LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Mayor Craig Greenberg floated the idea this week of a new owner for a historic downtown church complex slated for demolition.
A three-alarm fire damaged the former St. Paul’s German Evangelical Church on E. Broadway last October, burning most of the roof and exposing the building to the elements. The city later declared the site — envisioned for an $80 million hotel and housing project – legally abandoned.
Earlier this month, an inspector found the property in “unsafe” and “unstable” condition and ordered emergency demolition work. The owner hasn’t submitted a wrecking permit, according to Metro government’s Department of Codes & Regulations…