Park Watch: Gheens Lodge Under Construction at The Parklands
Construction officially began on June 27 on Beckley Creek Park, one of four major new parks planned along Floyds Fork as part of the nearly-4,000-acre Parklands, and now one of the major pieces of...
View ArticlePew study: Liberals prefer living in cities, walkability while conservatives...
Liberals and conservatives don’t agree on much. In addition to politics, the two groups also disagree in many other areas, such as rural vs. urban, diversity, religion, family, education, recreation,...
View ArticlePreservation, urbanism, and transportation collide at the Kentucky Heritage...
We talk a lot about issues that affect the way we live in the city here at Broken Sidewalk. Big issues like transportation, preservation, development, and urbanism. All of these subjects are closely...
View ArticleAhead of Strong Towns Conference, Charles Marohn talks cities, streets, and...
The pattern of building more and more sprawl continues into the 21st century with potentially devastating economic implications to the well being of cities. Charles Marohn is a professional engineer...
View ArticleLearning from the geography of car crash deaths in the Unites States
Statistically, in the South you have a significantly higher chance of dying in a car crash than in other parts of the country. Why is this the case? Richard Florida dug into the numbers for the...
View ArticleNovember 10: Help plan the next Louisville Loop segment in Eastwood
Another segment of the Louisville Loop is up for public review. The next section of bike- and pedestrian-path, the Middletown-Eastwood Trail (MET), will run for half a mile from Eastwood Cut Off Road...
View ArticleThe McMansion is alive and well in Kentucky: The evolution of home size and...
While tiny homes appear to be gaining popularity, the majority of Americans are actually moving into bigger and bigger dwellings. Houses are following the same trend as burgers and cars: they are...
View ArticleHow sprawling development is threatening the Parklands of Floyds Fork
“Unabashedly urban” is an unusual portrayal of the drive out to the Beckley Creek portion of The Parklands of Floyds Fork, nearly 17 miles from downtown on the edge of eastern Jefferson County. Yet...
View ArticlePublic comment period for Move Louisville ends July 5! Help stand up for real...
After a couple of extensions, the official public comment period for the draft Move Louisville plan ends on Tuesday, July 5. Move Louisville will help guide transportation policy and the projects that...
View ArticleThree houses on Lyndon Lane to make way for office park and large parking lot
While looking through the city’s wrecking permit requests for our #DemoWatch page recently, three adjacent houses in Lyndon built in 1951 popped up (WR995210, WR995204, WR995208). They’re being...
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