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South Louisville is a neighborhood two miles south of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, US. ("South Louisville" or "South Side" is also used to describe the entire portion of Southern Louisville.) The area was incorporated as a city in 1886. The city of Louisville fought to annex the area and did so, after a three-year lawsuit, in 1898. As of 2000 ...
Oxmoor was surveyed in 1774 and was the home of Sturgis Station fort by 1780, when it was granted to Col. William Christian. Alexander Scott Bullitt married Christian's daughter in 1786 and Christian gave the 2,000-acre (810 ha) farm to them as a wedding present.
Southside is a neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.Its boundaries are Third Street to the west, Woodlawn Avenue, Allmond Avenue and Hiawatha Avenue to the north, the CSX railroad tracks to the east, and the southern boundary of the Greater Louisville Technology Park (formerly Naval Ordnance), Southside Drive and Kenwood Drive to the south.
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.
400 West Market is a skyscraper in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The 35-story, 549-foot (167 m) high structure was designed by architect John Burgee with Philip Johnson. It was Kentucky's tallest building when built for $100 million in 1991.
The Louisville Manor Hotel, located on Dixie Highway, will shutter Friday unless the decision is appealed by its owners, Department of Codes & Regulations Communications Specialist Emily Martin said.
Louisville Metro Housing Authority Avenue Plaza Apartments 250 / 76 18 1974 16= Heyburn Building: 250 / 76 17 1927 Tallest Building in Kentucky, 1928–1955 18= Blanton House Apartments: 246 / 75 20 1972 18= Hyatt Regency Hotel 246 / 75 18 1978 18= Dosker Manor East, Louisville Metro Housing Authority: 246 / 75 18 1968 18=
Several others attempted to discourage building on property so far from the "center" of Louisville. [9] Since then, Louisville has expanded, and the Seelbach Hotel has long been astride one of the city's booming shopping and business districts. Between the 1930s and 1960s, the Seelbach Hotel even anchored an area with Louisville's "best shops ...