Chestnut Street
Chestnut Street
Louisville’s first bike projects of 2015 are bike lanes on Muhammad...
Forget about those goats, 2015 is the #YearOfTheBike, at least according to Bicycling for Louisville. And the city's bicycling authority, Bike Louisville, is hard...
Karter Louis’ Hillbilly sushi parlor, Billy Box, to open in renovated...
Three buildings line the north side of Chestnut Street between Fourth Street and Fifth Street in Downtown Louisville. Formerly a series of strip clubs...
Disappearing Downtown: What the Flood Didn’t Destroy, Progress Did
We've all seen the horrific photos of the 1937 flood which covered nearly the entire city with frigid, polluted water and snow. Here's a...
Small Urban Farm Growing Atop Parking Structure
A tiny urban farm is growing on top of a parking garage at Fourth and Chestnut streets in Downtown Louisville. We hear that the...
Green Roof Finished at Mazzoli Federal Building
This week officials celebrated Louisville's latest green roof—and Kentucky's largest at almost 27,000 square feet—atop the Mazzoli Federal Building in Downtown. The $1.3 million...
Why don’t businesses take a hint on bike parking?
In many cities, particularly examples like Louisville that aren't quite as far along on bike infrastructure as the usual velo-havens (Portland, Minneapolis, et al),...
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...
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...
Lost Louisville: Salvation Army Citadel
Built in 1916, the Salvation Army Citadel was located on Chestnut Street between Second and Third Streets. The three-story brick and stone structure provided...