Automated data extraction from historical city directories: The rise and fall of mid-century gas stations in Providence, RI
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220219
Abstract: The location of defunct environmentally hazardous businesses like gas stations has many implications for modern American cities. To track down these locations, we present the directoreadr code (github.com/brown-ccv/directoreadr). Using scans of Polk city directories from… read more here.
Keywords: providence; gas; automated data; city directories ... See more keywords