Main Street Video

Louisville's West Main Street, with its extraordinary collection of Victorian cast-iron historic facades combined with striking contemporary architecture, has experienced a dramatic renaissance over the past decade, and has become one of the most creative arts-inspired cultural districts in the nation. With its unique streetscape program and a collection of museums and cultural institutions celebrating such icons as Muhammad Ali and the Louisville Slugger, West Main Street has become a true destination, and both residents and visitors are enjoying its vitality and creative energy, from its 120 foot bat to the red penguins roaming its rooftops. Call (502) 584-6000 to order a copy of the DVD.

Downtown Louisville Overview

In the introduction to the 2002 Louisville Downtown Development Plan, Mayor Abramson set out the goal: “To be a truly great community, we must have a downtown that delights, inspires, entertains, educates, provides and array of services and bustles with energy...From its richly varied workforce to its growing number of residents. Louisville's downtown should be our city's most unique and stimulating environment - a place that epitomizes our city's energy and pulse."

It is an exciting time for Downtown Louisville. With over $2 billion in investment either under construction or announced, Downtown is pushing ahead to showplace the high level of energy and pulse of our community.

From the bustling residential market in the East Main and Market District (NuLu) to the recently opened KFC Yum! Center, and the Bourbon distilleries returning to West Main, Downtown is well on its way to becoming an active, creative, 24-hour urban center. Downtown is being transformed from individual buildings and destinations into unique and bustling Downtown districts and neighborhoods.

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