You can now browse the database: http://m.preservationsos.org/data.html
also, you can now enter boarding requests right from your phone. Just look up the address and click the "request boarding" button. If someone already clicked it, then you will see the date at which the request was entered.
I am working on some Android bugs, but should work well on an iPhone or in Safari on a desktop.
as usual: please report bugs.
For EVER, it has been such a problem keeping track of these old houses. Some go up, some come down, the landscape in Springfield is forever changing.
Johannes, our beloved computer King-Of-All-Knowledge, not only helped us gather and then organize this info, but now we can use this to note when houses need (what we are commonly referring to as "triage") help with boarding and securing. All it takes is an iPhone to press a button and poof! a request to help a house.
Absolutely this site is a powerful tool in proving why our house are sooooo important. I had a blast clicking on the houses and learning about them that were built pre-1900. Do you know we have a house built in 1885 in our hood? 7 homes still remain from 1880 - 1889! And 28 still remain from 1890 to 1899!!!!!!!!
The Fresh Ministries house at 1131 Laura Street is our oldest home. 1885!!!!!!!! Holy cow!!
During today's block captain cleanup, we saw a house on Market that had an opening in the back. Looked like a hole left behind when a wall mounted AC unit was removed. We do have a pretty simple process to request boarding of open structures like this. All you need is a mobile phone (or it can be done from home at your PC, but the process is designed to work best while you see the problem).
For a quick video on how to use the Preservation SOS mobile web application to report houses for boarding, see http://m.preservationsos.org/location.html , or watch the quick instruction video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=2yqKwWGXLhY
BTW: Thanks Bill Hoff / Block Captains for organizing the cleanup. The lot on this block, with the huge tree (living oak?) is amazing!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/2012/03/22/gIQAyt4lTS_photo.html
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_982w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/03/22/Interactivity/Images/Springfield_Preservation_09496.jpg)
Was this in relation to an article or just a scenes around the country photo? Either way its really cool and good exposure!
It was in yesterday's Times Union, too. A local reporter happened to drive by when they were boarding, and the AP wire picked it up. I'll have to go browse the net later and see if I can find any other papers that picked it up from the AP wire.