Branden Klayko
Steve Wiser, a local architect, historian, and occasional contributor to Broken Sidewalk, has been tweaking his proposal for a solution to the Ohio River Bridges Project that involves local access bridges as opposed to Interstate highway bridges (that we first published...
The city announced a new round of METCO loans today. No major announcements, but we do learn where D & W Silks retail shop will end up now that their former East Main Street building has been demolished for...
The thirteenth Sustainable City Series event sponsored by the Urban Design Studio will take place on Tuesday, March 16 at 6:00 p.m. at the Glassworks on West Market Street. This time, the Series will discuss the role universities play...
Louisville needs to start taking infill development seriously. Infill development involves building on underutilized lots inside the city instead of on green fields (i.e. farms) on the suburban fringe. There are vast swaths of land in Louisville, either abandoned...
Yesterday, I told you about a report that suggests a series of 19th century buildings on the 100 block of West Main Street comprising the Iron Quarter site are still salvageable despite years of decay. Now, Mayor Abramson has...
It's one proposal being floated after a judge ordered Frank Faris, owner of Genny's Diner, to give away a deteriorating Victorian house on Frankfort Avenue: turn it into a gentleman's club.
Wave 3 reported that about 40 proposals have come...
A tipster sends in the disturbing word that demolition has begun at the old Spalding University gym on Breckinridge Street in SoBro. It won't be long now before there's a disruptive void in the Breckinridge streetscape. More on the...
A large, windowless brick building on East Main Street is ready to move forward as a mix of condos, apartments, office, and retail space after gaining approval from the Waterfront Development Corporation, the agency tasked with overseeing development in...
We have reached a critical point where action must be taken to save one of the most important contiguous spans of 19th century architecture and history in all of Louisville. We as a community cannot allow the further deterioration...