A Free MapPLUTO Makes Us All Information Rich
MapPLUTO is a mashup of geographic information and real estate data about New York City, the most powerful and comprehensive data set about the real New York that any government agency maintains. For ten years, until July 2013, the Department [...]
Bronx Got Labeled – March 2014
Yesterday we labeled 7 lots in the South Bronx with the help of two wonderful volunteers. We chatted with neighbors passing by and have already received several phone calls and emails in response to the signs! More photos and [...]
NYC Vacant Property Oversight Hearing Testimony
Testimony to the Committee on Housing and Buildings, Vacant Property In NYC Hello Chair Williams and members of the Committee. My name is Paula Segal and I am the Director of 596 Acres, New York City’s community land access [...]
LA Open Acres: Free the lots, free the streets, free the data!
A project of Community Health Councils, 596 Acres, and C-Lab Free the lots, free the streets, free the data! 3 important wins for community land access… As we rapidly approach the beta-release of LA Open Acres, three important things [...]
Philadelphia Adopts Milestone Ordinance to Transform Vacant Properties (an article about one of our partner projects written by staff at another)
The best part of building our small network of community land access advocates using participatory mapping and available data to strengthen their local work: seeing the network really take on a life of its own. Our partners in Philadelphia, [...]
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