SEVEN WHISKEY ROW BUILDINGS ARE NOT SAVED YET… …but they have been given a short reprieve. Judge John Heyburn has allowed the owners of 121 West Main Street, immediately adjacent to developer Todd Blue’s holdings, and four preservation organizations, including Preservation Louisville, to intervene in the federal lawsuit related to the shocking early-February agreement entered [...]
February 1, 2011 – 10:03 pm
According to WHAS11, a settlement has been reached between developer Todd Blue and Louisville Metro regarding the cast-iron storefront buildings on Main St. known as Whiskey Row aka the Iron Quarter. Blue has been given permission to demolish the seven buildings that that are on the National Register of Historic Places. Preservation Louisville says it [...]
December 10, 2010 – 4:18 pm
•$20 Art Show Saturday, Dec. 11 Clifton Art Supply 2044 Frankfort Ave. Free; 6-9 p.m. This Christmas, I’m saying no to gift cards, smelly lotions and mind-numbing gadgets. I’d actually like to take a pass on the entire holiday, but the holly-and-mistletoe-oozing freaks around me have denied my request. Jolly bastards. So I’m going to [...]
December 10, 2010 – 2:00 pm
The Carnegie Center for Art and History, 812-944-7336, 201 E. Spring St. in New Albany, is hosting its next Family Fun Workshop on Saturday, Dec. 11 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. They will be making Knit Glove Pals, using glue, yarn, needle & thread, a Ping Pong ball, buttons, pom poms, and birdseed. Parents should bring [...]
October 13, 2010 – 7:29 pm
“Rovers Wrestlers and Stars: The Quonset Auditorium in Post-WW II Kentucky” is a 35-minute documentary film by Amber Ridington. It chronicles the life of Bowling Green’s Quonset Auditorium, which served local legends and national stars in the post-WW II entertainment boom. Through oral histories, archival photographs and audio recordings, the film provides a glimpse into the [...]
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The Carnegie Center for Art and History at 201 E. Spring St., (812) 944-7336, in New Albany is opening a new exhibit, “Landmarks Through the Viewfinder: 50 Years of Preservation in Southern Indiana,” on display July 23-Aug. 21. There will be an opening reception on Friday, July 23 from 6-8 pm. To celebrate Indiana Landmarks’ 50th [...]
Preservation Louisville, 540-5146, has scheduled a meeting with the Louisville Metro Landmarks Commission to discuss landmarking the buildings at 105-121 W. Main St. known as Whiskey Row. The public hearing on the proposed local landmark designation is 5:30 p.m. on Monday, June 28 at the Old Jail Courtroom, 514 W. Liberty St.
Preservation Louisville, 631 S. 5th St., 550-7622, has unveiled its 2010 list of preservation successes and failures. Top 10 successes: Patrick O’Sheas, Riverside-Farnsley Moormen Landing chapel, Thomas Edison House, Fulton Conway SAR, Locust Grove, The Blind Pig, Firehouse at Shelby and Main, Howard Steamboat Museum, CQ Unlimited and trolley barns. The top 10 endangered properties [...]
Preservation Louisville and Louisville Historical League has a walking tour of Whiskey Row (100 block of W. Main St.) on Sunday, May 16 at 2 p.m. It begins at the PARC parking garage at 1st and Main Sts. The tour is free for Preservation Louisville and Louisville Historical League members; others can become a member [...]
February 9, 2010 – 11:50 am
The National Park Service named a photograph of the Belle of Louisville as first place winner of the Tenth Annual National Historic Landmarks Photo Contest. The photograph, which shows the Belle cruising at Tall Stacks in Cincinnati, graces the cover of the National Historic Landmarks 2010 Event Planner and is also the featured photo for June. Photographer [...]
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