Portland Canal

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...

Enormous Potential In Shippingport’s Barren Fields

Directly west of Downtown Louisville, acres of land in the Shippingport neighborhood sit barren and unused, trapped between a floodwall and an expressway. You...

McAlpine Locks Work Nearly Done

The work has been going on for twelve years. The cost has surpassed $450 million. The economic impact for Louisville and the nation is...

River Jam 2008: A Look Back at Ohio River News

2008 has been an action packed year for river-related news. First up is the river-story-of-the-summer: the sinking of two iron-ore barges and their heroic...