Branden Klayko
In some of our earlier work last year, we examined the effects of absentee property and housing ownership in Lexington in relation to the problem of vacant and abandoned properties. Unsurprisingly, some of the city’s most troubled and neglected...
In June 2015, city officials cut the ribbon on a new street in Downtown Louisville—Guthrie Street. For half a century, a half-block of Guthrie between Third Street and Fourth Street had been closed to car traffic as a pedestrian...
Be careful—once you see this development plan, it's hard to unsee it. Developers from Cincinnati, Ohio–based Capital Investment Group have filed plans (16DEVPLAN1154) with the city to build a multi-family apartment building and renovate an existing parking garage on a...
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a motorist in Downtown Louisville early Sunday morning, July 17. The collision took place at 3:30a.m. around Seventh Street and Broadway. The pedestrian died at University Hospital.
The only report of the fatality...
It's already been decided that the Confederate Monument site at Third Street and Brandeis Street is to be paved over to speed through more cars. The divisive monument will be removed, cleaned, and installed at another site in Louisville. And...
Construction has begun on a road diet project along New Albany's Spring Street. The redesign covers an eight-block, .8-mile stretch of Spring between Vincennes Street and Beharrell Avenue.
The project goals include increasing user safety and reducing traffic speeds. Spring Street through New Albany...
It’s an article of faith in some quarters—well, most quarters—that in the United States, owning a home ought to be a surefire way to build wealth. Whether it’s presidents, anti-poverty groups, foundations, or realtors, we’re always being told that that...
Traffic fatalities in America hit a seven-year high in 2015, with pedestrians and cyclists accounting for a disproportionate share of the alarming increase, according to preliminary data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Last year, 35,200 people were killed in traffic — a...
Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 20, the Downtown Development Review Overlay (DDRO) Committee will examine a proposal for a new mixed-use office building proposed for the corner of Market Street and Preston Street on the Nucleus block—sorry, the JD Nichols Campus...