(Diane Deaton-Street)
(Diane Deaton-Street)
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Broken Sidewalk readers know their local geography. Mary Anne correctly identified last week’s sidewalk challenge as Douglass Boulevard looking east from Bardstown Road. Well done. Up above is a new sidewalk challenge in full Fall glory ready to be identified in the comments below.

And now on with this week’s top ten editors’ picks for urbanism news.

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5 COMMENTS

  1. Corner of Shelby and Chestnut Street, in Phoenix Hill. I had to evaluate the condition of the Church on that corner (which is adjacent to the Cloister Apartments) as part of an internship with New Directions, and found it to be in shockingly poor condition. Decorative stone and brick elements are falling apart, the gutters are all but gone, and a tree is growing out of one of the walls. The worst thing is that the steeple is leaning at a surprisingly obvious and precarious looking angle. Keep an eye on this one, because I wouldn’t be surprised if it showed up on the city’s emergency demo list in the next few years.

  2. The Cloister. A designated local landmark. The city should cite the owner for failure to maintain. If there is still a landmarks ordinance it’s in violation. Demolition by neglect.

  3. @Debra – A quick check on LOJIC shows that the Cloister and the church are on two different lots, with two different owners.

  4. I was looking ahead south at Gray St, not the corner. That block immediately east on Chestnut is one of the few remaining intact blocks in this area. It was just far enough east to escape urban renewal.

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