Gothamist publisher Jake Dobkin has created a project called Grafrank, where he's developed lists of graffiti artists (via sources like Flickr) and coded them onto maps highlighting where notable taggers are working in specific cities, their prolificacy, and the more popular areas artists are tagging. more ›

Torontoist immediately wins our heart by using the word "Jackass" in a headline. In fact, we love their use of it so much that we're going to use it as much as possible throughout this post. For example, it looks like there are Toronto-area jackasses besides those who misuse the sidewalk: look at the crap on sale on Toronto's craigslist. But it looks like Toronto doesn't contain the kind of jackasses who pee in public... more ›

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Gothamist on Chicagoist: Our Friend in Chicago. And let's take a moment thank Neil Epstein for all his hard work on getting the site launched and a moment to admire the logo, designed by Sam Park. more ›