Now & Then

Now & Then: Today, this corner of Barret and Broadway is...

Go stand on the corner of East Broadway and Barret Avenue and you'll find yourself nowhere in particular. The two north corners are surface-level...

The Douglass Loop was once a treasure trove of Art Deco...

In the 1920s and 30s, the Douglass Loop was the end of the line. The city quickly died off and turned to rolling farmland....

Photographic Archives Help Solve Architectural Mysteries

When working with historical photographs of a town or city, it’s exciting to come across images of recognizable buildings. This is partly why so...

12-Lane Highway Gets Started With Ceremonial Wrecking of Downtown

The destruction of Downtown Louisville by twelve lanes of steel and concrete—about 280 feet wide when massive shoulders are added in—began yesterday with the ceremonial...

Then Again: 1328 South Fourth Street

The above engraving shows architect C.J. Clarke's house for Mrs. Alice Bacon as published in the American Architect & Building News in 1889. Fortunately,...

Lost Louisville: Ash Street Station Destroyed by Fire

Image: Photo of 800 Ash Street from circa 1910 (Courtesy Tammy Jones-Scrogham, color by Broken Sidewalk) Just after 9:00 on Saturday night, a massive fire tore...

Lost Louisville: Walnut Street’s Watterson Hotel

After writing about the Molee Building last week, I started thinking about a large structure that once sat directly east where the great interfaith...

Now & Then: Butchertown’s Buchanan Street

Thanks to a tipster for sending in this great photo of road work on Buchanan Street looking south from Franklin Street taken in 1983....

Lost Louisville: Sixth & Main’s Hamilton Bank Building

Today, the southeast corner of Sixth and Main streets is a surface level parking lot, but at one time, it was the grand Hamilton...