Beargrass Creek

Axis Apartments continue to climb on Lexington Road

Construction of the $45 million Axis Apartments on Lexington Road is moving steadily along since we last stopped by in April. Last week, we stopped by...

MSD board unanimously votes to proceed with park-topped, at-grade Logan Street...

It's official! Smoketown's Logan Street CSO Interceptor, a project by the Metropolitan Sewer District (MSD) to fix Louisville's combined sewer overflow (CSO) problem, is...

Smoketown residents voice concerns over MSD’s Logan Street CSO Basin

The people of Smoketown have been ignored. As one of twelve neighborhoods scheduled to receive a combined sewer overflow (CSO) basin, the Metropolitan Sewer...

Axis Apartments can begin foundation work, formal groundbreaking set for spring

Lexington Road in Irish Hill is about to see major construction on a site abandoned for decades. Sheldon Shafer reported in the Courier-Journal today that construction...

How planting a garden in the middle of a street in...

The best infrastructure projects aren't single-minded—instead they solve many problems with a single design gesture. One of the top many-problem-one-solution projects we've seen is also among Louisville's...

Documentarian launches Kickstarter campaign to fund this film about Beargrass Creek

Beargrass Creek is just as much a fixture in the Louisville community as the Ohio River. While smaller in stature, both Beargrass and the...

Funds needed to help build this missing link along the Beargrass...

The Beargrass Creek Greenway winds its way from Cherokee Park through Irish Hill toward the Ohio River—but taking the trail today, you'd never make it...

MSD plans to tear down this historic Germantown commercial building on...

Bad planning and development choices don't just affect their immediate sites and surrounding neighborhoods—their problems take on lives of their own, often outlasting the original use...

Major mixed-use development alongside Cherokee Park could bring density, walkability

There's a small triangular block right at the halfway point between Frankfort Avenue and Bardstown Road that we're all familiar with, but likely haven't thought...