East Main Street

East Main Street

Butchertown and Nulu need Bristol’s mixed-use Main & Clay development [Updated]

Right about now, the Butchertown Architectural Review Committee (ARC) is convening at the Metro Development Center at 444 South 5th Street. The sole item on the...

Major mixed-use development planned in Butchertown spurs questions over preservation

Nearly three-hundred feet of Main Street is in the process of being decked over by an unfortunate interstate highway expansion that is tearing at...

Louisville Downtown Partnership experiments with porous rubber tree wells

In cities like Louisville where much of the urban area is covered in paving, dealing with stormwater runoff can be a major challenge that,...

Brown-Forman announces plans for major Old Forester distillery at Whiskey Row

Whiskey Row is coming back to life. Brown-Forman announced today that it will renovate two buildings on Louisville's Whiskey Row section of West Main Street,...

Time Capsule: Vermont American Building in 1948

Last month, we took a look at the portion of the old Vermont American building at Main and Jackson streets that's being demolished to...

12-Lane Highway Gets Started With Ceremonial Wrecking of Downtown

The destruction of Downtown Louisville by twelve lanes of steel and concrete—about 280 feet wide when massive shoulders are added in—began yesterday with the ceremonial...

Twin Towers on Main Street To Be Delayed Another Three Years

A long-awaited development first announced in 2007 on the corner of Main and Jackson streets is set to be delayed another three years. Jefferson...

Another Legacy Development Project Faces Facade Repair

Another building by architect and developer Mark Isaacs is facing problems. A large portion of the fiber-cement facade at the Cliff View Terrace built...

Construction Watch: Lincoln Elementary Update

Construction continues on an addition to Lincoln Elementary School on the corner of East Main and Campbell streets. Last time we checked in with...