Fires
Giant Heap Of Rubble Catches Fire In Russell
A giant heap of rubble that was once a huge five-story brick warehouse caught fire last Friday in the Russell neighborhood. The building has been...
Old Louisville Warehouse Complex Down But Not Out
A complex of four historic warehouses currently used for storage in Old Louisville suffered a fire on March 22, but are not in danger...
Cafe Mimosa Site To Rise From Ashes
It's been just over a year since the devastating fire at Cafe Mimosa / Eggroll Machine on Bardstown Road. Now, Coco Tran of the...
Who Would Have Thought Opera Was Sung There
While looking through some old books last week, I found an engraving captioned "New Albany Opera House." Not knowing New Albany ever had such...
Demo Watch: Another SoBro Corner Store Doomed
SoBro is set to lose another historic corner commercial building, the kind that was listed as one of Louisville's Ten Most Endangered Historic Structures...
What’s In Store For The Landmark Bauer’s Building
Earlier this summer, a small fire broke out at the old Bauer's / Azalea Restaurant building at 3612 Brownsboro Road. After the smoke had...
Dixie Highway’s Mystery House Is Going To Burn
Earlier this year, interest was piqued on the blogosphere after a mystery house just off Dixie Highway was discovered by a pretty pickle who...
Demo Watch: SoBro Corner Store Coming Down
Terrible news for the SoBro neighborhood. One of the finest examples of mixed-use corner stores in SoBro is being torn down after a fire...
Old Hickory Inn Could Rise Again By Year’s End
After a fire earlier this year in February, the Old Hickory Inn (on the corner of Hickory and Lydia streets in Germantown) has remained...