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Baristanet - Montclair Teardown Map

http://www.baristanet.com/2006/09/montclair_nj.php#more

Baristanet, a citizen media site and online community for Essex County, N.J., used Google Maps to create this application that tracks houses being torn down and new houses being built. Different colored icons are used to designate houses that will be torn down, houses that will be built on empty lots, and houses that are designated as “historic”—which does not necessarily protect them from demolition

WestportNow - Westport Teardowns Interactive Map

http://www.westportnow.com/index.php?/v2/teardowns/

WestportNow created this clickable, movable map to chronicle the number of houses being bought, torn down and replaced with “McMansions” in this Connecticut town. Dragging the cursor over a green dot displays the address, a photo of the lot, a status update and its purchase price. Clicking a dot gives a larger photo and more details about the lot.

washingtonpost.com - Block by Block, the Changing Face of Southeast

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/daily/graphics/stadium_081505/

To show the increasing property value and the number of real estate projects that have resulted from the proposed baseball stadium in Southeast Washington, D.C., washingtonpost.com created this informative graphic with a map overlaid on a satellite image of the area. Scrolling over the buildings and lots on the map brings up a box that tells what is in that location now, what is planned there in the future, who owns the real estate and how much it is worth.

TheState.com - New Life for Five Points

http://www.thestateonline.com/news/flash/5pt/newdesign.html

The State newspaper and TheState.com created this multimedia piece to show improvements in the works in Columbia, S.C. Detailed descriptions and graphics show changes being made to the streetscape and underground, while animated graphics detail the construction process, such as how to replace old, fragile pipes using a technique called “pipe bursting.”

Power Hungry: Visualizing the U.S. Electric Grid

http://www.npr.org/news/graphics/2009/apr/electric-grid/

NPR

An interactive map showing the United States power grid.

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