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Three San Francisco tech workers bought an 82-foot alley for $26,000 and are turning it into a crowdsourced art installation where anyone online can submit designs. The project transforms an accidental real estate disaster into a collaborative community landmark.
The Bureau of Reclamation is offering over half a million dollars to anyone who can solve a slimy problem threatening America's water infrastructure. Invasive mussels hitching rides in boat compartments are clogging pipes and damaging hydropower systems across the country.
A photographer is turning everyday Indians into heritage heroes by crowdsourcing photos of thousands of forgotten historical buildings. The project is saving crumbling monuments by making communities fall in love with their local history again.