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June 23rd, 2010 by jake · 6 Comments

Will Masterson’s be demolished to make way for more student housing at the University of Louisville? Jerry Abramson is pretty mad about it. He’ll be talking about how mad he is at 10:30 today. [Press Release]

Wild & Woolly will celebrate its 13th anniversary on Friday. [Buy Tickets!]

Dear Paulbots: Ask for permission before you use my footage. [Page One]

What is it with the Jefferson County Board of Education and secrecy? Goodness gracious. Holding interviews of potential new school board members in PRIVATE? Really? [A Kentucky Newspaper]

After Todd Lally pops a vein over this, he’s going to yell at LEO really hard. He may even post comments on their website because why not? [FatLip]

Henry Humphrey, paster at Shiloh Baptist Church, swindled $1.2 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Services. [A Kentucky Newspaper]

Wendell Berry is pulling is personal papers from the University of Kentucky in protest of Wildcat Coal Lodge. [H-L]

It’s hot as balls outside. Hot enough to kill people. So Jerry Abramson threw $5,000 at the problem. [WLKY]

Buying a car? Beware. Auto dealers won an exemption from the mean old Obama Administration. [HuffPo]

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6 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Earl // Jun 23, 2010 at 9:08 am

    Why would Abramson be mad?
    Did someone not get an envelope or something?

  • 2 Creamer // Jun 23, 2010 at 3:10 pm

    Can you provide more info on the Masterson’s story, please?

  • 3 jake // Jun 23, 2010 at 3:18 pm

    Click here.

    And here’s the press release:

    MASTERSON’S PLANS FOND FAREWELL FOR OLD LOUISVILLE LOCATION; MAYOR ABRAMSON TO PROCLAIM “MEMORIES AT MASTERSON’S” DAY

    Louisville, KY — In late July, the Masterson family will leave the Old Louisville restaurant they have occupied the last 73 years for the final time. The landmark English Tudor structure will be demolished to make room for new University of Louisville housing, and the Masterson family has chosen a unique method to document and preserve its history, by launching an interactive website (www.memoriesatmastersons.com) where decades of patrons and staff can upload and share their stories and photos.

    To mark the website’s launch, Mayor Jerry Abramson will proclaim “Memories at Masterson’s Day” this Wednesday, June 23rd at 10:30 am at the 3rd & Cardinal location. Three generations of Masterson’s restaurateurs will be on hand to mark the ceremony.

    “This place has been home to so many special moments for our family and countless others,” said third-generation co-owner Sueanna Masterson. “Besides our ‘regulars,’ we’ve hosted thousands of events here from wedding receptions and rehearsal dinners to civic events of all kinds. We encourage anyone who has a special memory of Masterson’s to visit our website and share it, so that we may keep its rich history alive.”

    Founded in the late 1930’s by Greek immigrant Nicholas Mastoras, Masterson’s began as a 25 seat drive-in restaurant known as “The Little Mansion.” Several additions were built on to the property, and in the late 1960′s it was renamed Masterson’s Steak House. After Mr. Mastoras passed, his sons Philip, Alex and Greg, along with his brother Thomas and cousin Spero, grew the business to a 42,000 sq. ft. 1500 seat, full-service restaurant and banquet facility.
    The Masterson family requests that stories be submitted by July 10th. They will then be sent to the Filson Historical Society for archiving.

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  • 4 MoneyOutOfPolitics // Jun 23, 2010 at 4:00 pm

    Here is a link to a broken sidewalk article about this from Feb 2009 if anyone is interested -

    http://brokensidewalk.com/2009/02/24/old-louisville-mixed-use-project/

  • 5 Creamer // Jun 23, 2010 at 7:17 pm

    I didn’t get the impression, “Jerry Abramson is pretty mad about it”.

  • 6 Localdude // Jun 23, 2010 at 11:07 pm

    Why are the preservationist not screaming about tearing it down?

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