Louisville
News Roundup: April 9, 2012
Congratulations to Joshua Poe and David for correctly identifying our last sidewalk photo as Wiltshire Avenue looking toward Wilmington Avenue just north of Willis...
Making Billboard Benches Work for Louisville
A new ordinance sponsored by Metro Council President Jim King with Council Members Henderson, Blackwell, and Engel proposes a permitting process and fee for...
News Roundup: March 30, 2012
Congratulations to Porter Stevens, Brad, and Blair Whyte for correctly identifying our last sidewalk photo and its serious tree canopyas Boulevard Napoleon between Douglass Boulevard...
Seeing Southern Indiana: Creating Positive Change on the Waterfront
Last year I was looking around Louisville for areas of unrealized potential. I dutifully followed Broken Sidewalk for development announcements. I kept up with...
Yarmuth Proposes to Subsidize Car Ownership with Tax Funds
Really, Rep. Yarmuth? This sounds like the most hair-brained idea we've heard in quite a while and we frankly had higher expectations of our...
New Loans to Bring Renovations Across City
The Louisville Metropolitan Business Development Corporation (METCO) has awarded its latest round of loans totaling $337,767 to six local businesses, and four of them will...
Ready, Fire, Aim: Making Pilot Projects a Reality
Fresh on the heels of an inspiring talk last week with Gil Peñelosa, director of the non-profit 8-80 Cities advocating for livable cities designed...
News Roundup: March 21, 2012
A huge round of applause to readers steelydan, mike fromang, srca1941, and George for helping to identify a vintage "Broken Sidewalk" from the University...
Pedestrian Killed on Preston Highway
A pedestrian was killed by a motorist Wednesday morning on Preston Highway near Blue Lick Road in Okolona. The collision occurred at 6:35 a.m....