A small sound studio is setting up shop in the ground floor and the owners live in the apartment above. The building has been dubbed the Limerick Media Market, referencing the name of a former market once housed in the building. Everything is expected to be settled by the end of January or early February.
Before Shine began work on the structure, it was in disrepair and required extensive renovations. Shine peeled away the decaying interior and even replaced the modified storefront to bring the building facade back to its original configuration.
With the work of Shine and others, Limerick is beginning to show real signs of rebirth and the traditional retail corridor at Seventh Street and St. Catherine could again rise to become one of Louisville’s great urban cores.
New storefront at the Limerick Media Market (Courtesy Shine Contracting)
Limerick Market in days past (C-J via tipster)
Limerick Media Market before construction (Courtesy Shine Contracting)
Construction at the Limerick Media Market (Courtesy Shine Contracting)
New Balcony at the Limerick Media Market
Eco Foam Insulation used in construction
New kitchen at the Limerick Media Market
Renovations wrapping up at the Limerick Media Market
Renovations wrapping up at the Limerick Media Market
Renovations at the Limerick Media Market (Courtesy Shine Contracting)
Original conditions at the Limerick Media Market (Courtesy Shine Contracting)
Construction at the Limerick Media Market (Courtesy Shine Contracting)
Branden founded Broken Sidewalk in 2008 while practicing architecture in Louisville. He continued the site for seven years while living in New York City, returning to Louisville in 2016. Branden is a graduate of the College of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis, and has covered architecture, design, and urbanism for The Architect's Newspaper, Designers & Books, Inhabitat, and the American Institute of Architects.
I love this because it’s not a gentrification-sexy part of town.