Preston Street

Preston Street

Smoking out the original site of Hillerich & Bradsby’s Louisville Slugger...

We all know the home of Hillerich & Bradsby on West Main Street by the skyline-punctuating Louisville Slugger baseball bat tilted against its headquarters....

Could this tiny sliver of land help spur development of a...

An entire Downtown block—over 5.4 acres—sits as flat as a pancake, bounded by Witherspoon Street, Floyd Street, Washington Street, and Preston Street. A smooth...

February 28: Renovation Expo & Open House will showcase progress in...

For a neighborhood with more nonprofit organizations than private businesses, and a dense concentration of repurposed historic buildings, Shelby Park is a unique, yet...

These six historic sites help explain the architectural legacy of Shelby...

Long before the days of urban sprawl, there was density—not just downtown, but also in Louisville's inner ring suburbs. Neighborhoods that once served as...

All in a day’s work: Smoketown’s Preston Streetscape to be improved...

You can’t build Rome in a day, but you can certainly change a community. On Friday, October 17, South Preston Street will be closed from...

Adding Mass on Market Street with New Nucleus Building

Last week, officials celebrated the topping off of the University of Louisville's Nucleus building on the corner of Market and Floyd streets and announced...

Death in a Cemetery: Frankel Memorial Chapel Collapses

The small Frankel Memorial Chapel built in 1905 has collapsed. Long-time Broken Sidewalk contributor Diane Deaton-Street pointed out the tragic news and has shared...

Car-Free Happy Hour on Wednesday, June 20

According to the Car-Free Happy Hour Facebook event page, "Car-Free Happy Hour will be kicking it up two notches this month with classic video...

A Quick Look Back at Light Rail in Louisville

A few readers were discussing Louisville's old light rail proposal circa 2002 called Transportation Tomorrow (T2), so I decided to post the old renderings...