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Pat Smith and Patrick Henry touch on the implications of the 2026 mid term elections for cities, chat about Envirome's recent Moving Forest project in downtown Louisville, and explore why Pat finds urban content creators so off putting.

Join the Patricks for the latest episode of Citystate, this week talking about the new planning process for Big Rock at Cherokee Park, an exciting announcement about the Moving Forest project in downtown Louisville, and a little chatter about some of Louisville's new mega festivals.

The Patricks are back after almost four years! Join us for a chat about changes to downtown Louisville's Main Street and NuLu commercial corridor, the "resurgence" of the campaign to remove I-64 from Louisville's waterfront, and new ideas for Douglass Loop in the Highlands.

Pat Smith (Citystate Podcast) and Michael Schnuerle (Streets for People, Friends of Bardstown Road, and Highlands Douglas Neighborhood Association) talk about the pros and cons of roundabouts and the new proposal from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet for a roundabout at Douglass Loop.

The Patrick's are back in December with a full hour and change discussing (1) the KY State Fair Board's proposal to dig a tunnel for cars under Louisville, (2) an interview with Brian Boland from Bridge Forward discussing the opportunity to greatly improve upon the current plan for the Brent Spence Bridge Project in Cincinnati, and (3) we cap off the episode chatting with Chris Wetterich from Cincinnati Business Courier about the proposal to sell Cincinnati's municipally-owned railroad.

The Patricks convene briefly to learn a little about the new Envirome Urban Design Studio, a short convo on Marcus Green's story about land uses changes at Waterfront Park, and longer discussion looking at Louisville Business First's new series on transportation in Louisville

The Patricks have once again busted out of hibernation with a new episode recorded in the new downtown Urban Design Studio. We're talking parking minimums in Kentucky cities, a neighbor-led effort to landmark a pedestrian court of shotgun houses, the new story from KyCIR on corporate landlords in Louisville, and the latest delay for implementing the NULU streetscape/bike lane project.

The Patricks talk about the relative benefits of buffalo statues and roundabouts in urban neighborhoods before a discussion of native plant cultivation in front yards, and ending on a consideration of fare free bus systems.

Patrick Piuma talks with Danny Seim about the Windows into the Community project, celebrating the many hands it takes to build community through an ongoing portrait collection to activate vacant downtown storefronts, followed by some lively discussion between the Patricks on the ongoing value of the "X person's Louisville" / "Hometown Heroes" banners that have been on prominent tall buildings for around 20 years, and ending up the show with a bit of a wide ranging discussion on issues in revitalization and historic preservation in struggling downtowns.

Citystate is back, out of hibernation, and ready to talk urbanism, whatever that means. We're joined this week by special guest planner, Rob Monsma, taking at a look at LEO's article on a changing Louisville, discussing ideas for urban trail systems, and thinking about possible support or lack thereof for red light speed cameras.

The Patricks are BACK. Rejoin us with some light banter on Louisville's glut of long term abandoned wrecked vehicles, and stay for 2 great interviews with Jesus Barajas, discussing his new paper "Biking where Black: Connecting transportation planning and infrastructure to disproportionate policing", and Mike Lydon of Street Plans talking about the state of open streets in 2021.

Journalist Mark Long joins the Patricks to talk about Louisville's Butchertown neighborhood past and present, but first we catch up with Patrick Henry patching in live from his family vacation in Seaside, Florida for a chat about New Urbanism.

We kick off our 100th episode with an audio journey to the new Origin Park with its executive director, Scott Martin, before diving into a discussion on early community debates on how to use Louisville's American Rescue Plan funding for COVID-19 relief, followed by some chat on this next round of obstacles for the long delayed development of a vacant brownfield in the Paristown Pointe Neighborhood.

This week the Patricks talk about a recent Courier Journal oped from the CEO of Greater Louisville Inc discussing the impact of NIMBYism on attempts to develop affordable and dense housing in Louisville, followed by a dive into the new Louisville Downtown Revitalization Team's Action Plan for revitalizing downtown, including some ideas for empty offices.

The Patricks talk about a couple recent articles on making better public spaces and places for teenage girls and women, and then get into Piuma's new piece on his recent trip Cincinnati.