Changing the face of northwest Lexington
Conversion of the Eastern State Hospital property into the new campus of Bluegrass Community and Technical College is perhaps Lexington’s most important urban redevelopment project in decades. So it is...
View ArticleLexington Mall: Blight that’s full of potential
It’s astounding when you think about it: Lexington Mall has been dead or dying since before this year’s high school graduates were born. It’s even more astounding when you realize that the 30-acre site...
View ArticleDilapidated YWCA cleared to create Parkside
In the early 1960s, this place was the Cabana Club, and 5-year-old Holly Wiedemann came here to learn how to skate on Lexington’s only ice rink. In the early 1970s, it was The Aquatic Club, and...
View ArticleKroger on Euclid a chance for Lexington to do urban infill right
A recent rendering of the design for the exterior of the new Kroger store on Euclid Avenue, incorporating ideas from architect Graham Pohl. Photo provided The design of a new grocery is usually of...
View Article‘What’s behind the wall’ beside Jefferson Street restaurants?
This rendering shows what the Apiary will look like when finished this fall. The catering company and event space is in the Jefferson Street restaurant district on the site of a special-effects...
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