Thursday, June 21, 2012

The Public Art Walk is this Saturday (June 23), with accompanying NABC beer garden and live music.

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The New Albany Public Art Walk takes place this Saturday, June 23, and for the first time, there’ll be a beer garden right in the middle ...

Live @ Five returns to the 400 block of Bank Street this Friday with Jimmy G and the Sidewinders.

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The city's Live @ Five summertime concert series returns to the 400 block of Bank Street this Friday, June 22. Jimmy G and the Sidewi...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Another reminder to CM CeeSaw as he cowers in his bunker: “One-way streets in our city helped hollow out the core, and still do to this day.”

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Such craziness. You actually start thinking subversive thoughts, like what if you designed it to encourage good outcomes? LINQ: Businessm...

Actually, Kerry Stemler doesn't know what any of "it" is. Which doesn't stop him from transforming inadequacies into faux scripture.

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Since the notion of congenitally empty suits like these planning for 1897 makes so much more sense than 2025 (dude, this "conversati...
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Another "complete streets" story for CM CeeSaw to ignore.

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This one's from Indianapolis. Urban Indy  »  Bicycling ,  Featured ,  Pedestrian ,  Transit  »  Complete Streets Proposal Complete St...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

It's official: "The Exchange pub + kitchen to relocate to downtown New Albany this fall."

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Ian's back from Florida, the relocation wheels are turning, and so here's the official press release documenting the plan for the ...

"Living better and smarter shouldn’t be a partisan issue."

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As the author accurately notes, a restoration of balance between urban and suburban is about providing options for those so inclined, not em...
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And while we're at it, get that bike off the damned sidewalk.

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An oldie (well, 2011) but a goodie. Thanks to DD for the link. In Defense of Bicycling , by Brent Cohrs ( ChicagoNow ) This is a blog t...
Monday, June 18, 2012

"Sea Fog" by Keane.

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I'm somewhat alienated in the iPod era, being an old-fashioned devotee of the notion that performers choosing to arrange the songs in s...
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"Think Before You Breed."

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In an entirely unrelated note, Patticakes & Pies reminds us that a canning permit and state certification is required to vend Calico Pi...

The Cuban boxer Teófilo Stevenson has died.

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During the 1970's, comparisons between native Louisville son Muhammad Ali and Cuba's Teófilo Stevenson were many, usually leading to...
Sunday, June 17, 2012

Grant Line Road railroad crossing work on June 18.

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Monday (June 18) is the day for a temporary closure of Grant Line Road at the CSX railroad tracks. If you're coming to NABC's orig...

Veterans Plaza is back in shape.

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That wasn't a pipe bomb, actually. The repair work at Veterans Plaza was completed before Memorial Day, but I kept forgetting to take...

"It’s as easy as reading the newspaper" -- or the blog.

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That's because keeping informed isn't such a good strategy when it comes to grandstanding. But in my opinion, the current council ...
Saturday, June 16, 2012

The departed Fussell and the Great War, now both receding in memory.

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Another news item I missed in May was the passing of the writer Paul Fussell. His death is noted in the New York Times : Paul Fussell,...
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Live @ Five, June 15.

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Tubby's: End of an error, redux.

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Does this mean that Glenn Muncy's not opening a microbrewery, after all? Tubby’s Pizza building demolished; Structure deemed public s...
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Friday, June 15, 2012

Lots of activity in Shrader Stables. Hmm, wonder what this means?

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From 2005: Recapping the Historic District Building Tour and Field Day, Part 3: Shrader Stables. From 2009: Resch to buy Shrader Sta...
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Ladies and gentlemen ... Steve Price. He's kicking "99 Red Balloons'" ASS.

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(Nena's title cut and photo courtesy of KC) Last evening's Exclusively New Albany fundraising event featured karaoke by a form...
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Can we get a table for two in the irony-free zone, please? Whaddya mean it's booked?

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