Doc Crow's Louisville about to open

Main Street is just days away from adding yet another restaurant to its roster. Doc Crow's Smokehouse will open its doors on February 10th in the Whiskey Row development next to the KFC Yum! Center. The restaurant will feature southern style barbecue and seafood. It will also include a raw bar for oysters on the half shell. Their bourbon list will be quite impressive as the owners will offer 60 of them. The restaurant is just next door to O'Sheas and a future Sol Azteca Mexican restaurant. The restaurant is funded through a low interest loan of $120,000 by the city

Ice House Lofts Louisville Construction

Driving around downtown Louisville I've noticed some signs of construction at the backside of what will be known as Ice House Lofts. When finished The Sofo development on the 200 block of East main street is supposed to have 50 one bedroom apartments. It seems like this project is very much delayed. The construction might still be stalled. I drove past it on a saturday so I did not see any workers actually working. As you can see in the picture, they have put up construction particle board in all of the backside windows. I don't think that has been there before.

Soho on Main changes color

After work stopped in September of 2008, Legacy Lofts on main seemed to be rotting away. Even though the project won several prices, the original developer went into foreclosure. The half completed building lay dormant until it was bought by Will Realty in February of this year. They decided to rename the project to Soho On Main, and change the color of the exterior, from yellow-organge, to sand. In my opinion with the new color it loses a little of its playfulness but gains a sense of luxury. It still has all the Green aspects that made Legacy Lofts an interesting project. The development still features geothermal heating and cooling. They've already hosted and open house in October, so you should be able to see people moving in in the near future. I've attached two pictures the one on the left is the Main Street View. The other one is the back of the development,

American Revolution Genealogy Center on Main complete?

As announced in 2008, the Sons of the American Revolution are in the process of relocating their headquarters to Main Street in downtown Louisville. It looks like part of the work has been completed. As you can see in the picture it seems like the S A R's Genealogy Research Library part seems to open for business. At least that's what the office desk in the front room suggests. Crews are still working hard on the museum part though. The museum part is located right next door to the research center. It will transform the "Fulton Conway & Co" building in the 800 block of west main into a history museum, adding yet another attraction to museum row.

Iron Quarter adds more complex construction fencing

A new construction fence at what would be the Iron Quarter project was added during the last week. The new fence replaces a simple chainlink fence put up a couple of months ago as concerns of structural integrity of the buildings arose. Now the fence features a tunnel design. With the new fence in place, pedestrians can stay on that side of the street and just walk through the covered walkway. I believe the arena opening had something to do with that. I doubt we are any closer of seeing actual construction on the site, but I would love to be wrong about this.