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With help from Whiskey Row, East Main Street is undergoing a...

This past Easter I had the pleasure of spending an extended weekend back in Louisville. In addition to visiting with family and old friends,...

Butchertown and Nulu need Bristol’s mixed-use Main & Clay development [Updated]

Right about now, the Butchertown Architectural Review Committee (ARC) is convening at the Metro Development Center at 444 South 5th Street. The sole item on the...

Major mixed-use development planned in Butchertown spurs questions over preservation

Nearly three-hundred feet of Main Street is in the process of being decked over by an unfortunate interstate highway expansion that is tearing at...

Effort To Save The Iron Quarter Underway

This week, developer Todd Blue of Cobalt Ventures and owner of a series of 19th century buildings on West Main Street dubbed the Iron...

1860s Era First Street Building Could Be Torn Down

A three-story brick and limestone building on First Street between Main and Market Streets has been issued an emergency demolition order. We had a...

Is There A Building Behind That Facade?

Last week we told you about several historic 19th century row-buildings that suffered a roof collapse and are now slated for demolition. Then, we...