Branden Klayko
The fifth-floor parking deck at the 433-space, six-story parking garage just east of the Convention Center is set to be poured with concrete. The missing corners will eventually house glass-encased stairways and the ground floor has a bit of...
This crosswalk in Seattle is a great idea. The yellow bump pad at the pedestrian curb cut acts as a button that stops traffic mid-block when stepped upon. When activated, flashing lights on lamp posts and actually in the...
The three-story red brick vernacular building that lost its roof in Windstorm 2008 has now been reduced to a pile of rubble. We told you a month ago that the building was declared an emergency demolition candidate and it...
The new HOPE VI development named 810 East Broadway held an official ribbon cutting yesterday. We've told you about the building all through construction and gave you a tour of the building last week, but the rest of the...
Mayor Abramson today announced $14.7 million in stimulus spending that will go towards building new sidewalks, walking paths, and bike lanes. The infrastructure projects are expected to create about 1,300 jobs and is the second announced stimulus spending behind...
Our friend Aaron Renn of the Urbanophile wrote up an interesting article on Louisville and its potential to capitalize on the same "vice" that makes cities like New Orleans or Las Vegas famous. The concept is meant to spur thought...
We recently came across a new local company hoping to bring solar power to homes and businesses across Louisville. RegenEn Solar sells and installs photovoltaic cells that can pay for themselves in a matter of years. By harnessing the most...
Last year sometime, several large panels of marble above the second floor of the One Riverfront Plaza building's Main Street facade fell off or came loose. Without the white marble veneer, the building appeared to have several missing teeth....
While we were visiting the 810 East Broadway development yesterday, we noticed a stretch of metal streetcar track that had been exposed during construction. Louisville once had an extensive streetcar system connecting all of the historic city and many...