Branden Klayko
Mayor Greg Fischer has made new appointments to the city's Landmarks committee, and they're sending ripples through several other important review committees in Downtown, Butchertown, Parkland, and Clifton.
Architect Scott Kremer of Studio Kremer Architects was replaced by an incoming group...
The pattern of building more and more sprawl continues into the 21st century with potentially devastating economic implications to the well being of cities. Charles Marohn is a professional engineer in Minnesota who has been highlighting the problems with...
Last week we revealed a fright of building ghosts distributed throughout the city, their disembodied pieces piled among weeds atop landfills or stacked behind rusting cars at impound lots—or simply vanished. The oldest of these cases dated back to...
We've been watching the Water Company Block closely as September 6 approached and passed. That day ended the 30-day stay of demolition on the old Louisville Water Company Headquarters on Third Street to make way for the planned Omni Hotel &...
This week, we detailed the history of Hillerich & Bradsby's old Smoketown home—a block bound by Preston Street, Finzer Street, Jackson Street, and Jacob Street. According to Hillerich & Bradsby, over 100 million Louisville Slugger baseball bats were manufactured...
Americans should spend more time walking, and communities should be equipped with walking areas to make that possible, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said in a report released on Wednesday. "Maybe this sounds like obvious advice, a health tip...
Driving is a dangerous activity. As a result, many Americans find it stressful and unpleasant despite its well-documented benefits.
"I'm interested in driving but it doesn't really seem safe," said Bekka Wright of Boston. "I mean, a 3,000-plus-pound machine in...
We talk a lot about issues that affect the way we live in the city here at Broken Sidewalk. Big issues like transportation, preservation, development, and urbanism. All of these subjects are closely related—pull one string and you affect...
Louisville's next regional library is set to break ground on a pristine greenfield site in Okolona tomorrow, Friday, September 18. The so-called South Central Regional Library will be situated on a former wooded lot on the corner of Jefferson Boulevard...