Dec 12, 2008 4:18 pm US/Pacific
Tenderloin Webcam Founder Leaves Over Threats
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Bicyclists and pedestrians share the street in San Francisco's Tenderloin District.
AP
A San Francisco man who installed a webcam street view from his apartment that gained international recognition within months said he cut off his participation in the project Friday morning after receiving threatening messages.
"I'm walking away from it," 22-year-old Adam Jackson said.
Jackson said he began broadcasting the noisy San Francisco corner where he lives at Taylor and Ellis streets in late October to show "what's keeping me awake at night."
He had hoped to have 100 blocks of the city covered by the end of the month, but has removed himself entirely from that project and handed it over to three other Bay Area residents who took an interest.
"The future of it is undetermined right now," Jackson said. "It's in someone else's hands now. They're going to continue doing whatever they want with it."
The threats began Wednesday morning, Jackson said, adding that he has been followed and received threatening messages from blocked numbers on his phone.
He said he and his girlfriend, who both live in the apartment, do not feel safe walking home and plan to move this weekend.
"I just want it to be over," Jackson said.
The Tenderloin neighborhood, where Jackson set up the webcam, is known as a high-crime area of the city. Fights, muggings, drug deals and car break-ins are common.
The round-the-clock videos even turned into a crime-prevention tool, and Jackson said he called police when he heard glass breaking and saw a car break-in in progress. Several other crimes have been reported by other video watchers.
Jackson said he did not profit financially from the project, and he simply passed along the project to the three Bay Area residents who contacted him about participating.
"They were interested in helping me, and I said, 'Do you want to just take it and make it yours?'," Jackson said. "There was no business to it at all."
The live streaming can be viewed at
www.AdamsBlock.com.
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