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Louisville (English: Louisville, [ˈluːǝvǝl] or [ˈluːiːvɪl]) is the largest city in the US state of Kentucky. It is considered to have the 17th or 27th largest population in the United States, depending on how you count it. The settlement, which later became the city of Louisville, was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark and was named after the French King Louis XVI. Louisville is located in the center of northern Kentucky on the Indiana border, near the Ohio River's only natural obstacle, the Falls of the Ohio. Louisville is the center of Jefferson County; since 2003, after their unification, the city's boundaries began to coincide with the boundaries of the county. Because the area includes portions of southern Indiana counties, the Louisville metropolitan area is often referred to as "Kentuckiana." Despite the fact that Louisville is located at the intersection of the Midwest and the south of the country, the city is classified as a “southern” city in the United States. Due to its geographical location, the city is often called either the "northernmost southern city" or the "southernmost northern city" in the United States. Louisville is famous for the "Two Most Exciting Moments in Sports" - the Kentucky Derby, the most popular horse race of the American Triple Crown. Famous natives of the city were: writer and journalist, founder of gonzo journalism Hunter S. Thompson, boxing legend Muhammad Ali, actress Jennifer Lawrence and director Gus Van Sant; inventor Thomas Edison lived in Louisville for a long time. Some events that happened in this city: Edison's light bulb was shown to the public for the first time, the first library opened for African Americans. Most of the local population pronounces the name of the city "Louiville", very often this pronunciation goes as far as "Louiville". The name is pronounced at the top of the larynx. The standard English pronunciation of "Louiville" (traced to King Louis XVI - the English pronunciation of "Louis") is used by journalists, politicians, and officials. Despite the difference in pronunciation, the "s" sound is never pronounced. The tradition of this pronunciation contradicts the typical practice of using the names of the cities of Louisville in speech: in the state of Colorado, Georgia, Mississippi and in the state of Tennessee. All of them, despite the same spelling, are pronounced "Louisville". Differences in local pronunciation have their origins in the city's geographic location on the border between the northern and southern regions of the United States. The city's diverse population traditionally includes elements of northern and southern culture.
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Louisville Attractions
Victorian-era neighborhood of Old Louisville (Old Louisville), located south of the city center, is worth a drive or stroll. Don't miss St James's Court (St James Court), located just off Magnolia Avenue (Magnolia Ave), with its charming park illuminated by gas lamps. There are some wonderful historic houses in the part open to the public (www.historichomes.org), including Thomas Edison's old cottage.
Kentucky Derby Festival and Museum
On the first Saturday in May, prominent figures from America's upper echelons don their pinstriped suits and curved hats and come down to earth for "the sport's great two minutes" in the Kentucky Derby. After the race the crowd sings "My Old Kentucky Home" (My Old Kentucky Home) and watches as a blanket of roses is put on the winner's horse. Then the fun begins.
To be honest, they were already having fun before this. Kentucky Derby Festival (Kentucky Derby Festival) (www.kdf.org), whose events include a hot air balloon competition and the largest fireworks display in North America, begins two weeks before the big event.
Most race seats are by invitation or reserved years in advance. On Race Day, $40 will get you into the paddock (where there is no seating), if you come early. But there are so many people there that you won't see anything. Don't worry. From April to November, you can get a $3 seat at the Downs and watch many exciting races, often serving as a warm-up for the big races.
Visit the Kentucky Derby Museum (Kentucky Derby Museum) (www.derbymuseum.org; Gate 1, Central Avenue; adults/children $13/5: 8.00-17.00 Mon-Sat, 11.00-17.00 Sun) Overall the museum exhibits the history of horse racing, including a glimpse into the lives of jockeys and most of the famous horses. Here's a full audio-visual overview of the horse racing and a behind-the-scenes tour ($10) , during which you will see rooms for jockeys and luxurious VIP seats.
Haunted Sanatoriums
Rising above Louisville like a mad king's castle, the abandoned Waverly Hills Sanitarium (Waverly Hills Sanatorium) was once a refuge for victims of the tuberculosis epidemic that occurred at the beginning of the 20th century. When patients died, workers dumped their bodies down a chute into the basement. It's no surprise that this building is said to be home to the largest number of ghosts. Look for ghosts on a nighttime ghost hunt (Tel: 502-933-2142; www.therealwaverlyhills.com; 2-hour tour/2-hour ghost hunt/all night $22/50/100; March through August); The truly intrepid can spend the whole night here! Many people say that this is the scariest place they have ever been to.
