Russell

Russell

Shotgun house fire in Russell believed to be arson, house’s future...

A camelback shotgun house burned Friday in the Russell neighborhood in what investigators believe was arson. According to reports on WDRB and WAVE3, the...

How a renowned architecture firm is helping to remake a barren...

Three years ago, a massive industrial site in West Louisville's Russell neighborhood was bleak and looking bleaker. Wrecking crews were ripping out a complex...

Could a Market Street Streetcar Line Help Revitalize West Louisville?

Could a modern streetcar line help revitalize West Louisville? Louisville lawyer Clarence Hixson thinks it will and has proposed a concept line called the...

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...

Giant Heap Of Rubble Catches Fire In Russell

A giant heap of rubble that was once a huge five-story brick warehouse caught fire last Friday in the Russell neighborhood. The building has been...

Inside Chestnut Street’s Quinn Chapel

Last September, we took a look at the boarded up Quinn Chapel Church at 912 West Chestnut Street. The church building is owned by...

Ouerbacker Renovations Slow To Start

WFPL checked in with renovations planned on the historic Ouerbacker House in the Russell neighborhood. After the mansion was nearly torn down, renovations have...
Future Kentucky Center for African American Heritage (Photo by Eddie Davis)

Ceremony Transfers Ownership Of Trolley Barns to Heritage Foundation

On Martin Luther King Day this week, officials conferred ownership of a former trolley barn to the non-profit African American Heritage Foundation after a...

Demo Watch: More Carnage On West Market

It's happened again. Another commercial building on West Market Street in the Russell neighborhood hits the dust. I first began to worry about this...