Fourth Street

The familiar turquoise skyscraper on the corner of Fourth Street and York Street has an updated name—the 800 Tower City Apartments—and will soon have...

Navigating streets in 21st century America can be downright scary for everyone involved—pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists. And it’s too often deadly. We've all felt it before,...

As many readers of Broken Sidewalk know, public transportation—or the lack thereof—is one of the most important issues in Louisville today. “An Old Way Forward,”...

I have to admit that I have always been drawn to the 800 Building. That towering blue mess on the corner of Fourth Street and York Street...

Theater Square, a grouping of three buildings around a courtyard on Fourth Street, is beginning its disappearing act with the dismantling of Barney Bright's whimsical, 40-foot-tall Louisville Clock at...

It's been 84 days since our last Demo Watch roundup, where we recounted a troubling number of shotgun houses meeting the wrecking ball. Today's Demo...

Louisville, Kentucky ranks among the poorest in air quality and highest in asthma rates among U.S. cities. A new art installation from Propeller Health...

An Old Way Forward, the grassroots effort to reintroduce streetcars along the Fourth Street corridor in Louisville, got off to a great start last...

The early 1960s saw a massive influx of apartments into the core of Louisville. In 1962, today's 17-story Barrington Place Apartments were completed as...