Skyscrapers

Three towers have been proposed to rise in a woebegone patch of asphalt scattered with several local businesses where three Louisville neighborhoods meet. Jefferson Development Group...

  A world-class architectural landmark, the Humana Building, sets a high aesthetic standard for Downtown Louisville. Wendell Cherry and David Jones announced on May 28th, 1982,...

Downtown Louisville's Omni Hotel & Residences—now called the Omni Louisville Hotel—is officially underway. The mega-project held a ceremonial groundbreaking at the corner of Second...

The familiar turquoise skyscraper on the corner of Fourth Street and York Street has an updated name—the 800 Tower City Apartments—and will soon have...

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...

Some of the most ostentatious construction projects are proposed, but never get off the ground. Work may begin, but projects languish unfinished for a...

On December 11th, city and state officials—Mayor Greg Fischer and Governor Steve Beshear among them—lined up to praise Louisville's latest economic development project: a...

Developer Kevin Cogan and the Cherokee Triangle Association (CTA) have been butting heads for seven years over Jefferson Development Group's proposed Willow Grande condo tower. The...

Growing up in Louisville, I was vaguely aware that the Humana Building on the corner of Fifth and Main streets was an important building,...