First Street

In a lot of ways, modern Downtown Louisville can be summed up in one block: Whiskey Row. Abandoned only a few years ago, the...

If you're walking along First Street in Downtown, be sure to check out a new streetscape at First and Gray streets, currently awaiting its...

In an effort to increase street safety in Downtown Louisville, the city is making changes to the timing of traffic lights to promote slower...

  Centuries ago, Louisville’s Central Business District (CBD) was planned with a “linear” layout, as opposed to a “compact” one. Instead of concentrating development around...

The first meeting of the year for the Downtown Development Review Overlay (DDRO) committee takes place this Wednesday, January 6 (details below). There's only...

Decades ago, a narrow commercial building was torn down at the corner of West Main Street and First Street in Downtown Louisville. The asphalt...

Jackie Green has operated the Bike Courier Bike Shop at his three-story commercial building on Market Street between First and Second streets since 2002....

Earlier this month, a nondescript auto mechanic's shop in Downtown Louisville was proposed for demolition. Located at 430 South First Street, the former single-story Midas...

Last week we revealed a fright of building ghosts distributed throughout the city, their disembodied pieces piled among weeds atop landfills or stacked behind...