Downtown
Downtown
Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then
I have wanted to see Pennsylvania-based artist Brent Green's film Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then since a friend of mine saw it during a...
Lost Louisville: Realty Building at Center and Jefferson Streets
One of Louisville's least-remembered large tear-down's occupied a prominent site across the street from the old courthouse, now Metro Hall, on what was then...
Could the Dormant Bacon-DeBrovy Lofts Find New Life?
While back in Louisville over Derby week, I had the opportunity to stop inside the old Bacon-Debrovy Building on East Market Street (between Preston...
Infographic: Land Use and Retail Frontage
It's pretty interesting to compare the different space requirements of various urban typologies. In the example above, the yellow lines represent (potential) retail frontage...
Public Art: It’s The Details That Matter
The statue of former Louisville Mayor Charles P. Farnsley by Dawn D. Yates on West Main Street must be counted among the city's most...
Spinelli’s Pizzeria Opens Downtown (Updated)
Announced on twitter by @Downtown_Lou, it looks like a new Spinelli's Pizzeria has opened up on the corner of Fifth and Jefferson streets in...
Home Plate Cafe to Open Near Slugger Field
A tipster sends word that a new cafe is setting up shop at Main and Preston streets across from Slugger Field, Downtown. Home Plate...
Facebook Wants an NBA Team at the Yum! Center
An aggressively growing Facebook page is calling for transplanting the Sacramento Kings NBA franchise to the new KFC Yum! Center. And Sacramento has noticed,...
Quinn Chapel Church Losing Bricks
The historic Quinn Chapel Church on the corner of Ninth and Chestnut Streets is losing bricks. Water damage caused by a worn-out roof has...