Downtown - Central

Downtown - Central

Worst: Louisville went crazy with the wrecking ball in the name...

A policy that was intended to improve the quality of life for city-dwellers actually resulted in expediting the social and cultural deterioration of urban Louisville. We're...

This eight-story hotel is planned to fill a decades-old parking lot...

Development in Downtown Louisville is now officially very exciting—soon construction crews will be in every corner of the core city with a variety of...

For Sale: What would you like to see fill West Main...

A signature building along West Main Street is on the market. Louisville Forward, the city's economic development department, announced at the end of January...

Best: Louisville made bank with the architecture of today’s Actors Theater

  Built as the Bank of Louisville in 1837, this small but distinguished structure on Main Street has survived 180 years of weathering, and, more...

Worst: Louisville’s original layout didn’t encourage the synergy that could have...

  Centuries ago, Louisville’s Central Business District (CBD) was planned with a “linear” layout, as opposed to a “compact” one. Instead of concentrating development around...

City leaders celebrate ceremonial groundbreaking for the 30-story Omni Louisville Hotel

Downtown Louisville's Omni Hotel & Residences—now called the Omni Louisville Hotel—is officially underway. The mega-project held a ceremonial groundbreaking at the corner of Second...

These 16 multi-family housing developments are reshaping urban living in Louisville

Louisville is experiencing something of a residential boom as we enter 2016. Hundreds of new apartments are popping up in the city's urban neighborhoods...

At the Fincastle Building, memories of brass banisters, bronze dogs, and...

Branden Klayko’s recent article about the Fincastle Building reminded me of many warm feelings, even though I don’t think I have set foot in...

Downtown’s Omni Hotel & Residences to break ground on January 29

With the Water Company Block now just a footnote in history, the massive $300 million Omni Hotel & Residences, half publicly funded, is ready to...