That Would Be a Nice Look: Check out the idea for a park in the middle of East Market Street. A hundred years ago, it was a park, and now visionaries want to bring that look back. [Broken Sidewalk]

We’ll Just Bike, Thank you: The Mayor’s Office announced plans for its Labor Day Hike & Bike, which will take a route from downtown to Iroquois Park. It’s become a local tradition, now in its fifth year. [Mayor's Office]

More Forgiveness for the Coach: The New York Daily News scored an interview with Joanne Pitino’s sister, who lives in Lynnbrook, who said she and the family have forgiven the coach. And she said Joanne never missed a home game until last year, when she was caring for her ailing mother. [NY Daily News]

A Reason to Turn to Channel 60: Remember that great series about jockeys on Animal Planet? It’s coming back with footage from Churchill Downs. There are seven new one-hour episodes, which start airing Friday at 10. [Animal Planet]

Inside With Wayside: Dick Irby got a personal tour of the Hotel Louisville building from Wayside officials, who just got the keys to the place.  The plan is to use just four floors, leaving several floors available for rent to other non-profits. A playground in the pool? Coffee shop in the bar?  [Fox41]

Yarmuth on Health Care: Ignore the hype and listen to the source — WAVE has a 23 minute interview with John Yarmuth on health care. Note that WAVE’s reference to last week’s health care protest downtown doesn’t mention Steve Langford’s participation. [WAVE]

Doug’s Kind of Issue: A Doug Hawkins e-mail yesterday included a link to a survey on MSNBC asking if “In God We Trust” should be removed from U.S. currency.  It’s running 88-12 against. Nothing in the e-mail about running for Mayor. [MSNBC]