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Portland Avenue

Louisville’s first parklet debuts at IdeaFestival, headed for Portland restaurant

On Friday, September 16, the world celebrated Park(ing) Day 2016, a single day where individuals and groups take over parallel parking spaces, transforming them...

Louisville Grows to begin construction on its Healthy House headquarters

One of the most ambitious of Gill Holland's development goals for the Portland neighborhood is the 21st Century Shotgun Project, in which he enlisted...

Public comment period for Move Louisville ends July 5! Help stand...

After a couple of extensions, the official public comment period for the draft Move Louisville plan ends on Tuesday, July 5. Move Louisville will...

Canine Urbanism: As the Artist Row Project rehabs Portland’s housing stock,...

Louisville's Portland neighborhood is going to the dogs—and that's a good thing, according to Gill Holland, one part of the Artist Row Portland (ARP), a...

This flower garden blooming on a once-vacant lot could usher in...

A year ago, the Metro Louisville launched "Lots of Possibility," a competition asking engaged citizens with an eye for redevelopment to re-imagine vacant lots around the...

City loans help fund renovations at Shelby Street Dairy Del, Portland’s...

A couple months ago, we took a look around Shelby Street as it runs through Schnitzelburg to get a better picture of its potential...

Photo Essay: 2014 Portland Art & Heritage Fair

The first ever  Portland Art & Heritage Fair took place October 11, 2014. Broken Sidewalk contributing Photographer Diane Deaton-Street was there and snapped a...

Shippingport II: Opportunity In Existing Conditions

At the end of August, we told you about a proposal to revitalize the Shippingport neighborhood directly west of Downtown Louisville along the Ohio...

Destroyed Portland Church To Be Rebuilt

The Portland Avenue Presbyterian Church was destroyed by fire in January, but now the congregation is drawing up plans to rebuild on the original...