls Now Available on EveryBlock (SFist)
I should have checked this last night... La policia have been very visible lately.Strike that. Police calls seem to show up on Everyblock.com delayed by one day.
By way of
Adrian Holovaty, a programmer and friend who brought us Chicagocrime.org, has just launched a new site funded by the Knight Foundation: EveryBlock, a site that tells you what's happening in your own neighborhood. They're starting out in New York, San Francisco and Chicago.
From their announcement:
We aim to collect all of the news and civic goings-on that have happened recently in your city, and make it simple for you to keep track of news in particular areas. We're a geographic filter -- a "news feed" for your neighborhood, or, yes, even your block.
Today we're launching in three American cities: Chicago, New York and San Francisco. On each site, you can type in any address to read local news and public information near you...
Fascinating. Check it out. This is terrain that local newspapers should own, but don't.
