Libraries

#DesignMatters: Seven of eight AIA Kentucky award winning projects located in...

Louisville cleaned up in the 2015 AIA Kentucky Design Excellence Awards, with seven of the eight winning projects announced by the state chapter of the American...

Best: Design keeps Louisville’s libraries at the center of the community

  “Libraries? Who goes to libraries anymore?” Well, anyone who might say that sure hasn’t visited a library in Louisville lately. Libraries today are far...
An updated design for the South Central Regional Library. (Courtesy LFPL)

Louisville’s South Central regional library in Okolona breaks ground

Louisville's next regional library is set to break ground on a pristine greenfield site in Okolona tomorrow, Friday, September 18. The so-called South Central Regional...

These six historic sites help explain the architectural legacy of Shelby...

Long before the days of urban sprawl, there was density—not just downtown, but also in Louisville's inner ring suburbs. Neighborhoods that once served as...

What’s in a name? Okolona wants its history preserved at planned...

“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” ― Jane Jacobs, The Death and...

Bikes Have Been Around in Louisville

While digging around a few historic photos over the weekend, I found a few photos from the 1920s and 1930s with bikes in them....

Old Carnegie Branch Library Sitting Covered In Weeds

The old Jefferson Branch of the Louisville Free Public Library is one of the original nine Carnegie libraries in Louisville. Built in 1912 and...

American Revolution Headed For Main Street

The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) will be moving their national headquarters from Old Louisville to the Museum District...