Louisville Landmarks Commission

Landmarks commission denies petition for old Water Co. Building, allowing demolition...

Thursday morning, the Metro Louisville Landmark & Preservation Districts Commission voted to deny a citizen-led request to declare the old Louisville Water Company Headquarters a local...

Changes in Landmarks Committee send ripples through other review committees

Mayor Greg Fischer has made new appointments to the city's Landmarks committee, and they're sending ripples through several other important review committees in Downtown,...

Demolition of historic Water Company Building on hold pending October Landmarks...

We've been watching the Water Company Block closely as September 6 approached and passed. That day ended the 30-day stay of demolition on the old Louisville...

Landmarks Commission delays voting on Butchertown’s Main & Clay development [Updated]

On Thursday, the Louisville Metro Historic Landmarks & Preservation Districts Commission delayed voting on Bristol Development's proposed Main & Clay development on the border between Downtown Louisville,...

Appeal throws a monkey wrench into Butchertown’s Main & Clay apartments...

Well, we thought the Main & Clay mixed-use apartment building planned by Bristol Development in Butchertown was making its way smoothly through the approval...

Mayor Fischer Vetoes Changes to Preservation Ordinance

Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of a historic protest against the demolition of Pennsylvania Station in New York City. Over 100 well-dressed picketers marched...

Preservation Alert! Vote on Landmarks Ordinance Today

We began receiving frantic emails last night from all sorts of preservation groups like Preservation Louisville, OPEN Louisville, Preservation Kentucky, and NPP Kentuckiana about...

Collapsed Butchertown Building to be Rebuilt (Updated)

A small mixed-use commercial building that collapsed in September 2010 at 1401 Story Avenue at Webster Street will be rebuilt. Owner James Hennesy plans...

In Memoriam: Ann Sinclair Hodges Hassett, 1941-2011

Image: Ann Sinclair Hodges Hassett. (Donald Vish / Flickr) The preservation movement is not the acting out of a desire to live in the past;...