Tag Archives: downtown

Whiskey Row could become parking lot

February 9, 2011 – 2:39 pm

The settlement between the city of Louisville and developer Todd Blue allows the local businessman to use Whiskey Row as a surface parking lot for up to five years before any new development takes place, according to legal documents obtained by LEO Weekly. Last week, Mayor Greg Fischer announced the city and Blue had reached [...]

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Dress code lawsuit filed against Cordish in K.C.

August 5, 2010 – 2:55 pm

The Cordish Cos. — the Baltimore-based developer of Fourth Street Live — has been hit with a new lawsuit alleging racial discrimination based on the dress code at the Power & Light entertainment district in Kansas City, Mo. Does any of this sound familiar? From The Kansas City Star: A group of four African-American men [...]

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Gov. announces HUD loan application for Museum Plaza

June 25, 2010 – 1:32 pm

Standing in front of Museum Plaza’s idle construction site near the Muhammad Ali Center, Gov. Steve Beshear announced the state’s plan to submit an application for a $100 million federal loan from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to jump start the project. “Tough economic times mean we must be more creative [...]

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‘Save the Iron Quarter’ group starts on Facebook

April 29, 2010 – 11:55 am

The revelation that developer Todd Blue asked for permission to demolish the cluster of cast-iron buildings along Main Street known as the Iron Quarter has quickly ignited concern from area preservationists, who have started a Facebook group dedicated to salvaging the historic structures. From Save the Iron Quarter: We have reached a critical point where [...]

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Falling stairs

March 3, 2009 – 1:38 pm

Sweet lord, this is nasty stuff: A staircase collapsed in a west downtown building this morning, injuring two officials with the Downtown Developmet Corp. (not a city agency, WHAS-11) and the building owner. Newly minted DDC chief Alan DeLisle, director of project development Patti Clare, and building owner Paul Bariteau are in the hospital now, [...]

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Sprained Ankles Outlawed at New Arena

March 2, 2009 – 3:43 pm

That’s right: Norton Healthcare has signed a $10 million, 10-year deal with the under-construction downtown arena as the structure’s first official sponsor, whereupon the site’s future public park will be christened “Norton Plaza.” Future skateboarders will be treated for any ill-executed ollies (or whatever you call them) via the plaza’s on-site treatment center, which will [...]

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Mayor’s office: Cordish reconsidering Ctr City deal

October 10, 2008 – 5:14 pm

Metro Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson said today that the multi-million dollar Center City project is in jeopardy due to the Metro Council’s failure to pass the land purchase at yesterday’s meeting. Last night the Council voted to delay the $36 million deal for two weeks after several members voiced their concern over the multi-million dollar [...]

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