17th Street

17th Street

Unholy Cow: The complete story—so far—of plans to build a methane...

In early 2015, a major development—the West Louisville FoodPort—was announced in the Russell neighborhood that promised internationally renowned architecture, a hub for local agriculture,...

The University of Louisville’s Fine Arts program will anchor Portland’s growing...

Portland will soon be a bona fide arts neighborhood. Today, the University of Louisville announced that it would locate its Master of Fine Arts...

Canine Urbanism: As the Artist Row Project rehabs Portland’s housing stock,...

Louisville's Portland neighborhood is going to the dogs—and that's a good thing, according to Gill Holland, one part of the Artist Row Portland (ARP), a...

This flower garden blooming on a once-vacant lot could usher in...

A year ago, the Metro Louisville launched "Lots of Possibility," a competition asking engaged citizens with an eye for redevelopment to re-imagine vacant lots around the...

Demo Watch: Here are 50 more buildings that are about to...

It's been 84 days since our last Demo Watch roundup, where we recounted a troubling number of shotgun houses meeting the wrecking ball. Today's Demo...

Ouerbacker Renovations Slow To Start

WFPL checked in with renovations planned on the historic Ouerbacker House in the Russell neighborhood. After the mansion was nearly torn down, renovations have...

No Need To Disassemble The Ouerbacker House

Russell's Ouerbacker House has had quite an eventful past couple of years. But disassembling the historic 1860's era mansion and shipping it out of...

Shippingport II: Opportunity In Existing Conditions

At the end of August, we told you about a proposal to revitalize the Shippingport neighborhood directly west of Downtown Louisville along the Ohio...

Students Propose A Shippingport Renaissance

Students at the University of Kentucky's College of Design have redesigned the Shippingport neighborhood incorporating a variety of new paradigms of urban form meant...