Urban Industry
Tour the Portland warehouse where Heine Bros. is moving its headquarters
On April 18, Heine Bros. Coffee revealed plans to locate its headquarters in a historic industrial building on the edge of the Portland neighborhood....
How a renowned architecture firm is helping to remake a barren...
Three years ago, a massive industrial site in West Louisville's Russell neighborhood was bleak and looking bleaker. Wrecking crews were ripping out a complex...
The mysterious history of East Jefferson Street’s century-old funeral company
Tucked away in the center of Louisville, a small yellow-brick building at 817 East Jefferson Street has the distinction of being one of a...
Brown-Forman announces plans for major Old Forester distillery at Whiskey Row
Whiskey Row is coming back to life. Brown-Forman announced today that it will renovate two buildings on Louisville's Whiskey Row section of West Main Street,...
Rail Corridor Area-Wide Plan will help shape the future of Germantown...
Fifty-plus years ago, the urban core of Louisville was home to a thriving manufacturing economy. From mattresses to soap to pipe organs, local factories provided...
The story of Mellwood Bourbon and the early fight against phantom...
Just after the Civil War, at the intersection of the former Southall Street (later changed to Reservoir Avenue in 1884 and now Mellwood Avenue...
Students From Yale Study Boutique Manufacturing, Bourbon in Louisville
American manufacturing may be on the rocks, but Deborah Berke, principal at Deborah Berke & Partners and designer of the 21c Museum Hotel, believes...
Green Giant Update: Rezoning Request Coming in 2012
Demolition work at the Belknap Crossings site on Fourth Street should be nearly complete as the year is coming to an end. As we...
Fort Nelson Building: Whiskey Barrels Headed Back Downtown
Some of the best news for West Main Street in years was handed down last Wednesday as Mayor Fischer, Governor Beshear, and officials from...