Downtown

Downtown

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

Clarke & Loomis's exuberant Gothic-Revival St. Peter’s United Church of Christ still stands tall over West Jefferson Street after 121 years in the Russell neighborhood. It's...

Chart of the Day: Watch Louisville’s urban bike network grow over...

Until now, Louisville's Urban Bike Network (UBN) meant more on paper than on pavement—but that's changing fast. "The bike lanes in town didn't make up...

Rising like a phoenix? The mysterious hotel heritage of Louisville’s Alexander...

We recently wrote that the Alexander Building on the corner of Eighth Street and West Main Street in Downtown Louisville was listed for sale by...

Best: Choosing Michael Graves to design the Humana Building gave Louisville...

  A world-class architectural landmark, the Humana Building, sets a high aesthetic standard for Downtown Louisville. Wendell Cherry and David Jones announced on May 28th, 1982,...

Take a look inside construction work at 111 Whiskey Row

Construction is ramping up at 111 Whiskey Row where a fire tore through three historic structures last summer. "We are under construction," Valle Jones, a...

Rebuilt after a horrific fire, this West Main Street building is...

We knew it was only a matter of time. When Julian Goldberg, the proprietor of G&K Shoe Company, passed away last July, the future...

Take to the streets in Downtown Louisville for a Valentine’s Day...

Pillow fight! This Sunday, February 14—that's Valentine's Day—Louisville is hosting a "Fight for Love" pillow fight in the middle of Fourth Street. That's right....

Best: For a century-and-a-half, the Louisville Water Company keeps design on...

  Louisville has great drinking water. It's no secret that our water supply regularly rates high in quality and has been recognized by several surveys as...

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...