West Main Street

West Main Street

Snapshot: Putting A Lid On The Arena

Would you take a look at that arena: the curvy roof has begun. I suppose we could call this point on the northwest corner...

Green Roof At The American Life Building

You probably won't notice from the sidewalk, but there's a new green roof installed at the American Life building at Fifth and Main Streets....

Arena Mayhem: Skinning The Giant

So the arena has been moving so fast lately, these pictures from my visit a couple weeks ago are probably long past descriptive, but...

Everyone’s Doing The Pedestrian Scramble

Up above is a video showing the changes that were recently implemented on a major intersection in London called the Oxford Circus. Besides the...

Scaffold Watch: Kentucky Opera Building Under Renovation

Long for sale on the corner of West Main Street and Eighth Street Downtown, the Kentucky Opera Building has found a buyer and is...

Congratulations To The Best Hotel In North America

Okay, so it's a little late in the game to be throwing cheers towards the 21C Museum Hotel for being named best hotel in...

Frazier Museum Looks To Fill Gap On West Main Street

Tucked in at the end of a C-J article about the Frazier International History Museum's recent Fontaine Ferry exhibit were hints about the museum's...

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...

Students Propose A Shippingport Renaissance

Students at the University of Kentucky's College of Design have redesigned the Shippingport neighborhood incorporating a variety of new paradigms of urban form meant...