Branden Klayko
Three years ago, a massive industrial site in West Louisville's Russell neighborhood was bleak and looking bleaker. Wrecking crews were ripping out a complex of 19th century warehouses at 30th Street between Market Street and Muhammad Ali Boulevard that...
One hundred children in West Louisville are the city's newest cyclists thanks to an effort by the Promise Land Missionary Baptist Church at 28th Street just south of Broadway in the Parkland neighborhood. According to WDRB, the church recently...
Over the years, plans for the historic Molee Building at 425 West Muhammad Ali Boulevard between Fourth and Fifth streets have come and gone with little action. Since we last looked in, the circa 1908 property was purchased by philanthropist Christy...
Last Tuesday, Metro Louisville's Bike Louisville held a public meeting to unveil details of the city's planned 300-bike-strong bike share system that could roll out as soon as next year. (We already covered the program highlights over here.) "The meeting went...
When we talk about promoting "bikability" in Louisville, we usually bring up new infrastructure like bike lanes or Neighborways or bike share that make getting around town easier and safer. There's another component of being a bike-friendly city, though, that...
While Louisville's highway-expansion-fixed political leaders haven't made any progress on alternative transportation since the T2 initiative failed a decade ago, the general population has. It seems every couple years, someone is coming up with a proposal for a streetcar system...
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. By next winter, the Kurfees Paint building on the corner of Brook Street and East...
“Metropolitan Planning Organization” is the wonky name for an obscure but oh-so-important breed of public agency—the regional planning bodies charged with distributing federal transportation funds. MPOs can be powerful, transformative agencies that enhance economic growth, save people time, and...
In about 1904, the Louisville Woman's Club moved into their new headquarters designed by famed Louisville architect Mason Maury, designer of over 700 buildings including major works like the Louisville Trust Building (5th and Jefferson streets), according to the Encyclopedia of...