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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...
Downtown’s Fincastle Building is going residential, but what about when it...
When local developer Frank G. Breslin first eyed the corner of Third Street and West Broadway in the early 20th century, he had visions...
Research shows cities that build more parking get more traffic
Build parking spaces and they will come—in cars. New research presented this week at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board finds a direct,...
Here are the 11 most read stories from Broken Sidewalk in...
2015 was a big year here at Broken Sidewalk. Our biggest yet, in fact, since we started way back in 2008. As we trudge...
The bigger picture behind Wednesday’s Downtown Development Review Overlay meeting
The first meeting of the year for the Downtown Development Review Overlay (DDRO) committee takes place this Wednesday, January 6 (details below). There's only...
Poof! The Omni site is now completely leveled
Now you see if, now you don't. Thanks to a tipster for sending in these photos of the now-leveled old Water Company Building at...
Wait, what?! Louisville removes sidewalk in the name of pedestrian safety...
Louisville's Ninth Street Divide just got a little bit wider, and Downtown Louisville a little less walkable.
During a street repaving project, two small pieces...
Good enough shouldn’t be: What’s going on with the Vu Guesthouse...
Everyone knows the orange and bronze, the mirror ball, and the flags, at the corner of Market Street and Floyd Street in the Haymarket district in...
Passing Through History: Tracing the 150-year journey of Henry Whitestone’s Newcomb...
In two Louisville-area parks sit small remnants of our community’s past that most thought had been lost forever.
Nestled among the trees at a side entrance...