I remain unconvinced that downtown Lexington needs or can sustain a development on the massive scale of the proposed CentrePointe. However, I do believe a new government center is needed downtown. Perhaps then, the former Lafayette Hotel now occupied by the Urban County Government could be restored to the glory of its heyday, either as a hotel or as a combination of condos and hotel. Louisville's Brown Hotel proves such restorations can be done successfully.
Larry Dale Keeling, a columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader, has spent most of his 35-plus years in journalism reporting on or writing editorials and columns about Kentucky’s politics and political issues. He now brings his experience and expertise on those topics to the KyKurmudgeon blog.