Branden Klayko
Congratulations to The Paper, Louisville's newest print monthly covering neighborhood news and issues, on their first year, which was celebrated over the weekend at Nachbar in Germantown. The first issue of their new year looks to be one of the...
Last week, officials celebrated the topping off of the University of Louisville's Nucleus building on the corner of Market and Floyd streets and announced a partnership with Bernheim Arboretum to design a new green roof featuring native plants. The...
Smoketown is in the middle of a dramatic transition. The Sheppard Square housing projects are being replaced by a new mixed-income neighborhood, individual houses are being rehabbed throughout the National Register historic district, and new investment like the YouthBuild...
Anyone who cares about cities should know William Holly Whyte, one of America's preeminent urbanists ranking with Jane Jacobs and Louisville's own Grady Clay. In 1980, Whyte created this film, The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, documenting how...
Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of a historic protest against the demolition of Pennsylvania Station in New York City. Over 100 well-dressed picketers marched in front of the massive structure, including famous personalities like Jane Jacobs and architect Philip...
Are you interested in bicycling more but a little overwhelmed at riding down streets like Bardstown Road? It's easy to bike where a dedicated bike lane or trail doesn't exist, especially if you know how to be a confident...
When working with historical photographs of a town or city, it’s exciting to come across images of recognizable buildings. This is partly why so many people visit the Photographic Archives to search for old photos of their home or...
St. Francis High School, located in the Beaux-Arts former YMCA building Downtown on the corner of Third Street and Broadway, has been dreaming of an expanded campus for over a decade. Since purchasing their structure in March 1999 (the...
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 push a 12-lane elevated highway through Downtown Louisville. While the consequences of that size of...