Boarded-Up Buildings

Hidden in plain sight: Let’s save Algonquin’s Jones-Dabney Laboratory Building before...

Louisville’s preservation community expressed cautious optimism this month with news of the proposed restoration and reuse of the iconic Schenley (née Bernheim) Distillery Building...

Go west, young developer: West Main Street development pushes up against...

The epicenter of West Main Street is moving a little farther west, and with it Louisville's Ninth Street Divide is slowly becoming less of...

Could the Dormant Bacon-DeBrovy Lofts Find New Life?

While back in Louisville over Derby week, I had the opportunity to stop inside the old Bacon-Debrovy Building on East Market Street (between Preston...

Another Redevelopment Planned Along New Albany’s Main Street

Another group of historic buildings dating to 1875 on Main Street in New Albany will soon come back to life. Situated directly across the...

A Contextual Tour Of East Smoketown

To continue our coverage of the Smoketown neighborhood in light of its possible transformation through a $200 million Hope VI development, we're going to...

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...

What’s The Louisville Chemical Building Trying To Say?

The Louisville Chemical Building on the corner of Jefferson and Hancock Streets has been for sale seemingly forever. At least before we first wrote...

Three West Main Street Buildings Ready For Redevelopment

Three prominent row-buildings on West Main Street once part of a planned entertainment center are being placed on the market. The buildings for sale...

Museum Plaza Falls Down, Climbs Up

While the actual Museum Plaza towers may not be going anywhere fast in this economy, there's still activity surrounding the project. Those colorful banners...