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Like many older American cities, Louisville has well-defined neighborhoods, many with well over a century of history as a neighborhood. The oldest neighborhoods are the riverside areas of Downtown and Portland (initially a separate settlement), representing the early role of the river as the most important form of commerce and transportation.
Opinion: Black home buyers still experience discrimination in the housing market due to segregation and racist restrictions of the past.
Smoketown is a neighborhood one mile (1.6 km) southeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Smoketown has been a historically black neighborhood since the Civil War. It is the only neighborhood in the city that has had such a continuous presence. Smoketown is bounded by Broadway, CSX railroad tracks, Kentucky Street, and I-65.
Check's Cafe is located at the intersection of Hickory and Burnett Streets and is among Louisville's better-known restaurants. Manual Stadium is located in Schnitzelburg. Schnitzelburg is known for its number of "Shotgun-Style" homes where the homes are built narrowly with rooms being situated generally one after the other in a long row.
Many Louisville neighborhoods lack walkability. Improvements will be key to the city's future prosperity, some experts say. Walkability is a hallmark of the most vibrant U.S. cities.
East Market Street in Louisville's NuLu area is an easy place to explore by foot, with several shops and restaurants lining the street. Dec. 14, 2023
As a condition of the transfer of the property for $1, Louisville Metro Government is requiring a “community benefits agreement” between the developer and five neighborhoods that would be ...
Meriwether is a neighborhood two miles southeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, USA, and just east of the University of Louisville. It was laid out by David Meriwether in 1871 and the first houses were built in 1891. Nearly all of the homes are shotgun houses.