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No vacant property is an island: Geographies of vacancy in Louisville and why...
The last several years of local politics in Louisville have seen a dramatic increase in the attention paid to the West End. From the cover story on Louisville Magazine’s March 2013 issue imploring us...
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This new map compares breathing bad air to smoking cigarettes
Most people who don’t smoke have a visceral reaction to the smell. I was in Maysville last fall and went into a restaurant where people were smoking. I turned around and walked out. The idea of riding...
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This map reveals the hidden geography of immigration in Louisville and across...
Louisville just wrapped up its 13th annual WorldFest, a celebration of multiculturalism held Downtown on the Belvedere. “Cities that embrace and encourage their international citizens and cultures...
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Looking at Louisville’s apartment boom with four different maps
While the news cycle typically talks about individual development projects individually, looking at the bigger picture can reveal larger trends or insights. For instance, since we published our map...
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How do you solve a problem like Oak Street? Planning Commission to discuss...
How has your neighborhood changed over the past 20 years? Has it become more prosperous? Is it undergoing a development boom? Is it still shaking off the effects of the Recession and subsequent...
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This map shows every single job in the United States. What can we learn about...
Where do you work in Louisville? While it’s common to think the vast majority of folks work in Downtown, there are employment hubs located all around our city. Downtown is certainly the densest...
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For poor Americans, data show where you live plays a major role in how long...
While many studies have shown that rich people live longer than poor people, a study with county-level data published in the Journal of the American Medical Association says life expectancy among poor...
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Maps show the disparate geographies of Louisvillians and their tourist...
With the Kentucky Derby just a few days away, there are a lot of visitors in our fair city. We locals have ideas about where Louisville’s hotspots are, where the best restaurants are located, or the...
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There’s a major geographic disparity in Louisville home values between 2004...
The Washington Post has created a map that shows how home values changed, by Zip Code, from 2004 to 2015. Based on data from Black Knight Financial Services, the map “shows how the nation’s housing...
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The evolution of the barren fields at the the ReSurfaced site can help inform...
The first weekend of the newest round of the vacant-lot-reclaiming ReSurfaced project has come and gone. (Tell us what you thought of it in the comments below!) But while you’re sipping craft beer,...
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