Branden Klayko
On December 11th, city and state officials—Mayor Greg Fischer and Governor Steve Beshear among them—lined up to praise Louisville's latest economic development project: a plan for a new six story structure to expand Kindred Healthcare's space at the site...
It's a problem in just about every city that gets snow—sidewalks become treacherous unshoveled messes in the winter. In many cities—including Louisville—the responsibility of clearing the sidewalk falls on the property owner or tenant in the building fronting the street....
Beginning this Friday, March 6, the North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS) takes over the Kentucky International Convention Center in Downtown Louisville to show off the wares of top bike artisans and manufacturers. The show's founder, Don Walker, also...
It's been a while since we've had some all-around good preservation news, but here's a bit from Butchertown. This little duplex shotgun house on the corner of Wenzel Street and Washington Street has been quietly deteriorating, but now there's...
(Editor's Note: At this very moment, the Louisville Board of Zoning Adjustments (BOZA) is hearing Walmart's case for variances to allow it to build an exurban Supercenter in Louisville's urban core. This article from smart growth advocacy group Strong...
Each year, the Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation (BGT) assembles a list of historic central Kentucky properties which are threatened. For the 2015 edition of the "Eleven in Their Eleventh Hour" list, the BGT has looked primarily beyond Fayette...
It's out of the ground. A three-story infill residential building at 2068 Douglass Boulevard in the Highlands has been making some serious construction progress and looks ready for brick once the weather improves. We first broke the news about...
Spring is three weeks away, and that means it's time for one of American cities' newest rituals: announcing the year's protected bike lane construction plans.
Every few days over the last month, another U.S. city has released plans or announced...
Bad planning and development choices don't just affect their immediate sites and surrounding neighborhoods—their problems take on lives of their own, often outlasting the original use and causing problems for generations. That is especially evident in efforts by the Metropolitan Sewer District...