Now & Then
Evolving City: West Main Street And The Louisville Hotel
It's always nice when a great building replaces a blank spot in the city where a once great building stood. That's the case at...
Changing City: Third & Guthrie Streets
Today, the towering Barrington Place Apartments sit on the northeast corner of Third and Guthrie Streets, but long ago the site was occupied by...
The Ghost Of Bardstown Road Past
Thanks to Diane Deaton-Street, Broken Sidewalk contributing photographer, for putting together this collage of Bardstown Road in 1935 over Bardstown Road in 2009 (thanks...
Grandeur Of Fourth And Chestnut Past
There's been a lot of news lately about the corner of Fourth and Chestnut Streets as Bill Weyland and City Properties Group announced plans...
Bad Roads Once Made Transit Very Attractive
A century ago, if you were travelling outside of the center city, you wanted to be on a train. Just take a look at...
Who Would Have Thought Opera Was Sung There
While looking through some old books last week, I found an engraving captioned "New Albany Opera House." Not knowing New Albany ever had such...
Lost Louisville: Russell’s Ideal Theater
The Ideal Theater is long gone, replaced by a parking lot for a Domino's Pizza shack. Originally built in 1912 at 2315 West Market...
Whats The Scoop On This Russell Rebuild?
Anyone know the story behind this corner commercial building on 20th and Madison streets in the Russell neighborhood? After trying to find the scoop...
Looking Back At The View From The Glassworks
Louisville's urban core was once an incredibly dense area. In the era of Urban Renewal, when large swaths of the city were razed en...