Olfactory Pollution
Industrial Transition in Cities Still Causes a Stink
The New York Times ran an interesting story on Friday that mirrors a perennial struggle in Louisville: industry in evolving neighborhoods. Many of New...
More Illegal Behavior Alleged At JB Swift Plant
Butchertown and the JB Swift Company have been fighting for a while over an illegal expansion to the pork slaughterhouse's facility (among other things)...
BOZA Needs Time, Postpones JB Swift Meeting
Monday's Board of Zoning Adjustments meeting concerning JB Swift's late-in-the-game approval for their mostly built facility expansion has been extended to August 31 at...
JB Swift Company Faces BOZA Monday
Monday morning, JB Swift will appear before the Metro Louisville Board of Zoning Adjustments (BOZA) to beg forgiveness for illegally starting construction on an...
JB Swift Meets With Butchertown Over Illegal Expansion
The JB Swift plant between Story & Mellwood Avenues in Butchertown had begun a construction project earlier this year illegally without a permit. The...
JB Swift Starts Butchertown Expansion Without Approval
The JB Swift Plant between Story and Mellwood avenues in Butchertown is ready to expand. So ready, a tipster tells us, that construction has...
Playing With Fire In Butchertown
We were trying to enjoy a warm Spring afternoon strolling around Butchertown last week when Washington Street was suddenly engulfed in thick black and...
Butchertown’s Swift Plant Still Stinking Up The Room
Butchertown's ongoing battle with the Swift Plant between Story Avenue and Mellwood Avenue is one stinky feud. Even in the dead of winter, it...
Urban Trees: The Stench of Ginkgo Biloba
Butchertown has been known for the wafting smell of slaughtered pigs, unbearable on a hot summer day (thanks Swift!), but lurking on Washington Street...