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Brown-Forman announces plans for major Old Forester distillery at Whiskey Row
Whiskey Row is coming back to life. Brown-Forman announced today that it will renovate two buildings on Louisville's Whiskey Row section of West Main Street,...
An Old Way Forward: The case for a Louisville streetcar loop...
Of all the challenges facing Louisville in the 21st century, few are more important than the issue of mass transportation—or, rather, the lack of...
An ode to Sixth Street’s small urban wonders
The sun setting on Sixth Street is sublime. The buildings hold the heat from a day of being beat down by the sun. The...
Adding Mass on Market Street with New Nucleus Building
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...
Mayor Fischer Vetoes Changes to Preservation Ordinance
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...
Photographic Archives Help Solve Architectural Mysteries
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...
Demolition on Third Street Could Make Way For New St. Francis...
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...
Time Capsule: Vermont American Building in 1948
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...
Fixing Up Fifth: Apartments and Retail Planned at Boarded Up Building
Three investors have begun renovating a long-troubled building at 514 South Fifth Street just south of Muhammad Ali Boulevard. The structure had been boarded...