What’s The Louisville Chemical Building Trying To Say?

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Talking to the Louisville Chemical Building

The Louisville Chemical Building on the corner of Jefferson and Hancock Streets has been for sale seemingly forever. At least before we first wrote about it last September. Since then, someone tagged the front windows and the graffiti was painted over with white paint blotches. Today we noticed thought bubbles on top of the white paint on top of the tags on top of the window. We’re wondering, what’s the building trying to say? Write your suggestions in the comments and we’ll choose the best one on Monday. Don’t be shy, the building certainly isn’t. When buildings talk, we listen.

Talking to the Louisville Chemical Building
Talking to the Louisville Chemical Building. (Branden Klayko / Broken Sidewalk)

WHY Louisville Paints Bardstown Road Orange

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    WHY Louisville on the move

    WHY Louisville, Louisville’s fan club and retailer of locally designed goods with a Louisville-centric theme is moving up Bardstown Road next door to the Doo Wop Shop (the space formerly housing New Age Gifts). If you still don’t know where that is (then you need to get out and explore more), it’s going to be tough to miss their new building. It’s bright orange.

    WHY Louisville on the move
    WHY Louisville on the move. (Branden Klayko / Broken Sidewalk)

    Crews were putting on finishing touches of paint this afternoon, and the store, currently located at 1609 1/2 Bardstown will hold a grand re-opening next Saturday, April 4th. The store is expected to be open next Wednesday, April 1st (hopefully they’re not just fooling us). While we liked the 1/2 address, the new store will be nearly seven-times larger and feature an art gallery. It’s rare to see a shop grow so rapidly—700 percent— but when you start out with 300 square feet, it’s easier. The new WHY Louisville will have 2,000 square feet.

    With their larger space, locally-themed offerings will increase with jewelry and household goods and a new Kin Ship gallery will feature local and national artists.

    BS Neighborhood Derby: Butchertown-NuLu Takes Downtown Down, Highlands High Above Old Louisville

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      The first Round II results are in, and we officially have our first upset. First, As two of the largest and most spirited neighborhoods, Old Louisville and the Highlands, went head-to-head, the number one seed Highlands pulled off an easy victory over their Victorian counterparts. One seed Downtown wasn’t so lucky. It commandingly defeated SoBro-Limerick in Round I, but fell to Butchertown-NuLu-East Market with a sizable margin. Congratulations to the winners, we’ll tip off the next poll on Monday.

      Art Car Friday: Zebra Loose In The Cherokee Triangle

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      Zebra Car
      Zebra Car
      Zebra Car. (Branden Klayko / Broken Sidewalk)

      It’s a zebra. It’s a car. We saw it in the Cherokee Triangle.

      Indianapolis Shuts Down Possibility City Fun

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        A national championship is in the Cards.
        A Laser Show In Indianapolis Is Not In The Cards.

        Indianapolis has officially earned the title Impossibility City: It Can’t Happen Here. Legal representatives in the city told tourism officials in Louisville to leave their laser projector in the River City when they are coming up to promote Louisville and the Cardinals during the NCAA tournament happening right now (Go Cards). Indy lawyers cited an anti-advertising ordinance that prohibited such a display. We think they couldn’t handle the prospects of Louisville beamed large on downtown buildings.

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        Evening News Roundup

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            BS Neighborhood Derby: Round I Ends In Drama, Titans Square Off In Round II

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              BS Neighborhood Derby 2009

              Round I of the BS Neighborhood Derby 2009 has officially been decided, and the final two battles went out with a bang. In all, 866 votes were cast in the final two races, which represent the closest competitions to date. New Albany beat out Beechmont-South Louisville after a last minute rally and West Louisville-Russell-Park Hill-California narrowly won over Jeffersonville-Clarksville with a slim 17-vote margin.

              Both match-ups were running a dead-heat up through the noon hour today and voting was intense. Congratulations go to all the neighborhoods for the support they brought in and the numbers to back it up. With the closing of the polls this afternoon, we now have eight neighborhoods/neighborhood groups battling for the BS Crown of Neighborhood of the Year, or whatever we decide to call it in the end (suggestions welcome).

              Today we’re starting Round II competitions with a few neighborhood titans. The Highlands will square off against Old Louisville and Downtown will again be battling its neighbors Butchertown-NuLu-East Market Street Corridor. All four won convincingly in Round I, but as the stakes grow, so does the difficulty. Voting will be open for two days, so vote in both races below and spread the word.

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              Video: Take A Fly-Over Tour Of Waterfront Parkway

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              The folks over at 8664.org released another beautiful video rendering of the proposed Waterfront Parkway that could transform Louisville’s waterfront from concrete menace into a true urban amenity. You should certainly remember the renderings and video from a few weeks ago (and if you don’t, you’d better refresh your memory over here). This is the first installment of a series of videos that will fully detail the 8664.org proposal.

              The video takes a fly-over approach through the improved and smaller Spaghetti Junction and onto the new Waterfront Parkway near Slugger Field. It then proceeds past Waterfront Park and along the Ohio River downtown. It’s intended to clarify inaccuracies in the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s traffic study of the proposal:

              The State’s “8664” traffic study incorrectly terminated all off ramps from Spaghetti Junction at Clay Street. This video shows how I-364 (today’s I-64) would flow seamlessly through a simplified SJ to Waterfront Parkway.

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