Electric Blue is located at 1034 Story Avenue, and has an interesting reason for its name. It was established in 1907 as the Electric Blueprint and Supply Company – the name coming from the companys’ use of electricity to produce the blue lines. Previously blueprints were painstakingly created by putting blue paper with the original [...]
Located in Butchertown since 2006, Miss C’s Kitchen is a delightful spot for unique lunches created with local products. The idea for Miss C’s grew from working together at the Bardstown Road Farmer’s market: Charlotte was selling her jellies, and Chris was creating breakfast items using products from the farmer’s market. They both wanted a [...]
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Spring is in the air, with many upcoming events all around our neighborhood! With many people coming in for Thunder and the Derby we need to make sure our area looks as good as possible. Please join the neighborhood clean-up effort March 27th, and help spruce up our sidewalks and streets for spring! Volunteers will [...]
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Take advantage of tax credits available to homeowners and businesses in historic buildings ( and lets face it, if youlive in Butchertown odds are you live in a historic building) with this upcoming workshop in Frankfort. A Workshop on the Kentucky Historic Preservation Tax Credits is from 9:30 am – 3:30 pm in Frankfort, KY, [...]
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Today is the vernal equinox, marking the first day of spring. Equinox is latin for equal night, and refers to day and night being of equal length that day. The vernal equinox marks the end of winter and beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. What is really neat is that tomorrow the sun will rise [...]
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Join us this Sunday, from 1-3, at the Hadley House (1638 Story Avenue) for a unique book signing inside the Hadley’s former house, decorated from top to bottom with unique accents such as this sink (below).
We reported this dangerous section of sidewalk on the western part of Frankfort Avenue between Mellwood and Story a while back on Louisville Metro’s See it- Click it- Fix it application on BrokenSidewalk, and today a crew was out trimming back grossly overgrown branches and debris. We often walk this section on our way to [...]
I want to apologize for not posting pictures sooner from last weeks book signings at Presidential place, Borders, and the Urban Design Studio. The weather was so gorgeous that I just had to spend all my time outside and soak up as much sun as possible! Consequently, I didn’t get around to uploading any new [...]
Coincidental with the arrival of warm weather this week, so too came to long awaited rollout of the directions “by bike” feature of Google Maps. Eager to get the word out (and try out my amateur blogging skills), the following Google gadget will provide a safe, bike-friendly route to either the beginning or end of the Butchertown [...]
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So the survey about the 9th District got me thinking about recycling, and then at work my co-worker showed me this: A National Geographic Game online to teach kids about recycling. After playing it several times I thought I’d pass it on to you and share the fun!
