Big Four: A bridge that matters, and the planned Jeffersonville park.

This is a very good development for downtown Jeffersonville, but it's also somewhat galling to consider that if not for the intransigence of Norfolk Southern, New Albanians might have a prospect of leveraging a similar Vincennes Street resurgence by means of the K & I. Dewey Heights might yet again have a reason to live, and Li'l Stevie would be forced to retreat to a mountain holler elsewhere.

It's like I always say: Nationalize the damned railroad. Of course, the primary reason to doubt that Barack Obama is a socialist might be his failure to have nationalized it already.

WITH BIG FOUR BRIDGE TO OPEN NEXT YEAR, JEFFERSONVILLE PARK UNVEILED, by Branden Klayko (Broken Sidewalk)

... Big Four Station forms a gateway where the HNTB-designed northern ramp of the Big Four Bridge descends along the original path of the bridge’s approach, turns to the east, and meets the ground at Chestnut and Pearl streets. The current conceptual design includes four signature elements: a monumental obelisk at the base of the ramp, four sculptural light columns surrounding a water feature, and an open air pavilion.