Louisville, Kentucky

===Cityscape===

{{Main|Cityscape of Louisville, Kentucky}}
{{See also|Downtown Louisville|Neighborhoods in Louisville, Kentucky|List of parks in the Louisville metropolitan area|List of tallest buildings in Louisville}}
[[File:Highlands.jpg|thumb|right|[[The Highlands, Louisville|Highlands district]], specifically the [[Bonnycastle, Louisville|Bonnycastle]] neighborhood]]

The [[Downtown Louisville|downtown business district]] of Louisville is located immediately south of the Ohio River and southeast of the Falls of the Ohio. Major roads extend outwards from the downtown area in all directions. The [[Louisville International Airport|airport]] is about {{convert|6.75|mi|km}} south of the downtown area. The industrial sections of town are to the south and west of the airport, while most of the [[residential area]]s of the city are to the southwest, south, and east of downtown. In 2010, the 22,000-seat [[KFC Yum! Center]] was completed.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courier_journal/access/1728957251.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+22%2C+2007&author=&pub=Courier+-+Journal&edition=&startpage=A.1&desc=Hotel+removed+from+arena+plan |title=Hotel removed from arena plan |author=Green, Marcus |date=May 22, 2007 |newspaper=[[The Courier-Journal]] |access-date=July 6, 2017 |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107203113/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courier_journal/access/1728957251.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+22,+2007&author=&pub=Courier+-+Journal&edition=&startpage=A.1&desc=Hotel+removed+from+arena+plan |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courier_journal/access/1730873931.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Apr+24%2C+2007&author=&pub=Courier+-+Journal&edition=&startpage=A.1&desc=First+look+inside+the+arena | title=First look inside the arena | author=Green, Marcus | date=April 27, 2007 | newspaper=[[The Courier-Journal]] | access-date=July 6, 2017 | archive-date=November 7, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107203124/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courier_journal/access/1730873931.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Apr+24,+2007&author=&pub=Courier+-+Journal&edition=&startpage=A.1&desc=First+look+inside+the+arena | url-status=dead }}</ref> Twelve of the 15 buildings in Kentucky over {{convert|300|ft|m}} are located in downtown Louisville.

Another primary business and [[industrial district]] is located in the suburban area east of the city on Hurstbourne Parkway.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Courier-Journal]] |title=Office space goes begging |date=February 26, 2006 |last=Berzof |first=Ken}}</ref>

Louisville's late 19th- and early 20th-century development was spurred by three large suburban parks built at the edges of the city in 1890.

The city's [[architecture]] contains a blend of old and new. The [[Old Louisville]] neighborhood is the largest [[historic preservation]] district solely featuring [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] homes and buildings in the United States;<ref>{{cite web |title=Louisville Facts & Firsts |publisher=LouisvilleKy.gov |url=http://www.louisvilleky.gov/Visitors/Louisville+Facts+and+Firsts.htm |access-date=December 14, 2009 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006110825/http://www.louisvilleky.gov/Visitors/Louisville%2BFacts%2Band%2BFirsts.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldlouisville.com/old_louisville.htm |access-date=December 14, 2009 |title=What is Old Louisville? |publisher=Old Louisville Guide |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091127214207/http://www.oldlouisville.com/old_louisville.htm |archive-date=November 27, 2009 }}</ref> it is also the third-largest district containing such architectural distinctions in the United States. Many modern skyscrapers are located downtown, as well as older preserved structures, such as the [[Old Bank of Louisville|Southern National Bank]] building. The buildings of West Main Street in downtown Louisville have the largest collection of [[cast iron]] facades of anywhere outside of New York's [[SoHo]] neighborhood.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisvilleky.gov/DowntownDevelopment/News/2006/DowntownActivity.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103233/http://www.louisvilleky.gov/DowntownDevelopment/News/2006/DowntownActivity.htm|archive-date=September 29, 2007 |title=Louisville's Downtown Alive with Development |publisher=LouisvilleKy.gov |date=February 24, 2006 |access-date=July 28, 2009}}</ref>
[[File:Werne's Row 4th and Hill, Old Louisville.jpg|thumb|left|[[Werne's Row]] in [[Old Louisville]]]]
[[File:Broadway3rdLou.jpg|thumb|right|Broadway and 3rd Street [[downtown Louisville|downtown]]]]

Since the mid-20th century, Louisville has in some ways been divided into three sides of town: the West End, the South End, and the East End. In 2003, Bill Dakan, a [[University of Louisville]] geography professor, said that the West End, west of 7th Street and north of Algonquin Parkway, is "a [[euphemism]] for the African American part of town" although he points out that this belief is not entirely true, and most African Americans no longer live in areas where more than 80% of residents are black. Nevertheless, he says the perception is still strong.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Courier-Journal]] |title=Will old names work in 'new' city? |last=Pike |first=Bill |page=1N |date=January 23, 2003}}</ref> The South End has long had a reputation as a white, [[working class|working-class]] part of town, while the East End has been seen as middle and [[upper class]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Read all about it: Valley has city united |author=Forde, Pat |date=August 26, 2002 |newspaper=[[The Courier-Journal]]}}</ref>

According to the Greater Louisville Association of Realtors, the area with the lowest median home sales price is west of Interstate 65, in the West and South Ends. The middle range of home sales prices are between Interstates 64 and 65 in the South and East Ends, and the highest median home sales price are north of Interstate 64 in the East End.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courier_journal/access/1727307131.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:FT&type=current&date=Jun+29,+2007&author=&pub=Courier+-+Journal&edition=&startpage=A.2&desc=Clarification |title=''The Courier-Journal'' 2006–07 Kentuckiana Guide |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date=June 29, 2007 |access-date=August 15, 2011 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629001249/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courier_journal/access/1727307131.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:FT&type=current&date=Jun+29,+2007&author=&pub=Courier+-+Journal&edition=&startpage=A.2&desc=Clarification |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Immigrants]] from [[Southeast Asia]] tend to settle in the South End, while immigrants from [[Eastern Europe]] settle in the East End.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=[[Jefferson Community and Technical College|Jefferson Community College]] |title=Continuity and Change in Louisville's Ethnic Communities |last=Cummins |first=Peggy}}</ref>

{{wide image|Louisville Panorama.jpg|1000px|alt=Louisville panorama from Jeffersonville, Indiana, with Second Street Bridge in foreground|Panorama from [[Jeffersonville, Indiana]], with [[George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge]] in foreground}}