Genny's Diner: There is no diner there

[Robin Garr]

A historic, iconic piece of 20th century urban architecture falls to the wrecker's ball. <wink>

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I find it extraordinarily difficult to get spooled up over some supposedly historic diner on the very day the historic Buckner Mall meets the wrecking ball.

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So did they save the old house?

[Robin Garr]

So did they save the old house?

Yeah, that's it in the background, with the old siding put off and new silver stuff draped over it. To my untutored eye, from the outside it appears to be in fine shape.

I find it strange we can destroy Genny's to make a parking lot for an ice cream shop going in the run down house Genny's wanted to make into a parking lot.

I find it strange we can destroy Genny's to make a parking lot for an ice cream shop going in the run down house Genny's wanted to make into a parking lot.

Yeah weird.

[Robin Garr]

I find it strange we can destroy Genny's to make a parking lot for an ice cream shop going in the run down house Genny's wanted to make into a parking lot.

I think the house is considered more historic, and more characteristic of the Victorian style of the neighborhood, than the diner, which looked cool because of the giant pickle but was otherwise just a cheap '50s building. But I'm just guessing here ...

I find it strange we can destroy Genny's to make a parking lot for an ice cream shop going in the run down house Genny's wanted to make into a parking lot.

I think the house is considered more historic, and more characteristic of the Victorian style of the neighborhood, than the diner, which looked cool because of the giant pickle but was otherwise just a cheap '50s building. But I'm just guessing here ...

That very well may be true but there are many more of them around town and there are not any more diners even similar to the one that was torn down! Sounds like certain members of metro government and the community probably got what they wanted and really didn't worry about other consequences! Unfortunately this neighborhood did not rally to protect this diner like the Bardstown road area did to protect the Twig & Leaf, a building that's no more historic than this one.

Poetic Justice !
House is looking pretty good, they must have an army working in there.

I find it strange we can destroy Genny's to make a parking lot for an ice cream shop going in the run down house Genny's wanted to make into a parking lot.

Did you ever go in the diner? It needed to be torn down, loaded on trucks and taken for incineration. That would be the only way it would be clean enough for a land fill. The internet meme for this is "Kill it with fire".

I find it strange we can destroy Genny's to make a parking lot for an ice cream shop going in the run down house Genny's wanted to make into a parking lot.

Did you ever go in the diner? It needed to be torn down, loaded on trucks and taken for incineration. That would be the only way it would be clean enough for a land fill. The internet meme for this is "Kill it with fire".

I went in about 7 years ago when I moved to Louisville. The place was a little dingy, like most diners, and the food was pretty good. The whole "historical" thing just really gets to me. What does that house mean to Louisville? It sure as hell wasn't bringing in out of towners like Genny's did. I don't care what gets torn down, but it seems like a slap in the face to not let Genny's tear down the old house, but let the new old house owner tear down Genny's. I live Comfy Cow as much as the next guy, but would have rather had Genny's scrubbed clean (restored) and had a restaurant in that location.

I find it strange we can destroy Genny's to make a parking lot for an ice cream shop going in the run down house Genny's wanted to make into a parking lot.

Did you ever go in the diner? It needed to be torn down, loaded on trucks and taken for incineration. That would be the only way it would be clean enough for a land fill. The internet meme for this is "Kill it with fire".

I went in about 7 years ago when I moved to Louisville. The place was a little dingy, like most diners, and the food was pretty good. The whole "historical" thing just really gets to me. What does that house mean to Louisville? It sure as hell wasn't bringing in out of towners like Genny's did. I don't care what gets torn down, but it seems like a slap in the face to not let Genny's tear down the old house, but let the new old house owner tear down Genny's. I live Comfy Cow as much as the next guy, but would have rather had Genny's scrubbed clean (restored) and had a restaurant in that location.

Have you seen the pictures of the house when Farris bought it? It is criminal what he did to that house, historical or not. I believe broken sidewalk is where the pictures are.

Have you seen the pictures of the house when Farris bought it? It is criminal what he did to that house, historical or not. I believe broken sidewalk is where the pictures are.

Yeah, I've seen them and it is crappy how he let the house go, but I'm sure parking lot was on his mind when he bought it. I'm just not buying that the house was more worthy of "saving" than Genny's. It's gone now, so it really doesn't matter. I didn't eat there, so it effects me none, but it just seems strange how everything happened.

Have you seen the pictures of the house when Farris bought it? It is criminal what he did to that house, historical or not. I believe broken sidewalk is where the pictures are.

Yeah, I've seen them and it is crappy how he let the house go, but I'm sure parking lot was on his mind when he bought it. I'm just not buying that the house was more worthy of "saving" than Genny's. It's gone now, so it really doesn't matter. I didn't eat there, so it effects me none, but it just seems strange how everything happened.

He actually had a permit to demo the house, but let it expire. In the mean time preservationist got the house designated historical.

Have you seen the pictures of the house when Farris bought it? It is criminal what he did to that house, historical or not. I believe broken sidewalk is where the pictures are.

Yeah, I've seen them and it is crappy how he let the house go, but I'm sure parking lot was on his mind when he bought it. I'm just not buying that the house was more worthy of "saving" than Genny's. It's gone now, so it really doesn't matter. I didn't eat there, so it effects me none, but it just seems strange how everything happened.

I agree with this line of thinking.