Muhammad Ali Center
A declaration of love to Louisville from its most famous native. Self-guided tours include a moving film about Ali's life and video projections of his most famous fights, as well as an exhibit on the themes of racial segregation and humanitarianism that troubled the man formerly known as the Louisville Lip. (www.alicenter.org; 144 N 6th St (Sixth Street); adults/children $9/4; 9.30-17.00 Mon-Sat, 12.00-17.00 Sun).
National Corvette Museum
All hail America's favorite sports car, the Kentucky-made Chevrolet Corvette! Car enthusiasts should not miss visiting the state-of-the-art National Corvette Museum (National Corvette Museum) (www.corvettemuseum.com; I-65 Exit 28, Bowling Green; adults/children $10/5; 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.) in Bowling Green. This is where 80 Corvette models were built. Here you can walk around and look at dioramas filled with memorabilia (look at Main Street - a model of the Corvette, America's darling of the 50s). Nearby Bowling Green Assembly Facility (Bowling Green Assembly Plant) (www.bowlinggreenassemblyplant.com; tours 8.30, 11.30, 12.45, 17.00 and 14.00 Mon-Thu) can be visited with a guide. Book your tour at least 9 days in advance, or show up 45 minutes early and hope to get in.
Information
Public library (301 York Street. Free internet surfing, library located downtown.)
Visitor Center (Tel: 502-582-3732, 888-568-4784; www.gotolouisville.com; 301 S 4th St; 10am-6pm Mon-Sat, 12pm-5pm Sun) A free exhibition, the main exhibit of which is the personality of Colonel Sanders, the great Kentucky symbol, founder of KFC, an express cafe chain.
Transport
Louisville International Airport (Louisville's International Airport) (SDF; Tel: 502-367-4636; www.flylouisville.com) is located 8.05 km south of the city, on 1-65. You can come here by taxi (approximately $18) or local bus number 2.
Greyhound Station (Greyhound station) (720 W Muhammad Ali Blvd) located just west of the city center. TARC (www.ridetarc.org; 1000 W Broadway) operates local buses ($1.50) that depart from Union Station (Union Station).
Louisville (English: Louisville, [ˈluːǝvǝl] or [ˈluːiːvɪl]; sometimes spelled Louisville in Russian) is the largest city in the American state of Kentucky. It is considered to have the 17th or 27th largest population in the United States, depending on how you count it. The settlement, which later became the city of Louisville, was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark and was named after the French King Louis XVI. Louisville is located in the center of northern Kentucky on the Indiana border, at the only natural obstacle to the Ohio River - the Falls of the Ohio. Louisville is the center of Jefferson County; since 2003, after their unification, the city's boundaries began to coincide with the boundaries of the county. Because the area includes portions of southern Indiana counties, the Louisville metropolitan area is often referred to as "Kentuckiana." Despite the fact that Louisville is located at the intersection of the Midwest and the south of the country, the city is classified as a “southern” city in the United States. Due to its geographical location, the city is often called either the "northernmost southern city" or the "southernmost northern city" in the United States. Louisville is famous for the "Two Most Exciting Moments in Sports" - the Kentucky Derby, the most popular horse race of the American Triple Crown. Famous natives of the city were: writer and journalist, founder of gonzo journalism Hunter S. Thompson, boxing legend Muhammad Ali, actress Jennifer Lawrence and director Gus Van Sant; inventor Thomas Edison lived in Louisville for a long time. Some of the events that have happened in this city: Edison's light bulb was shown to the public for the first time, the first library was opened to African Americans, the first living human hand transplant, the first closed artificial heart transplant, and a vaccine against uterine cancer is currently being developed here.
Pronunciation
Most of the local population pronounces the name of the city "Louiville", very often this pronunciation goes as far as "Louiville". The name is pronounced at the top of the larynx. The standard English pronunciation of "Louiville" (traced to King Louis XVI - the English pronunciation of "Louis") is used by journalists, politicians, and officials. Despite the difference in pronunciation, the "s" sound is never pronounced. The tradition of this pronunciation contradicts the typical practice of using the names of the cities of Louisville in speech: in the state of Colorado, Georgia, Mississippi and in the state of Tennessee. All of them, despite the same spelling, are pronounced "Louisville". Differences in local pronunciation have their origins in the city's geographic location on the border between the northern and southern regions of the United States. The city's diverse population traditionally includes elements of northern and southern culture. Patterns of population migration in the region and the homogenization of the dialect from the influence of electronic media can be considered responsible for the influence on some natives of the city who use standard English pronunciation. Despite this, the pronunciation "Louiville" is the most popular among residents...
