Broken Sidewalk

If you haven't noticed, we're putting pictures of Louisville sidewalks, good, bad, and otherwise, on the news roundups. If you have a picture of a sidewalk you would like to see here, send it to us at tips@brokensidewalk.com. In other...

We usually try to stay far away from politics in Washington, but the implications of the Stimulus Bill currently being debated are quite serious. All the back and forth is making us a little dizzy and the continual cuts...

River Madness Barges hit Sherman Minton Bridge at 5:00am today (Fox 41) Bridge closed for 3 hours until deemed safe (C-J) But barge company had trouble steering last year, too (Business First) Power Line Disaster Abramson calls for burying power lines (C-J) Sends letter asking...

The Senate is screwing up the stimulus bill: highway spending bonanza (StreetsBlog) And the stimulus transit funding news keeps getting worse (The Transport Politic) And transit advocates are puzzled and frustrated (Overhead Wire) Meanwhile: transit ridership way up, funding way down (NY...

Back in December at the 8664.org Annual Public Forum, we had a chance to talk with distinguished guest John Norquist, former Mayor of Milwaukee who successfully removed a highway in his city and current President of the Congress for...

We added a bunch of links to the right hand side of the page today, many bicycle-related. Don't forget to tell us of notable sites or neighborhood sightings at tips@brokensidewalk.com. Bicycle Diaries: Biking throughout the world (BBC via Planetizen) Engineers give...

Derby City Espresso attracts customers from around the world (C-J) Gill & Augusta Brown Holland plan a 'green' transformation of East Village / NuLu (C-J) And why Gill's efforts are so great for Louisville (Consuming Lou) Local mall owner gets a break...

Just when you thought Ice Storm 2009 was starting to ease up, there's a new threat menacing high above your head. We spotted these signs posted around the Aegon Center and the National City Tower over the past few...

Sorry for the Broken Sidewalk mini-outage over the past few days. We lost power and couldn't do much of anything. There's still no power, but we made it to a computer that works and have shacked up downtown for...