Louisville

800 Block Retail Update On East Market

New storefronts have been installed and tenants are expected to open up shop on November 1. The Civil War–era structures were once home to...

Strange Sighting: Emu On Bardstown Road

Spotted on the corner of Bardstown Road and Eastern Parkway: an emu? Or is it perhaps an ostrich? Either way, what's up? Animals, it...

Beargrass Boulevard: A Proposal For Smoketown & Beyond

As the Louisville Metro Housing Authority is planning to replace the barracks-style Sheppard Square housing projects into a mixed-use, mixed-income Hope VI development, we...

Find Louisville On A Map Showing Only Streets

I've been meaning to get this one online for a while. Visualizer Ben Fry of Cambridge, Mass. has created a map of the contiguous...

Shippingport II: Opportunity In Existing Conditions

At the end of August, we told you about a proposal to revitalize the Shippingport neighborhood directly west of Downtown Louisville along the Ohio...

Emoticon House And A Historic Relative

Back in July, we pointed out Shelby Park's "Emoticon House" covered in a modern facade that simplified the house into a simple typable shape...

DuPont Commons Offers Luxury Apartments In Old Louisville

Luxury apartment living is getting a boost in Old Louisville. The old DuPont Manual High School on the corner of Brook and Oak Streets...

Construction Watch: The Other Giant UofL Sports Project

We've been covering the new arena Downtown since before it was even a hole in the ground, but we haven't checked in with construction...

How 8664.org Will One Day Become Obvious

One day Louisville will collectively look up on an unencumbered Great Lawn and think, "Well, that was obvious." I'm, of course, talking about the...