Renovations

The Louisville Water Company completes immaculate renovation of Crescent Hill’s Gatehouse

Since 2013, the Louisville Water Company has worked to restore the Crescent Hill Gatehouse. The limestone building, built in 1879 and designed by Charles...

New retail strip mall on Frankfort Avenue gives the old River...

Work is underway at Frankfort Avenue's River City Tire building, which sold for just over $660,000 in November of 2014 after the tire company owner, Ted Waldeyer,...

Renovations planned at two of Louisville’s central residential high rises

The early 1960s saw a massive influx of apartments into the core of Louisville. In 1962, today's 17-story Barrington Place Apartments were completed as...

Major work planned for this charming duplex shotgun house in Butchertown

It's been a while since we've had some all-around good preservation news, but here's a bit from Butchertown. This little duplex shotgun house on...

February 28: Renovation Expo & Open House will showcase progress in...

For a neighborhood with more nonprofit organizations than private businesses, and a dense concentration of repurposed historic buildings, Shelby Park is a unique, yet...

Historic Shawnee school building being converted to affordable apartments

The Shawnee neighborhood on the western edge of Louisville is among the city's most historic and well preserved, with block after block of well-kept...

Indianapolis developer proposes 157 apartments for downtown New Albany

New Albany is looking to get into the downtown development game. The Southern Indiana city recently announced that it would seek incentives to help...

East Broadway building’s facial peel reveals historic bones

Some of Louisville's architectural history has been hiding in plain sight on the corner of Barret Avenue and East Broadway. A false facade covering...

Renovations bring back Frankfort Avenue’s Hilltop Theater, but who will fill...

Renovation work at the Hilltop Theater in Clifton is just about complete and the rumors are swirling as to what restaurant tenant might take...