Mapping construction permits over time Buzz
Gentrifying Philly: This map shows neighborhoods undergoing change
Can new construction point to a neighborhood’s revitalization?
That’s what Jim Smiley, civic hacker and also Technical.ly’s contributing web editor, wondered as he made Gentrifying Philly, a map (with, you might say, a slightly loaded name) that shows which neighborhoods had the biggest jumps, as well as drops, in construction from 2012 or 2013.