A trio of young design-geeks, immigrants to Providence, have taken it upon themselves to document the impact of the foreclosure crisis in Providence, one boarded-up house at a time. Their site, ForgottenProvidence, is a mashup of user-generated photo content, property data, and Zillow real estate data. Though it has what would be considered a sampling [...]

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We’re getting popular around the NY Times. Here’s a recent feature article from the Real Estate section featuring Buff Chace, Bert Crenca and the emergence of Downcity. I think Bert is doing a great job preventing Downcity from becoming a monoculture, and I really look forward to his new building and the hacker space within.

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