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Anne Arundel County Crime Map

September 4, 2009 by admin  
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Anne Arundel County Crime Map

Yesterday I told you about the Baltimore Sun”s Baltimore County Crime Map. Today I would like to point out that the Sun did two counties. Here is a picture of their Anne Arundel County Crime Map. It has all the same features as the Baltimore County map.

To try it yourself, go to Anne Arundel County Crime Map.

Baltimore County Crime Map

September 3, 2009 by admin  
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Baltimore County Crime Map

The Baltimore Sun has put together a mashup of crime data and Google maps. This picture is only an example. As a test I made a heat map of traffic stops in Baltimore County. I had some troubles getting the mashup page to work. If you also have trouble, you might try more than one browser. The successful test was with Google’s Chrome browser.

To try it yourself, go to Baltimore County Crime Map.

Eleven of the skinniest houses you have ever seen.

September 2, 2009 by Peter Baumbach  
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75.5 Bedford St NY
Photo Credit, Vidiot.

New York’s ‘skinniest house’ is on sale for 2.7 million dollars. It is only 9 1/2 feet wide. It is located on 75 1/2 Bedford St. in New York City. The current owner bought it in 2000 for $1.6 million.


Seattle Skinny House
Photo Credit, Steve Johnson.

A very skinny house in Fremont neighborhood, Seattle.


Amsterdam Skinny House that is bigger in back
Photo Credit, Ryan Godfrey.

This looks like a skinny house in Amsterdam. The size is deceiving, because the house gets wider in the back.


Amsterdam Skinny House
Photo Credit, kraskland.

This Amsterdam house is one of the skinniest. Kraskland explains “At one time houses facing the canals were taxed based on the width of the structure, so there was great incentive to make them very thin. Here’s the skinniest one in Amsterdam. ” But, this next one might be skinnier?


Skinniest In Amsterdam?
Photo Credit, eclipse_etc.

Another skinny Amsterdam house. This one does look skinner than the previous one doesn’t it?


South Carolina Skinny Pink House
Photo Credit, liverd_00.

This pink house is in South Carolina.


Helsby England
Photo Credit, Adair Broughton.

This house is in Helsby England. At first it doesn’t look that skinny. But notice the parked Mini Cooper. Now you get some idea of scale. This home may have been a spite house to block someones view.


Shitamachi Tokyo
Photo Credit, Jeff Laitila.

It is a little dark outside here in Shitamachi, Tokyo Japan.


Boston Skinny House
Photo Credit, Janet Calcaterra.

This skinny house is at 44 Hull Street in Boston. Wikipedia says

The structure was apparently built as a “spite house” shortly after the American Civil War. According to local legend:
…two brothers inherited land from their deceased father. While one brother was away serving in the military, the other built a large home, leaving the soldier only a shred of property that he felt certain was too tiny to build on. When the soldier returned, he found his inheritance depleted and built the narrow house to spite his brother by blocking the sunlight and ruining his view…


Paris Skinny House
Photo Credit, Alyosha Efros.

This Paris building is thin but pretty wide.


Skinny House Rockford IL
Photo Credit, Jennifer.

As you can see this house was for sale during the winter. I tracked down the listing, and it is still for sale. The price is $49,900 in Rockford IL. The house is bigger than it looks. This is a triangle. There is a garage even. Still only one bedroom and one bath.

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