Like Rome! Built on hills! (and sacked by barbarians?)

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What are the steepest streets in Somerville?

I can't seem to find a convenient (free) topographic map of Somerville to answer my local geography trivia questions like this. Is there an online topo map of Somerville that will display in tiff or jpg or gif or something rather than some proprietary (or at least unreadable to my machine) format?

Tom Nash story on the Summer Street condos

[buckturgidsen.livejournal.com]

In case you missed it, part two of Tom Nash's expose on the developers behind the Summer Street condos / Dilboy Post project can be found here. Since we're all internet geniuses here on LJ, it's probably unnecessary to link part one. The condo/VFW proposal is going in front of the Zoning Board on May 18 (it has been postponed twice).

Where to sell used CD's?

[artguychris.livejournal.com]

Anyone know the best place in the area to sell of a bunch of CD's?  Willing to travel, but probably not to the downtown Boston shops.

I'd appreciate any comments WRT your experience with prices, hassle factor, etc.

Options I've found are:

Newbury Comics
Pawn shop in Davis (forgot the name!)
Planet Records (Harvard Sq)
various online places like secondspin.com or cashforcds.com

Thanks!