Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Mute balsa agony amid luxurious rabbit hutch erections as bicyclists and walkers fend for themselves.

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Pressboard makers of America, unite. You too can hang your ladders by nocturnal crane  -- not that the neighborhood has a crime problem o...

SHANE'S EXCELLENT NEW WORDS: Sardonic.

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Welcome to another installment of SHANE'S EXCELLENT NEW WORDS , a regular Wednesday feature at NA Confidential . But why all these n...

More about the renovation of that building where Abe's Rental used to be.

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As noted yesterday, the art deco building at 140 E. Main Street finally has been sold after years of vacancy, and is being renovated. Y...

The former Something Different Auction House gets a Carter-inspired makeover.

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On October 1, 2011, something different happened . There's still more, because on the 1st, NABC will be selling progressive pin...
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

"If this isn't the end for the Republican Party, it'll be a shame. They dominated American political life for 50 years and were never anything but monsters."

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Chaplin, via Wikipedia.  For the section below, alone. R.I.P., GOP: How Trump Is Killing the Republican Party , by Matt Taibbi ( Rol...

Matt Chalfant's infill construction at 137 E. Spring -- you know, where the Horseshoe Bar used to be.

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It has quickly progressed from nothing to something. Unsubsidized, entrepreneur-driven infill -- in downtown New Albany, though with...
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Hello. They're crashes. Don’t call them accidents anymore. Thank you.

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Janette Sadik-Khan , author of Street Fight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution , tweeted a link to this article. It's no "accid...

You know, that building where Abe's Rental used to be (140 E Main St).

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"Downtown New Albany- SOLD!! 140 E Main St gets a new owner and soon will have a tenant. Watch here for more." -- Mike Kopp on...
Monday, May 23, 2016

Just another city worker on the clock smoothing Graceland's banner for Vacation Bible School.

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Photo given appropriately backwards 1960-era processing for full comedic effect. Who knew that the $3 million Main Street Beautification...

Not since the flag-sucking back in '84 has there been anything remotely like the nightly ladder-hoist.

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We don't know why they're hanging ladders in effigy each evening at the Break Wind Lofts at Duggins Flats, but it might have some...

Lending a hand to Gregg Seidl: "Moving Toward What I Am Meant to Do."

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Many of you know Gregg Seidl. Moving Toward What I Am Meant to Do Thanks for taking the time to read and consider this request. I ...

City Hall approves heroic "Statue of Disdain" branding symbol for Summit Springs.

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Yet another public-private partnership from the same people who brought you Break Wind Lofts at Duggins Flats.
Sunday, May 22, 2016

Updated New Albany Craft Beer Week Calendar, 2016.

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Kindly be reminded that there'll be daily postings at the  New Albany Craft Beer Week  blog through June 5. Here's the schedule; th...

Kurt Wallander and Nordic Noir.

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Detective fiction isn't my bag, but I've seen a few of the Kenneth Branagh episodes of Wallander , and my curiosity currently has...

We've heard of stripper poles, but this sidewalk pole is a marvel of genuine INDOT innovation.

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NA Confidential tends to restrict its gaze to New Albany, but when the Green Mouse received this photograph from a Georgetown resident, ...
Saturday, May 21, 2016

Why we fight: In 2014, Jeff Speck told us how street design impacts our city.

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Following is Jeff Speck's preface to his New Albany Downtown Street Network Proposal . It has been featured here previously, but it n...
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Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello captures the "submitting to authority" component of New Albany's zeitgeist.

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I know, I know. It's here, Shane . As for the interview at Rolling Stone ... In a new interview for the Rock and Roll Hall of F...
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Perhaps we can borrow a follower of Haile Selassie to say the invocation at a city council meeting.

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To make a long story short, Haile Selassie was the emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 through 1974. Faces Of Africa - Haile Selassie: The ...
Friday, May 20, 2016

Welcome to a masterpiece of satire: "Hitler Hears Bernie Sanders Won't Stand Down."

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Thanks, RC. But I still like this one best.

WITHIN CITY LIMITS: Episode VIII, A Lesson in Compassionate Conservatism.

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WITHIN CITY LIMITS:  Episode VIII, A Lesson in Compassionate Conservatism. By Nick Vaughn, Guest Columnist There seems to be a common...
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