Branden Klayko
Louisville's Civic Data Alliance looks into the matrix of raw data streaming all around us and finds stories that help improve local government, citizen groups, and our communities and neighborhoods. The two year old group is Louisville's local Code...
At the Shelby Park Germantown Rail Corridor meeting in July, representatives of the Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) introduced the Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) solution for a recently cleared site on Logan Street, southeast of the Breckenridge Street intersection in...
Waterway Improvements Now—also known as Project WIN—is the slogan-slash-acronym for the Metropolitan Sewer District’s latest initiative to reduce water pollution and overflows from Louisville’s sewer systems, most of which pour into Beargrass Creek or the Ohio River.
The plan comes...
I moved to Louisville ten years ago and this was one of the first buildings that caught my attention when it was known as the Louisville Antique Mall. Even though it was packed full with furniture and antiques, I got...
In cities like Louisville where much of the urban area is covered in paving, dealing with stormwater runoff can be a major challenge that, unchecked, can lead to dangerous combined sewer overflows that pollute local waterways. One way to...
As the largest watershed in Jefferson County, Beargrass Creek has long been a source of cultural pride in the area, wending through inner neighborhoods like Germantown and Clifton, and extending as far out as Hurstbourne and Indian Hills. However,...
Mitchell Kersting started his architecture practice, WorK Architecture + Design, in 2012 after working in historic preservation in Charleston, South Carolina. Kersting and his business partner and college friend, Tyler Watkins, needed a space to grow the company, and Kersting told...
The first ever Portland Art & Heritage Fair took place October 11, 2014. Broken Sidewalk contributing Photographer Diane Deaton-Street was there and snapped a few photos. Take a look.
You can’t build Rome in a day, but you can certainly change a community.
On Friday, October 17, South Preston Street will be closed from Broadway to Breckinridge to make room for a day-long streetscape revitalization project. GE Volunteers and...