Louisville

Here’s the building that once stood across from the Urban Design...

The block of Third Street between Muhammad Ali Boulevard and Guthrie Street in Downtown Louisville is a challenging one. On the east side, truly mixed-use...

#LouCityReads: Could Louisville’s bike share system include options for the “unbanked”?

Louisville is rolling out a bike share system this year that will place some 300 bikes across Downtown and nearby core neighborhoods (help choose...

#LouCityReads: A rate change at LG&E could hurt investment in efficiency,...

James Bruggers' Watchdog Earth column at the Courier-Journal exposed a potential flaw of LG&E's planned rate decrease and subsequent meter fee increase: it could discourage investment...

How this corner at Broadway and Baxter is redeveloped will shape...

Looks like we just dodged two development bullets on one of Louisville's most important underutilized urban properties. The old Bader's Food Mart and gas station...

Let’s take another look at this proposal for a placemaking roundabout...

The Circle at Broadway and Baxter Avenue concept has been one of my more popular Urban Compositions since it first appeared on Broken Sidewalk...

This vacant lot in Douglass Loop will soon be the six-unit...

An excited tipster wrote in this week about a new infill project in the Highlands. Located at 2068 Douglass Boulevard, the so-called Montgomery Apartments...

This proposed protected bike lane on Lexington Road will be on...

Lexington Road is due for a road diet that could bring Louisville's first "cycletrack" between Baxter Avenue and Grinstead Drive. Plans under consideration now...

How New York City clears snow from the Brooklyn Bridge for...

Last month, we struck a nerve with our criticism for the Waterfront Development Corporation's decision not to clear the Big Four Bridge during winter weather...

Louisville can still learn lessons from Jane Jacobs’ 1958 essay, “Downtown...

In 1958, famed urbanist Jane Jacobs penned an important piece for Fortune magazine called "Downtown is for People." Published three years before her pivotal book...