The days are numbered for the old Omer Carmichael Elementary School turned University of Louisville Health Science Classroom. The building on the corner of Hancock Street and Muhammad Ali Blvd. is scheduled to undergo asbestos abatement in preparation for its ultimate demolition.
The area is rapidly transforming with the construction of the Liberty Green neighborhood and biomedical research facilities, and the bashful 1961 school by D. X. Murphy & Brother doesn’t seem to be in the master plan. Oh well, the building is bland and built without urban aspirations in a time when suburban growth was off the charts. A pink granite fountain in the building’s central courtyard will be saved and reused in the research building across the street.
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Branden founded Broken Sidewalk in 2008 while practicing architecture in Louisville. He continued the site for seven years while living in New York City, returning to Louisville in 2016. Branden is a graduate of the College of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis, and has covered architecture, design, and urbanism for The Architect's Newspaper, Designers & Books, Inhabitat, and the American Institute of Architects.
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I was a student at carmichael in 1969 -1973 love to see the year book from that era ,love to see some old pic. …email me at hot47.1964@gmail.com if there an pic out there!