Louisville

The University of Louisville’s Fine Arts program will anchor Portland’s growing...

Portland will soon be a bona fide arts neighborhood. Today, the University of Louisville announced that it would locate its Master of Fine Arts...

Interview: Mayor Greg Fischer on what Louisville does right

In late January, we profiled a report by Boston University and the U.S. Conference of Mayors that shows Louisville is often named by mayors of...

Take to the streets in Downtown Louisville for a Valentine’s Day...

Pillow fight! This Sunday, February 14—that's Valentine's Day—Louisville is hosting a "Fight for Love" pillow fight in the middle of Fourth Street. That's right....

Best: Norton Commons is teaching the suburbs how to walk again

  So-called New Urbanism is a modern day planning term that refers to old-style methods of community design. In other words, New Urbanism integrates a...

Proposed Conti Apartments on Clifton’s Vernon Avenue wreak havoc on the...

Here's a stinker of a development proposal for the Clifton neighborhood. Two 19th century duplexes on at 124–128 Vernon Avenue, long ago carved up into a total...

Best: For a century-and-a-half, the Louisville Water Company keeps design on...

  Louisville has great drinking water. It's no secret that our water supply regularly rates high in quality and has been recognized by several surveys as...

Child struck by motorist at 13th and Hill streets

A child was struck by a motorist this morning at the corner of Hill Street and 13th Street on the border of the Algonquin and...

Worst: Louisville went crazy with the wrecking ball in the name...

A policy that was intended to improve the quality of life for city-dwellers actually resulted in expediting the social and cultural deterioration of urban Louisville. We're...

Best: Built in the ’60s, the Leight House stands among Louisville’s...

  Looking around the city's old and new neighborhoods, Louisvillians overwhelmingly prefer traditional house designs—decorative trim, gabled roofs, a mixture of brick and stone facades. These...