In memoriam: Stanley E. Robison (1954-2021)
Stanley E. Robison died earlier this week. Stan possessed a wickedly sharp intellect, but wasn't by any stretch a "know it all." Fellow attorney...
The River Heritage Conservancy offers the case for Silver Creek low head dam removal
In a moment, the case for removing the Providence Mill low head dam on Silver Creek, courtesy of the River Heritage Conservancy.
But first, a...
NAHA evicted my friend from his longtime home. What can be done to help...
Riverview Tower is a 16-story New Albany Housing Authority (NAHA) building dating to the early 1970s. Depopulation has been underway for a while, and...
The cars hiss by my window (and rev, snort, shift, fart and scream)
Every day on Spring Street in Nawbany, drivers race from one end of my city to the other, concerned only with their own pass-through convenience,...
Learn more about Käthe Kollwitz and her powerful visual legacy
Käthe Kollwitz is an artist we should know and celebrate. Controversy is the least of the reasons why, although it's something I appreciate.
Why Käthe...
Your Origin Park Scorecard for Monday 19 July, 2021
That's it.
That's the post.
Our weekly editorial meme: “To the dimmer go the spoils”
Well, you KNOW the way they've always been. Vultures hunt by instinct, not college degrees.
ON THE AVENUES: Mourning in America
There are no hard and fast rules about mourning in America. In the beginning, we inherited primarily English customs, as embraced, modified and eventually...
NAHA? Four years later, the questions remain unasked and unanswered
At the Jeffersonville News and Tribune, there is an article: "New Albany Housing Authority moving forward with $27 million in renovations," by Daniel Suddeath.
City...
“Almost half of all car trips in U.S. cities are three miles long or...
Just following up on that point I was making about the way an actual New Albany bicycling network inside the beltway, the rudiments of...