Tag Archives: Neighborhood Planning & Preservation

Preservationists ask Metro Council to help save Whiskey Row

February 14, 2011 – 12:49 pm

In a letter addressed to members of the Metro Council, local preservationists have asked city lawmakers to exam the settlement between the Mayor’s Office and developer Todd Blue in an effort to save Whiskey Row from demolition. In a surprise announcement, Mayor Greg Fischer said the city and the developer reached an agreement that allows [...]

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Fischer’s case of the Blue(s)

February 1, 2011 – 3:23 pm

During his campaign for mayor of Louisville, Greg Fischer published what he referred to as a “Citizen’s Bill of Rights” that appears woefully hollow today. In it, Fischer outlined six “rights” that citizens could expect to enjoy in the event of his election, one of them being the right to an “inclusive and transparent process,” which sounds [...]

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