Big Box Stores

West End Walmart can proceed after judge dismisses lawsuit challenging rezoning

Walmart will build an exurban supercenter at the intersection of 18th Street, Dixie Highway, and Broadway. Last week, Jefferson Circuit Judge Olu Stevens dismissed...

#LouCityReads: Walmart can do better, like this project in Chicago’s Bronzeville...

The West End Walmart is already feeling like a foregone conclusion despite its upcoming variance hearing at the Board of Zoning Adjustments (BOZA) on March 2....

Up In Smoke: The whole story behind the Louisville Metro Planning...

On Thursday, January 29, the Louisville Metro Planning Commission voted 8 to 1 to grant waivers exempting a Walmart Supercenter—proposed just a mile outside the traditional bounds...

West Louisville leaders lay out the case for considering design at...

We appreciate the opportunity to share with the community why the design of the Walmart (NewBridge Crossings) development at Broadway and 18th Street is...

Ripping out the Cornerstone: Walmart must play by Louisville’s Land Development...

What Walmart builds at the corner of 18th Street and Broadway should not be about whether individuals like or don’t like the Walmart plan....

New Shelbyville Road Sidewalk: When Walking Isn’t Walkability

A stretch of Shelbyville Road in Middletown dominated by auto-centric sprawl is fixing a gap in the sidewalk network in front of a massive...

Creation Gardens Moving Forward On East Market Street

Creation Gardens is ready to move forward with a planned facility on the corner of East Market and Shelby Streets in Nulu. We first...

Big Box Living In The City

Big Box Stores are usually associated more with suburban strip malls and auto-dominated sprawl than dense city living. That doesn't have to be the...

Julia Christensen’s Big Box Reuse exhibition

Julia Christensen will be unveiling her Big Box Reuse exhibition tonight at The Green Building on East Market Street beginning at 5:00 p.m. at...