Sidewalk.com

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Sidewalk.com was a website containing a listing of local events and information in numerous cities. It was founded by the Microsoft Corporation in 1997 as an attempt to create a group of comprehensive web portals oriented towards specific cities. Imbued with hip urban writing and lifestyle articles, the service was intended to compete with urban weekly newspapers. It was preceded by other city-specific net guides such as AOL's Digital Cities and Boulevards. In 2001, Microsoft conceded that they had failed and sold the project to Citysearch (then called "Citysearch.com").