Louisville is the largest city in Kentucky. The population of Louisville in 2010 was estimated at 741 thousand people. If you do not take into account settlements that have semi-autonomous status, then the urban population is 597 thousand people. In total, over 1.3 million people live in the urban agglomeration, the center of which is Louisville (in Kentucky and Indiana). Until 2003, when additional territories were included in Louisville (the area increased 6 times), the population within the city limits was estimated at only 245 thousand residents.
Due to its geographical location, Louisville is considered the northernmost city in the US South. The city was influenced by both Southern and Midwestern culture.
It is worth noting that there are several pronunciation options for the name of the city: Luvel, Luvel, Lavel. However, in none of them is the letter “c” pronounced.
The settlement that eventually became Louisville was founded in 1778 during the Revolutionary War. The city's founder is considered to be Colonel George Rogers Clark, who led a military campaign against British troops north of the Ohio River. The city was named after King Louis XVI of France, whose soldiers assisted the Americans in the Revolutionary War.
The development of Louisville is largely due to the existence of a series of river rapids, nicknamed “falls” (Falls of the Ohio). The rapids were a serious obstacle to navigation, so the help of people who knew the area was required to ensure safe navigation along the 3-km stretch. In many cases, it was necessary to unload ships, which was provided by the forces of local colonies.
In its early days, Louisville's economy was based on river shipping. Louisville became an important link between industrialized cities in the north and the south. Today, Louisville continues to be an important transportation hub. In addition to river transport, air and rail transport are developed. There are 2 large Ford automobile plants in the region. A third of all Bourbon whiskey is produced in Louisville. In the general structure of labor resources, 3/4 of city residents are blue collar workers (working class), 1/4 are white collar workers.
Downtown Louisville is located on the south bank of the Ohio River near the river rapids. The city of Jeffersonville is located on the north bank of the river in Indiana. Residential areas of Louisville are located to the southwest, south and east of downtown. The city is conventionally divided into 3 parts: West End, South End and East End. Historically, the West End is an African-American area, the South End is white. The East End is the most prestigious area where the middle and wealthy class lives. As you might expect, the West End is the area with the lowest per capita income and the highest crime rate. Louisville Airport is located approximately 10 km south of downtown. Even further south and also to the west of the airport lie industrial areas. Louisville's urban core is relatively large for a city of its size.
The racial composition of Louisville's population as of 2010 is:
- white - 68.3%
- African Americans - 22.9%
- Asians - 2.2%
- mixed races - 2.3%
- Indians - 0.3%
- Hispanics of any race make up 4.5% of the population.
Socio-economic indicators:
- average income per person (2009) - $21,274
- population living below the poverty line (as of 2009) - 21.6%
- unemployment in the region (as of March 2012) - 9.2%
- cost of living index (as of March 2012) - 89.5 (10% below the US average).
Attractions
The main event in the life of the city takes place annually on the first Saturday of May. This is when the Kentucky Derby takes place. For Louisville, this is not a simple sports competition, but an important sociocultural event. The Kentucky Derby Museum is also located there.
The Kentucky Derby is the most prestigious race in which 3-year-old thoroughbred horses compete. The racetrack is located south of downtown in Churchill Downs. The race on the 2km oval track is known as the "fastest 2 minutes in sport".
The Kentucky Derby is preceded by celebratory events. The Kentucky Derby Festival takes place for 2 weeks leading up to the Derby and includes:
- Thunder Over Louisville is a Thunder Over Louisville show that attracts an audience of 800,000 to the banks of the Ohio River. The daytime air show traditionally ends with a grand half-hour fireworks display during which over 60 tons of fireworks are used.
- A hot air balloon festival usually held the week before the derby.
- Marathon and mini-marathon in downtown Louisville.
- A steamboat race on the Ohio River, among the participants is the Belle of Louisville, one of the oldest paddle steamers in operation.
- Festive parade Pegasus Parade.
Since 2002, the city has hosted the summer music festival Forecastle Festival, which over the years has grown into a significant event on a serious scale.
Other attractions and interesting places
- Old Louisville is the historical part of the city, an area of Victorian red brick houses.
- Muhammad Ali Center is a Muhammad Ali museum dedicated to this famous heavyweight boxer, a native of Louisville.
- Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory is a company that produces baseball bats, including those for MLB professionals. More than half of players use Louisville Slugger brand bats.
- Louisville Megan Cavern - artificial caves located under the city.
- Louisville Science Center is a science museum.
- Fourth Street Live! - a shopping and entertainment complex in the city center with many cafes, bars and clubs.
- Frazier History Museum is a historical museum.
Louisville's park system was designed by Frederick Law Olmstad, the “father” of American landscape design, the creator of the central park in New York. Main city parks: Cherokee Park, Iroquois Park, Shawnee Park, Waterfront Park.
The climate in Louisville is humid subtropical. In winter, both snow and rain and slush are possible. Heavy snowfalls are rare. The average daily temperature in January is 0.6 C. Summer is usually hot and stuffy. Periods of prolonged high temperature are common. The average daily temperature in July is 25.8 C. Louisville is located in a region with a potential for tornadoes. During its history, the city was hit by this element several times.
Louisville is not as famous in our latitudes as New York, Los Angeles or Chicago. Nevertheless, the city is very rich in events and personalities. The world-famous horse races are held here, which are visited by the Queen of Great Britain, and the world's largest baseball bat is located here. Boxer Muhammad Ali and actress Jennifer Lawrence were born and raised in the city; inventor Thomas Edison, actor Tom Cruise and singer Nicole Scherzinger lived in Louisville for a long time. What else is famous for the northernmost city of the American South?
Louisville is the largest city in Kentucky. It stands on the banks of the Ohio River, which marks the border between the states of Kentucky and Indiana. In recent years, the city has grown so much that it has included areas across the river in Indiana, earning the Louisville metropolitan area the playful name Kentuckiana. Built in 1928, the bridge allows walking from state to state. Concrete steles are installed on both sides of the bridge. This is the stele from the Kentucky side. On the left you can see a bas-relief of a lily flower - the city's coat of arms; in the center of the stele you can read the original name of the bridge - the Louisville Municipal Bridge, since 1949 the bridge has been named after General Clark:
Today, the stele with the inscription Indiana is no longer in this place; in 2014, during the reconstruction of the interchange at the entrance to the bridge, it was moved 50 meters to the left. On one of these steles hangs a plaque telling the story of the discovery of the Ohio River. In 1669, the French subject Robert Cavalier de la Salle, on behalf of King Louis XIV, looked for a waterway to Japan and China in these places. Indians from the Iroquois tribe showed him a river, which in their language was called Ohio, which means “beautiful river”:
Louisville was founded on one of the islands in the middle of the river almost a century later - in 1778. The city was founded by General George Clarke and named after the then King of France, Louis XVI, in gratitude for France's assistance in the American Revolutionary War. A monument to the founder of the city stands in Louisville on the Ohio River embankment:
Residents made a landmark out of the name of the city. It consists of the name of King Louis, which is pronounced "Louis" in French, and the suffix "-ville", which is translated from French as "city". The French name in English gave rise to many different interpretations, which the residents of Louisville humorously played with and successfully commercialized:
The business center in the city is very small - only a few skyscrapers, almost all of them belong to banks and insurance companies:
The tallest of them is the skyscraper at 400 West Market. In 2005, the building belonged to the Aegon insurance company and was called the Aegon Center. The height of the 35-story skyscraper is 167 meters, making it the tallest in Kentucky. The building is easily recognizable thanks to its 24-meter dome, made in the Romanesque style:
The twin skyscrapers are slightly lower, but attract attention with the same appearance:
One of the towers belongs to a bank, the name of which is puzzling if you don’t know the background. "Fifth Third Bank" received its name as a result of the merger of the "Fifth" and "Third" banks in the city of Cincinnati. The “Fifth” and “Third” banks were named after the street numbers on which they were originally located. The head office of the Fifth Third Bank is still located on Fifth Street in:
At the intersection near the skyscraper owned by the Humana insurance company, there is an interesting fountain. It is synchronized with the traffic light - it turns on when red lights up and turns off when green lights up. If you want to break it, you have to get wet:
This is what concerns the business center itself, but basically the central part of the city looks something like this - low-rise buildings, churches, rare residential high-rises, numerous parking lots:
One day, in one of these parking lots in the city center, I witnessed an interesting action organized by the US National Guard. A Hummer with a trailer painted in the colors of the American flag and a bus with the inscription “Police” arrived, several dozen people poured out of them, deployed a mobile basketball court and spent the whole day playing basketball with the locals, encouraging them to join the ranks of defenders of the fatherland:
Louisville City Hall Tower:
