Honorary Chicago at OpenGov Hack Night

On Tuesday, August 5, 2014, Linda Zabors of Honorary Chicago talked about her experience mapping out Chicago’s brown honorary street signs with Honorary Chicago.  Smart Chicago’s Christopher Whitaker captured the  entire presentation– see it after the jump or on our YouTube channel.

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Honorary Street Sign for The Cool Gent, Photo by Flickr user Jessi

The ubiquitous brown street signs are placed to honor Chicago residents and require passage by the Chicago City Council.

Below the fold, Zabors talks about the work she’s done mapping out the streets signs and researching their biographies of who these honorees are.

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Tomorrow: Civic Tech 4-Pack with OpenTwin Cities (With live stream!)

This Tuesday: Bill Bushey, Laura Andersen, and Steven Clift with E-Democracy/Open Twin Cities will be in Chicago to visit with interesting civic tech, open gov, digital inclusion, and related projects. They’ll also be hosting a four-pack of events at 1871 Chicago.

OpenTwin Cities pitching during National Day of Civic Hacking, Photo by OpenTwin Cities

OpenTwin Cities pitching during National Day of Civic Hacking, Photo by OpenTwin Cities

Christopher Whitaker will be running his usual live stream of the events on our livestream page. We’ve listed the schedule and more detailed information about the events below the fold.

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Tonight on Smart Chicago Live: The City of Big Data at OpenGov Hack Night

At tonight’s OpenGov Hack Night, Bo Rodda will talk about his work with the interactive 3D city model at the City of Big Data Exhibition.

Rodda is currently working on a platform to allow anyone to submit their own visualization for public display. Learn more tonight at hack night (every Tuesday at 6:00pm at 1871) or by tuning into our live stream at smartchicagocollaborative.org/live.

Chicago: City of Big Data

City of Big Data exhibit at the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Photo by John Tolva

We’ll post the live stream below the fold at start time!

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