
Congratulations to Bill Robinson and Clark for correctly identifying our last sidewalk photo as N 15th Street between Rowan and Lytle Streets in the Shippingport neighborhood, several others were really close as well. Here’s a new sidewalk photo ready for guesses in the comments. We’re starting a new feature this week: a Broken Sidewalk events [...]

Urban construction sites are far too often messy, dusty, and unpleasant to be around, but a public art project in Lower Manhattan called Re: Construction aims to bring innovative art installations to construction sites around the city. Among the initiatives is a display called Walking Men 99 by Maya Barkai which covers a plywood construction [...]
Want to be more involved with the Broken Sidewalk community? We’re currently looking for a Calendar Editor to maintain a Google Calendar of events relating to the topics we cover here at Broken Sidewalk. There’s so much going on in Louisville, it’s hard to keep track of it all, but if related events are all [...]

Thanks to a tipster for sending in this great photo of road work on Buchanan Street looking south from Franklin Street taken in 1983. Not that much has changed besides the destruction of several shotgun houses (and a few trees) on the west side of the street. The Blind Pig is just down the street [...]

I had the chance to spend a week studying Portland, OR last month and came away with a few observations on the city’s development, architecture, transportation, and culture. Like most approaching the city from a cycling point of view, I wondered if the bike mecca would live up to the hype surrounding it, but I [...]

Check out this video of Market Street in San Francisco in 1905, just before the city was destroyed by the famous 1906 earthquake set to a relaxing Air soundtrack. What’s really great about the footage, taken from the front of a streetcar, is that you can find just about every type of transportation available. Pedestrians [...]

The old Boland Maloney Lumber Yard at 913 East Main Street is well on its way toward becoming a mini storage warehouse. Windows have been cut in a zig-zag pattern into the metal building and a fresh coat of orange and green paint has been applied. The project, named City Space, is being developed by [...]

Tilt-shift. Time-lapse. Boston. Enjoy. [ Sketches of Boston Traffic by Patrick Johnson via Digital Urban. ]
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