Made a visit to Louisville and Southern Indiana during July 1-5. Like with Charlotte, and for that matter Richmond, it was still all during the period over 100+ as the heat wave continued. Took this photo of Louisville, Kentucky from the Indiana side. Many people comment about how much Richmond is like Louisville (and like me, a lot of people from Louisville came to Richmond via Concord, NC) but this is a nice photo of the city. In front of it, is a barge, still a popular way to haul freight in the area. The river is an important route, and was a big reason why Louisville was founded.
This is The Silver Dollar, a former Fire Station (and a very old one at that). Like with Station 2 in Richmond, Louisville recycles old buildings, and in fact has a large number of them in the city. Jeffersonville, Clarksville, and also New Albany have a great many old buildings that fine new uses, as does Richmond (that is not so much the case in Charlotte, which likes to tear down old buildings and put up new ones). Anyhow, now The Silver Dollar is a restaurant/bar on Frankfort Avenue. Used to live in that neighborhood, which has grown substantially since my days there. Still saw a lot of things that brought back a lot of memories, it was a fun place to live with a lot of interesting things to see. It was as is my current area of Richmond, a great place to walk and explore. Good to see the area is doing so well.
The area changes, but not a great deal over time. Many of the new things stand out among the old, but that is nice knowing that no matter how long I am gone, can still find my way around.
Louisville Papa John Stadium is the home to the Louisville Cardinals football team, U of L is a huge deal in Louisville, they also have a very large and new basketball arena (which replaced Freedom Hall) on the river (and you can see a portion of it in the first photo at top on the far left). Not just football and basketball, they also have a first class AAA Baseball team, the Louisville Bats, and Slugger Park in downtown Louisville is a state of the art facility as well, and in my opinion, one of the best baseball parks in the US (at least on the AAA level). Charlotte is building a new field for the AAA Charlotte Knights-will be fun to see what that turns out to be.
This is a look at Churchill Downs, which over the years has grown to be one massive complex. It has been greatly added on over the years. In this photo you can see the famous Twin Spires, and some of the new additions. Believe it or not, even from a distance, this is not all of it, there is more to the left not seen in this photo.
Nice visit to Louisville, and we had a great time. Traffic is a huge mess-for years they have wanted to build more bridges, but a number of lawsuits have stopped those, and now with growth and time that has really come to roost in the city-traffic is a total nightmare. They are planning to start work on two bridges, hopefully that will happen. Some great places to eat there, and a lot of fun people, plus a lot of interesting things to see and do. The Derby City is a great place to visit, and always close to my heart!
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