Industry

Tour the Portland warehouse where Heine Bros. is moving its headquarters

On April 18, Heine Bros. Coffee revealed plans to locate its headquarters in a historic industrial building on the edge of the Portland neighborhood....

Study: Air pollution from traffic, factories leading to rise in premature...

Pollution from traffic, factories, and other industrial activities may be causing thousands of premature births each year and costing the U.S. billions of dollars,...

How a renowned architecture firm is helping to remake a barren...

Three years ago, a massive industrial site in West Louisville's Russell neighborhood was bleak and looking bleaker. Wrecking crews were ripping out a complex...

Students From Yale Study Boutique Manufacturing, Bourbon in Louisville

American manufacturing may be on the rocks, but Deborah Berke, principal at Deborah Berke & Partners and designer of the 21c Museum Hotel, believes...

Green Giant Update: Rezoning Request Coming in 2012

Demolition work at the Belknap Crossings site on Fourth Street should be nearly complete as the year is coming to an end. As we...

Growing A City Around Zones Of Industry

In its analysis of the deadly ammonia leak at an industrial site near the University of Louisville this week, LEO's FatLip blog brought up...

Big Blank Thursday: Butchertown Behind The Fence Edition

This week's big blank wall is industrial like weeks prior, but it isn't attached to a building. It's much worse: it doesn't provide the...

Big Blank Thursdays: Mellwood Avenue Edition

This week's big blank wall was found on Mellwood Avenue between Frankfort Avenue and Brownsboro Road. To be fair, this area is dominated by...

Big Blank Thursdays: Main Street’s Giant Blue Whale

This week's blank wall covers nearly an entire block of East Main Street and is home to family-owned Service Tanks Corporation. Even though the...