Congratulations to Trent Burdick and Jeff n Clifton for correctly identifying the last sidewalk photo as East Burnett Street looking toward Shelby Street. Here’s a new sidewalk view—vintage style—ready for identification in the comments.
Local News
- New sushi restaurant on Baxter Ave. called Wasabiya opens (Louey, Consuming)
- Roxbury nightclub to open in Theater Square on Fourth Street (C-J)
- Candy Jacks antique shop moves to Frankfort Avenue (9th District)
- Swan Dive celebrating 1-year anniversary with a bike ride Friday (F Gas)
- Schnitzelburg Walk rescheduled due to weather (G-town S-burg)
- Plan to make cement by burning tires upsets SW community (Fox 41, Valley Report)
- And Jeffersonville is upset with an asphalt plant (Fox 41)
- Intl. Downtown Assoc. lists Louisville as Downtown of the Month (Biz First, The Edit)
- Jeffersonville chooses finalists for Canal District logo competition (C-J)
- Louisville part of national foreclosure upswing (WFPL)
- The Blind Pig opens to rave reviews (Lou HotBytes)
- Derby Museum reopens after flooding (Fox 41, C-J)
- Belle of Louisville gets another historic designation (Fox 41)
- Clarksville planning a history museum (C-J)
- Ear X-tacy ranked as 6th best indie store in America (C-J)
- Art project being installed at NA’s Bank Street Brewhouse (NAC 1, NAC 2)
- Manufacturing slowly moving back to United States, Louisville (C-J)
- Seating unveiled at Papa John’s Stadium expansion (Fox 41, C-J)
Transportation
- Changes to how kids get to school in the last 40 years (StreetsBlog)
- Awesome photo of valet bike parking at Thunder (CART)
- 32 ‘art-bikes’ made by high schoolers on display in Louisville (C-J)
- Two new wardrobe options for cyclists (Daily Score, Swiss Miss)
- People for Bikes hopes for one million people to sign petition (GOOD)
- Trolley cars no longer require overhead wires (GG Wash)
- The gas tax: A trip back in legislative time (StreetsBlog)
- Shoppers walk farther than workers when it comes to parking (How We Drive)
- Dan Burden talks about creating walkable neighborhoods (StreetsBlog)
- Helsinki looks to make bus stops fun with ‘Urban Play’ campaign (Core77)
- See.Click.Fix allows citizens to respond to misguided complaints (CART)
- Can ferries play a useful role in the broader transportation system? (Transport Politic)
Everything Else
- Nine great streets from around the world (Shareable)
- Back when Kentucky might have been called Transylvania (The Edit)
- Using less paper: White Pages directory won’t be blanket distributed (WFPL, Biz First, C-J)
- Green Lex Video: UK building to save 42% in Energy Use (Enviro Leader)
- Not green: Get your $1000, glacier-ice mint julep before they’re all gone (Biz First)
- Satellite images show scars of mountaintop removal in Appalachia (Tree Hugger)
- Polystyrene insulation in SIPs and ICFs not really that green (TreeHugger)
- Wash. DC’s 5 cent plastic bag tax generates $150,000 in a month (GOOD, WaPo)
- New ideas for revitalizing rural areas (Daily Yonder via P-zen)
- Ten weirdest urban ecosystems on Earth (IO9)
- Some nice tilt-shift photography from New York (Cool Hunting)
- And a few flickr photos of the day here and here and here.
This is the 1500 block of South Third Street just south of Hill Street.
Can’t we do this here? http://janeswalkusa.wordpress.com/
That is a great idea Ken. Maybe Tom Owens would be available to guide the tour through a neighborhood.