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A stack of trolleys from Los Angeles at the scrapyard. (Courtesy Wikimedia Commons)

Worst: Louisville made a huge mistake trashing its once-robust trolley system

Broken Sidewalk - Feb 2, 2016
Bacon & Sons Dry Goods and Museum Plaza towers. (Courtesy UL Archives and REX)

What Might Have Been: Unbuilt Louisville

Branden Klayko - Aug 9, 2011
Iron Quarter site (BS File Photo)

Report Says Iron Quarter Buildings Still Salvageable

Branden Klayko - Mar 3, 2010

The Douglass Loop was once a treasure trove of Art Deco architecture

Worst: Louisville went crazy with the wrecking ball in the name of “Urban Renewal”

LG&E photo–ca. 1922, Power Station, Riverfront and Elevated Line

Louisville’s Incredible Elevated Rapid Transit Trains

(Courtesy Google)

How this corner at Broadway and Baxter is redeveloped will shape the future of the Highlands

Hogs being led to the Bourbon Stockyards on Market Street (See credit below)

Butchertown History Book Reveals Neighborhood’s Hidden Heritage

Feb 1, 2010

Worst: The Twin Spires have been obscured with muddled architecture

Feb 3, 2016
Rendering of Millennium Freedom Tower 2000 in Newport, Ky. (Courtesy the developer via various websites)

This proposal for an enormous “millennium” skyscraper in Newport never took...

Mar 10, 2015
Former tobacco warehouse to be demolished. (Courtesy Tipster)

Demo Watch> Historic Warehouse Threatened on West Broadway

Jan 16, 2012
Warehouses on Garvin Place before the fire (BS File Photo)

Old Louisville Warehouse Complex Down But Not Out

May 13, 2010
Architect Michael Graves (far left) wears his Humana Building. (Courtesy Fantastic Journal)

Michael Graves Dressed as the Humana Building

Jun 14, 2012

St. Peter’s Church has found a way to save its historic...

Feb 22, 2016

Kindred’s Downtown expansion would be better suited for the suburbs

Mar 9, 2015

Now’s Not A Good Time To Sell A Pink Palace

Jan 14, 2009
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