Welcome back, Broken Sidewalkers. Hopefully you had an enjoyable long weekend and Thanksgiving holiday. Today we’re back on the streets to dig up the latest development and neighborhood news. Don’t forget, you too can join the ranks of the lofty BS tipsters. Just send anything you like (really, we’ll listen to anything) to tips@brokensidewalk.com.
Transportation Issues
- Pedestrian killed by motorist on Bardstown Road, no charges to be filed (Fox 41)
- Pedstrian struck by motorist in Hillview (C-J)
- TARC funding study into southwestern commuter rail (C-J)
- City closes Harrod’s Creek bridge (Metro Lou)
- The 1912 bridge has rapidly deteriorated in 2008 (C-J)
- What good is a car horn, anyway? (Slate via StreetsBlog)
Development & Real Estate
- Clark’s Landing special zoning helps city guide development (N & T)
- Should local agencies review architectural design quality (BD Online via Archinect)
Sustainability
- Historic preservation can help save the planet (Planetizen)
- Amsterdam design event features ‘Moving Forest’ (Dezeen)
- Buenos Aires man ‘melts’ for global warming (cool photo) (TreeHugger)
- 10,300 plants now growing in Metro Dev. Center green roof (C-J)
- More from when we visited the green roof last month (Broken Sidewalk)
- Local Jewish group to plant 100 trees in Cherokee Park (C-J Letters)
Local News
- Jeffersonville to showcase 1950s architecture tomorrow (N & T)
- New sculpture may be part of New Albany’s 2013 bicentennial (N & T)
- Proper leaf collection practices detailed (Butchertown NA)
- Decision on FFA convention delayed til mid-December (WFPL)
- Remembering the heyday of 4th Street shopping (C-J Letters)
- New Bejeezus issue 12 now available (Backseat Sandbar)
Everything Else
- Museum Plaza architects design doll house for Calvin Klein (Archinect)
- Former MP landscape architects redesign Toronto waterfront (Metropolis via Planetizen)
- Researchers test the ‘Broken Window’ theory (Economist via Planetizen)