View of residential areas from downtown:
The building of the BellSouth telecommunications company, which ceased to exist back in 2006 as a result of its takeover by the giant AT&T. Behind it you can see the turrets of the old railway station building - Union Station:
It is older than its namesake - the building was built in 1891, and became the largest train station in the southern United States at that time. In the mid-1970s, the station ceased to be used for its intended purpose, and the building was sold to a local public transport operator:
Public transport in Louisville is well developed by American standards. All buses are equipped with air conditioning and have a special air suspension that allows them to tilt on their side to the level of the sidewalk to accommodate passengers in wheelchairs:
The white population practically does not use public transport; the main passengers are blacks. Kentucky is a southern state, so there have been a lot of blacks here since slave times. An interesting feature of their behavior is to attach gold jewelry to themselves, even if there is no money for a car or a new T-shirt:
If you have a car, then the wheels need to be installed so that they do not fit into the arches, the amplifier must be at least a kilowatt, and the sound must be turned on at full power. Unfortunately, the photo does not convey sound; the approach of such a nigga car can be heard two blocks away:
In one of the Louisville neighborhoods, Berrytown, the population is almost entirely black, as evidenced by a sign on a pole marking the neighborhood boundary:
The most famous black native of Louisville is Muhammad Ali. A boulevard in the city center is named in his honor, as well as a museum dedicated to the life of the legendary boxer - the Muhammad Ali Center:
The opening date indicated on the poster is not true. The center opened to the public on November 19, 2005. In September 2005, the building was still under construction:
Now about the very best. Louisville is home to the world's largest baseball bat:
It is installed near the baseball museum and seems to be leaning against the wall of the building, but up close you can see that the structure stands on its own - there is a gap between the wall and the bat. The museum belongs to one of the oldest and largest baseball bat factories in the United States, founded back in the 1880s:
The paddle steamer Belle of Louisville celebrated its centennial anniversary last year. She was launched in 1914, changed her name three times and holds three records among ships of her class - in terms of the number of miles traveled, places visited and years in service:
Healthcare is one of the best things in Louisville. In 2001, the world's first operation to transplant an artificial heart into a human was performed in the cardiopulmonology department of the Jewish Hospital. Patient Robert Tools lived with him for 151 days:
Emergency helicopter in the backyard of the University of Louisville Hospital:
Let's move on to entertainment. Louisville has a huge amusement park with an area of 25 hectares. In 2005, it was part of the Six Flags chain of parks and was called Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom:
One of the attractions installed here in 1997 broke several records at once - the highest, fastest and longest roller coaster in the world. In addition to it, the park has more than a hundred other rides and attractions:
Including wave pool:
And an artificial river:
Park workers:
This attraction, by the way one of my favorites, set off a chain of events that led to the closure of the park five years ago. In 2005 it was called "Hellevator" (from the English hell - hell + elevator - elevator, loosely translated as "Elevator to the Underworld"), but in 2007 it was renamed "Tower of Power". The essence of the attraction was that seats with passengers slowly rose on cables to the top of the pillar - to a height of 47 meters. There they were fixed for several seconds and fell sharply down, flying with a free fall acceleration of 40 meters, after which they were slowed down by powerful electromagnets at a height of 7 meters. On June 21, 2007, during the next ascent, one of the cables broke and wrapped around the legs and neck of a 13-year-old girl. The operator of the attraction did not notice this, and, as usual, after a second of fixation at the top of the pillar, the seats flew down. The girl managed to free her neck, but her legs were cut off with a cable at the ankles:
The girl survived, she even managed to reattach her right leg, but there was a terrible fuss. In 2008, as a result of lawsuits from the girl's parents, the attraction was closed. In 2010, unable to withstand the financial and reputational losses, Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom declared bankruptcy and the park was closed. For four years the attractions stood idle, only in May 2014 the park was reopened as Kentucky Kingdom, without Six Flags. The new opening of the old park caused a real stir; in the first month of operation, more than 100 thousand entrance tickets were sold.
An equally popular destination for visitors and residents of Louisville is a section of 4th Street in downtown called “Fourth Street Live!” Essentially this is an indoor quarter with bars, discos, restaurants and shops:
Every evening, traffic on this section of the street is blocked with the motto: "The street is closed, the party is open":
The last place a traveler usually visits when leaving the city by land is the Greyhound bus station:
I was no exception, it was on it that 10 years ago I boarded a bus and went to
