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Monthly Archives: February 2012
The River’s City
My neighbor who lives on the next street over tells a story about the Ohio River. He and his friend’s son hang out on Sunday afternoons. This how they spent one of them. One Sunday afternoon during a flood, they … Continue reading
Mama Likes…Birthday Parties
Remember when going to birthday parties meant running around a friend’s backyard? This kind of party is easy if you have a spring, summer or fall birthday. I have two kids with February birthdays. In other words: I’m screwed. Because … Continue reading
How to build a bridge (or two)
At last, progress on the bridges. Kentucky will work on them Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Indiana on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Or something like that, anyway. Good news, sure, but I couldn’t help noticing John Yarmuth’s frequent and emphasized use … Continue reading
To The Extreme: The past and future of Louisville’s skate park.
On the outskirts of downtown is the most unique of the more than one hundred Metro Parks here in Louisville. Its 40,000 square feet of concrete, wood, and steel are made for skateboards, BMX bikes, and inline skates, and its … Continue reading
Feed the box. Help the homeless.
This is the message printed across twelve brightly painted blue boxes located throughout Louisville’s Central Business District. At first glance, these hungry boxes invoke curiosity, and are unlike other familiar objects encountered by pedestrians on Louisville’s sidewalks: artsy, welded bicycle … Continue reading
The Main Street Oral History Project
“Look up,” is Susan Foley’s advice for appreciating the architecture of the historic buildings on Main Street in downtown Louisville. “At street level you are looking at store fronts or the fronts of offices,” she says, “so you really do … Continue reading
Seoul Man
James Robert Southard is a Louisville artist currently based in Seoul, South Korea. For the next four months, he is participating in the Seoul Art Space Geumcheon Artist-In-Residency program. He will transmit musings on culture shock, food, art, and more … Continue reading