Month: May 2009
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Founding of OpenGovChicago(-land)
Tonight was the first meeting of OpenGovChicago(-land), a new meetup I co-founded with Joe Germuska.
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IBM Smarter Cities Chicago Leadership Forum
Today I took part in an IBM Smarter Cities event. There were some great speakers, including economist Diane Swonk.She spoke for an hour w/o notes about the macro and micro-economy, especially in the Chicago area. She is an amazing person. Here is her 9/11 story: http://www.nabe.com/am2001/swonkstory.htm. Her talk focused on big data sets, but each…
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Launch: Demolition Hold List
Today I put a new thing on the Internet: Demolition Hold List, Chicago, IL: A place for info about architecturally significant buildings in danger of being demolished (or are already gone). Please take a look at all of the great buildings and, if you can, contribute photos, text, and memories of the buildings listed there. I…