The New York Times today has a too-brief story on hyperlocal Web sites that attempt to aggregate local news down to the neighborhood level. The focus is on EveryBlock, founded by the noted programmer-journalist Adrian Holovaty, best known for creating ChicagoCrime.org and the Washington Post’s Congress Votes Database.
The EveryBlock site for Boston is down at the moment. (Noon update: Now up.) When I’ve checked it out in the past, it has struck me as intriguing, but not ready for prime time. Enter a zip code and you get a pastiche of blogger, media and government information that doesn’t add up to a whole lot. But it’s easy to imagine its growing into something pretty useful.
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It’s what cityofboston.gov should be, but frequently isn’t. When it does come back up, compare the restaurant inspection listings on both sites.
Yeah, we were down for a short while this morning, for a reason unrelated to the NYTimes link — it was a case of bad timing, unfortunately.We’re back up, though, so check us out again.Adrian @ EveryBlock