Whew! We’re back. A little later than anticipated, but it’s water under the bridge now. We’ve got a lot to cover to catch up with 2009, so we’re starting things off with a fairly massive news roundup of articles we’ve found interesting since the new year. Also, maybe you saw it, but last week the Velocity did a little write up on yours truly in their Just Can’t Get Enough section:
“Want to know about that building under construction? Or the latest scoop about that empty storefront? Turn to this blog (brokensidewalk.com), a self-proclaimed collector of gossip, rumors and confirmed facts about urban development in Louisville.”
Thanks again to all our readers and here’s to a new year of BS.
Transportation Issues
- Pedestrian killed by big-rig at far-county distribution center (Fox 41)
- Motorist drives into store on Eastern Parkway and Preston Street (WHAS 11)
- 8664 sorta-study is flawed in its findings (C-J Letters)
- Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) to discuss 8664 at Jan. 20 meeting (Business First)
- Transit must be a priority in Obama’s economic stimulus (NY Times via StreetsBlog)
- And could reenergize the economy more than highways (TPM via StreetsBlog)
- Young people 16-35 just don’t like the Big 3’s cars (Campus Progress via Planetizen)
- Rise in gas tax urged to fund infrastructure projects (N & T)
- Amid poor sales, Toyota plans solar-electric cars (TreeHugger)
- Ten “green transportation” trends to emerge from 2008 (Inhabit)
- And a rise in truck sales wasn’t one of them (CNN Money via Planetizen)
- KYiana loves its cars: sales up locally despite national trend (Wave 3)
- But auto dealerships still in a world of economic pain (C-J)
Development & Real Estate
- Jeffersonville planning hotel and convention center (Business First)
- An interview with incoming DDC director Alan DeLisle (LEO)
- Study: housing production tied to job growth (Boston Globe via Planetizen)
- New 2009 trend: McMansions are officially out (CSM via Planetizen)
- Retail development expected to crumble, experience “sea change” (CNN Money via Planetizen)
- Looking back on the development of Waterfront Park (C-J)
Local News
- Near stampede at 4th Street Live & alleged Cordish cover-up (Page One)
- Louisville Historical League to declare “future landmarks” at Jan. 18th meeting (Business First)
- New book highlights history of Printing House for the Blind (Louisville.com)
- It’s hard to imagine more love for Louisville than this Ron Whitehead poem (Consuming Lou)
Energy & Sustainability
- Visiting professor Jamie Horwitz to lecture on sustainable architecture (U of L)
- Moving from a coal energy program to clean energy (C-J Oped)
- Using wind turbines on NYC sckyscrapers (NY Times via Planetizen)
- New concrete product actually sequesters carbon dioxide (TreeHugger)
- Beargrass VW to become conservation award, and possibly art (C-J)
- Making recycling collection public to save millions (C-J)
Everything Else
- Looking ahead to 2010: new bourbon for the World Equestrian Games (Business First)
- Design, architecture, and economic depression (NY Times via Archinect)
- They put a crossword puzzle on that building (Eng/Rus via Archinect)
- And someone else put legos in that building (Life Without Buildings)
- Build for a local sense of place to distinguish unique neighborhoods (Spacing)
- Reimagining suburbs/exurbs as minimum security prisons (BLDGBLOG)
