Branden Klayko
Well, that was fast. In less than two weeks, the entire Theater Square complex on Fourth Street has been reduced to a pile of rubble. The complex of retail, office, and public space is being cleared to make way...
Thursday morning, the Metro Louisville Landmark & Preservation Districts Commission voted to deny a citizen-led request to declare the old Louisville Water Company Headquarters a local landmark. Neighborhood Planning & Preservation (NPP) had filed a petition on September 4, halting a planned demolition...
A hulking mass of late-Brutalist architecture at the University of Louisville's Belknap Campus straddles a pair of railroad tracks and forms the heart of student life on campus. Marked by the university's iconic clock tower, the Student Activities Center (SAC)...
In February, we took an in-depth look at the history of Fort Nelson and the small parcel of land at Seventh Street and West Main Street that is today Fort Nelson Park. During that investigation, we discussed the old...
A century ago, a thriving Downtown Louisville had a number of business groups organized by street all in competition for shoppers and foot traffic. Such organizations covered Main Street, Market Street, and Fourth Street, and billboards around town urged shoppers...
The South remains the fattest part of the country, according to the 12th Annual State of Obesity report released in September by Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Arkansas leads the way with an adult obesity...
On the heels of announcing three new bike lanes in Russell and California neighborhoods, Mayor Greg Fischer today dedicated a new segment of the Louisville Loop, a planned 100-mile ring of paved, shared-use paths circling Jefferson County. According to the...
A small slice of Louisville beer history is now in the landfill. At the beginning of August, wrecking crews began razing a four-story brick structure at 801 Logan Street on the corner of Lampton Street in Smoketown. That structure is...
We've been following the conversion of a former cold-storage warehouse at 217 East Main Street into the Ice House Lofts for seven years now, and it looks like the project is finally nearing the finish line.
The Ice House Lofts...