Branden Klayko
When Massachusetts-based smart trash can company BigBelly announced plans last year to convert New York City's rubbish bins into super-fast Wi-Fi hotspots, the international media took notice. Engadget, CityLab, Gizmag, HuffPo, and Popular Science all ran with the story.
But...
A large mixed-use apartment project is one step closer to construction with this week's design approval from the Bardstown Road/Baxter Avenue Overlay Committee.
The $52 million project by Columbus, Ohio–based Edwards Companies calls for 280 apartments over 30,000 square feet of retail on...
Until now, Louisville's Urban Bike Network (UBN) meant more on paper than on pavement—but that's changing fast. "The bike lanes in town didn't make up a network until the past few years," Chris Glasser, president of the nonprofit Bicycling for...
We recently wrote that the Alexander Building on the corner of Eighth Street and West Main Street in Downtown Louisville was listed for sale by Metro Louisville. We asked for some ideas on what you'd like to see go in,...
While a proposal to widen Chenoweth Lane to three lanes is officially off the table, there's still a push for change along the St. Matthews thoroughfare. Those changes could include adding sidewalks, bicycle facilities, turning lanes at intersections, and...
Construction is ramping up at 111 Whiskey Row where a fire tore through three historic structures last summer. "We are under construction," Valle Jones, a member of the development team called Main Street Revitalization, told Broken Sidewalk. "We've been working on...
We knew it was only a matter of time. When Julian Goldberg, the proprietor of G&K Shoe Company, passed away last July, the future of his distinctive cast-iron building on West Main Street housing his long-time business remained uncertain.
The Downtown...
On Friday, February 5, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) released new data showing that traffic deaths are up. Up quite a bit.
During the first nine months of 2015, 26,000 Americans were killed in traffic collisions—a 9.3 percent increase over...
Portland will soon be a bona fide arts neighborhood. Today, the University of Louisville announced that it would locate its Master of Fine Arts program in the historic neighborhood in an old warehouse on the corner of 16th Street and...