Matchmaking Abandoned Properties With Ideas for Reuse

While property abandonment may be more acute in some places (easy target: Detroit), it's basically a global phenomenon. Vacant buildings and deserted properties can be found in cities all over the planet. And just like in Detroit, these places often aren't sure exactly what to do with them.

A new website is hoping to start answering some of those questions. [Im]possible Living is a crowd-assisted map site that's identifying vacant properties all over the planet, though mostly in Italy so far. It's not just pointing out the black eyes of the urban landscape. The site is trying to play matchmaker between abandoned spaces and people with ideas to revive those spaces, and maybe even some of the money they'll need to get things going.