https://github.com/peduarte/london-housing
A visual comment on the property market insanity in London
https://github.com/peduarte/london-housing
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A visual comment on the property market insanity in London
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/peduarte/london-housing
- Owner: peduarte
- Created: 2015-08-07T16:05:17.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2015-08-13T08:44:53.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-23T03:24:12.547Z (over 1 year ago)
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: http://london-housing.uk
- Size: 3.18 MB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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README
# London Housing Headlines
A visual comment on the property market insanity in London
## About the project
This project is a compilation of recent media articles about the housing market crisis in London. The idea emerged out of our personal experiences living in the city, as London rapidly changes becoming unaffordable to many of us.
The type characters are actual London buildings pulled from Google Maps. We realised the cityscape itself could deliver these messages, hoping that our collective dissatisfaction might lead to changes in the future.
Design and concept by [Kenzo Mayama Kramarz](http://kmkstudio.co)
## About the build
When I proposed building this to Kenzo, I thought it'd take me a couple of days, but then I decided to use a new stack, a get my head around *webpack* and *React* a bit more, which is not easy task.
The stack is actually quite simple, I use:
- webpack for my bundler and build tool
- React for the application
- Google Spreadsheet for the database
- [Ship](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ship) for deploying to *gh-pages*
## Try it yourself
If you want to run this locally, here's what you need to do:
#### Clone this repo
```
git clone git@github.com:peduarte/london-housing.git
```
#### Install dependencies
```
npm install
```
#### Start localserver
```
npm run dev
```
The local build will be available here **http://localhost:8080**
## Contribute
If you're feeling generous and would like to contribute to this, just fork this repo and create a PR.
You can also create issues on here, with recommendations or general comments.