There it is in all its glory. The roof of the arena has become a wall. A veritable waterfall one day of glass and steel pouring towards the river. While disciples will suggest it’s a metaphorical reference to the ever changing forces of the urban environment and cynics might call the swooping steel taking one step closer to a giant toaster or photocopier on the wharf, we’ll simply leave you with the photo evidence.
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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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The new arena with all of its unique features (like the curved window/roof/wall and massive plaza) will be a huge asset along the river. I look forward with great anticipation to its completion.
I just wonder what happens if Louisville comes to it senses and replaces the loud and ugly elevated expressway with a landscaped, at grade, high volume boulevard. Can the arena be modified to better interact with the waterfront?
I’ve been asking myself that question as well, Stu. As a Hoosier who makes regular use of the 2nd Street bridge, I become more disappointed with the arena each day the structure grows larger. Rather than acting as a prominent local gateway into the city, it’s an uninviting blockade that I’m always happy to get past– hardly the type of thing a city wants where it is, much like I-64.