Industrial Architecture

Retail, restaurant, office space proposed at Nulu’s historic DeHart Paint building

Waiting for something to happen to the 19th century structure at the corner of Campbell Street and East Main Street has been, well, like...

The Silo Pitch: Imagining an urban rock climbing wall on Louisville’s...

Louisville is becoming a serious destination for recreational, competitive, and adventure sports. From hosting events like the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in 2013, to...

Long-vacant Kurfees Paint Building could become mini-storage, housing if rezoning goes...

One of Downtown Louisville's finest examples of Beaux Arts industrial architecture will be converted to mini-storage, if a rezoning currently in the works goes through....

Genscape converting Old Louisville warehouses into high-tech headquarters

Almost five years ago, a pair of abandoned, decaying warehouses on Old Louisville's Garvin Place caught fire. The quiet, forgotten expanse of street sits...

Time Capsule: Vermont American Building in 1948

Last month, we took a look at the portion of the old Vermont American building at Main and Jackson streets that's being demolished to...

12-Lane Highway Gets Started With Ceremonial Wrecking of Downtown

The destruction of Downtown Louisville by twelve lanes of steel and concrete—about 280 feet wide when massive shoulders are added in—began yesterday with the ceremonial...

Demo Watch: Eighth Street Warehouses Threatened

A massive block-long series of warehouses along 8th Street in the Limerick / SoBro neighborhood is scheduled for demolition. The Cook Compression Company, a...

Demo Watch: National Tobacco Company on 30th Street Leveled

A massive complex of warehouses formerly comprising the National and American Tobacco Companies has been destroyed in West Louisville. Haven Harrington III pointed out...

Green Giant Update: Rezoning Request Coming in 2012

Demolition work at the Belknap Crossings site on Fourth Street should be nearly complete as the year is coming to an end. As we...