Liberty Street

Liberty Street

Worst: Louisville went crazy with the wrecking ball in the name...

A policy that was intended to improve the quality of life for city-dwellers actually resulted in expediting the social and cultural deterioration of urban Louisville. We're...

Worst: Louisville’s original layout didn’t encourage the synergy that could have...

  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...

City leaders celebrate ceremonial groundbreaking for the 30-story Omni Louisville Hotel

Downtown Louisville's Omni Hotel & Residences—now called the Omni Louisville Hotel—is officially underway. The mega-project held a ceremonial groundbreaking at the corner of Second...

Downtown’s Omni Hotel & Residences to break ground on January 29

With the Water Company Block now just a footnote in history, the massive $300 million Omni Hotel & Residences, half publicly funded, is ready to...

Live & Let Die: As the Water Company Building tumbles down,...

In three weeks, the old Louisville Water Company Building on Third Street would have celebrated its 110th anniversary. The Georgian-style building opened on December 19,...

The Haldeman Warehouse: Early tales of mini-storage inside a Louisville Landmark

Last week, we reported that the conversion of the old J.F. Kurfees Building on the corner of Brook Street and East Market Street into a...

Pedestrian struck by motorist suffers critical injuries at Liberty and Floyd...

A motorist struck a pedestrian Wednesday morning in Downtown Louisville, inflicting life-threatening injuries. The collision took place around 6:00a.m. at the corner of Liberty...

Wait, what happened at last week’s DDRO committee meeting? Here’s the...

Public design review in Louisville is, without exaggeration, in serious trouble. Last Wednesday's committee meeting of the Downtown Development Review Overlay (DDRO) is the...

Attend Wednesday’s DDRO meeting to help ensure Downtown Louisville gets the...

Please consider attending tomorrow's meeting of the Downtown Development Review Overlay (DDRO) committee discussing the Omni Hotel & Residences. This is one of the...