Friday, December 20, 2013

City council approves more ordinances to refrain from enforcing, declares victory, and returns home to carve the Christmas spam.

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Last night's final city council meeting of 2013 is amply covered by Grace Schneider in the C-J . Surely she's cursing the misfort...

Al Goldstein and New Albany DVD (Cleopatra's) both are dead. Somewhere, a dog barks.

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2005 photo But Larry Flynt lives. Zach Everson had it pegged on Twitter yesterday. Al Goldstein Dies at 77; Made Porn Dirtier // B...

One fine evening at the 5 o'clock network.

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Your Community Bank issues the invitation, and I'm happy to help them out when it's time for another 5 o'clock network. Atten...
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Thursday, December 19, 2013

ON THE AVENUES: Tight fitting genes, revisited.

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ON THE AVENUES: Tight fitting genes, revisited. A weekly web column by Roger A. Baylor. Last evening was the debut of New Albany: City...

You're not a focal point: Here's what Main Street gets, and what your street cannot have.

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Permit me to make this point yet again: If being an "urban street" is right for Main Street, isn't it right for YOUR street...

Grain silos and cement factories and creative things.

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Going way back in time here, with the broad topic being adaptive reuse. May 30, 2006:   Toss in Schonbrunn, and you've got a deal. ...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

The craft beer market: Is loyalty to favorite producer a thing of the past?

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I've no idea who Noah Davis is, but he manages to touch just about all the relevant bases in this excellent analysis of the current s...
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This is happening tonight: "New Albany: City by the River" film premiere, with good beer.

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Local filmmaking, local venue and local beer. This is what we're talking about:  "New Albany: City by the River" premiere...

"There'll Be Some Changes Made."

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Two versions of a jazz standard, recorded 40 years apart and coming from very different places. It must be the season of metaphor.

Me? I have an ironclad alibi.

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With just shy of 300 votes cast in Develop New Albany's on-line poll , 72% of respondents believe two-way streets would be beneficial...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Coming in January: Walkable New Albany.

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I won't kid you. My two-way street campaign has taken a back seat to the food and beer business as usual. After all, work is the curs...

My my my myyyy ushanka.

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The photo (I will not use that bizarre "selfie" word, which always strikes me as sexually fetishistic) was taken during our bri...

"My Favorite Year" ... and rest in peace, Peter O'Toole.

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Peter O'Toole's passing prompted the usual flurry of remembrances, and in several of them, I was heartened to see references to M...
Monday, December 16, 2013

Who (or what) is New Albany's "Person of the Year" for 2013?

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(8:30 a.m. update: It strikes me that my own cynicism invariably colors the choices presented below. There actually may be a person, gro...
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Politicians, streetcars and money in Cincinnati.

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A streetcar system is coming back to Cincinnati, except maybe it isn't, even though construction has started. There was an election, ...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

On Bamberg, winter drinking sports and seasonal spiced wine from Old 502.

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Just this morning, we were talking about our Christmas (2009) in Bamberg, Germany, and the endearing custom there (and elsewhere in North...

"Beware, yuletide oupistidophobes. I’m watching": The 2010 column and subsequent reaction.

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It is my aim to keep rewinds and reruns to a minimum, but I can't resist revisiting this topic on an annual basis.  Once upon a time, ...

Port authority or otherwise, you can bet we'll see two-way movement for bikes and walkers on the Greenway -- and no monster trucks.

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There are two interesting pieces by Daniel Suddeath in the weekend edition of the Paywall Picayune . New Albany may establish port author...
Saturday, December 14, 2013

NAC's 7,000th post: Seven years on, Vicki Ann Denschak still masquerades as "College Professor of Political Science," as city yawns.

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A hearty "Happy Birthday" to Freedom to Screech , which expends its 59th posting of the calendar year 2013 to boilerplate back-...

Robin Garr on Cincinnati Chili.

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In my world, chili always has been an omnibus concept. There needs to be chili powder in it, but like goulash (paprika) or borscht (beets), ...
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