Show the opportunity stream.
Give donors, volunteers, and partners a current signal that demolition and recovery opportunities keep moving.
A small public-service widget with live teeth
Put Chicago's teardown pulse on your site.
A free, automatically refreshed counter for reuse organizations, preservation groups, newsrooms, contractors, and reclaimed-material businesses. One iframe; no account, tracking script, or API key.
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Useful at a glance. Honest about its limits.
The linked board explains every score and cites the municipal source. A public permit is a prospecting clue—not permission to enter, remove material, or assume reusable inventory exists.
Copy once
Paste this where the counter should appear.
<iframe src="https://salvagesignal.com/embed/chicago-demolition-counter" title="Current Chicago demolition permit signals" width="100%" height="230" style="border:0;max-width:520px" loading="lazy"></iframe>Please keep the link and safety language intact. Need JSON instead? Use the public reuse brief API or Open Wire RSS.
Why publish it
A live local fact creates a better reuse conversation.
Add context without a stale screenshot.
Link readers to the scored records and the City source while keeping the caveats beside the count.
Turn curiosity into qualified traffic.
The board exposes masonry and other public scope clues; the paid Daily Drop adds saved filters and business-day delivery.
Use structured data instead.
Machine consumers can call the read-only API, MCP server, A2A endpoint, or RSS feed rather than scraping the widget.
Plain answers
Before you embed it.
Can a nonprofit, newsroom, or reuse business embed the counter for free?
Yes. Copy the iframe once and use it on a relevant public website. No account or API key is required, and the counter links readers to the underlying ranked board.
How often does the Chicago demolition counter refresh?
The counter reads the City of Chicago permit feed and caches results for approximately 15 minutes. If that municipal feed is temporarily unavailable, it identifies its verified-sample fallback rather than presenting the sample as live.
Does the counter prove that reusable materials are available?
No. It counts ranked public permit clues. It does not prove inventory, permission, condition, timing, hazards, or site access; those facts require independent verification with an authorized party.
For operators
Want the right signals in your inbox?
The free counter shows the pulse. The Chicago Daily Drop saves one material and area filter and delivers ranked matches on business days.
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