First Street

First Street

With help from Whiskey Row, East Main Street is undergoing a...

This past Easter I had the pleasure of spending an extended weekend back in Louisville. In addition to visiting with family and old friends,...

Historic Broadway building undergoing major conversion into a theater for Jefferson...

When renovation work began on an historic commercial building at the corner of Broadway and First Street last month, frantic tipsters and demolition-weary preservationists wondered if...

Two-Way Traffic Headed for Brook and First Streets

This summer, First and Brook streets running through Old Louisville and SoBro will be converted from one-way through-streets to two-way neighborhood streets. After nearly...

Old Louisville Fire Leaves Historic House In Jeopardy

An evening fire on Sunday leaves an uncertain future for a massive brick house in Old Louisville. The smell of smoke still lingered on...

What Should Happen At First And Liberty?

A nondescript tan building on the southwest corner of First and Liberty Streets has been declared surplus by the City of Louisville meaning it...

Effort To Save The Iron Quarter Underway

This week, developer Todd Blue of Cobalt Ventures and owner of a series of 19th century buildings on West Main Street dubbed the Iron...

Before & After: New Facade On First Street

Work to update the facade of the 222 Building on First Street between Market & Jefferson Streets appears to be complete. The once flat...

Passenger Rail The Way It Used To Be

Imagine boarding a train in New Albany and stepping off in Downtown Louisville, all the while watching carelessly from a window at riverboats passing...

Demo Watch: Warehouse On First Street Shorter

An historic three-story whisky warehouse dating to the 1860s has been reduced to just one story. We knew in May that the building's future...