Downtown Louisville Highlights

The Galleria is being transformed into something called "4th Street Live", recollecting Downtown Louisville's heydays, centered around 4th Street. Nothing will ever recreate the vitality and energy that charged through that street when my mom was a teenager; but, so goes the state of things for most mid-sized American cities, whose core started spreading out to suburbia after World War II. What 4th Street Live is, basically, is an entertainment complex situated in the heart of Downtown, in the hope to keep some office workers after hours, and also lure some suburbanites away from their comfort zones. So far, it's been rather successful, if the crowds I've encountered are any indication; but, it doesn't capture my imagination the way looking at what 4th Street used to be, does. It's sort of like a spaceship landed smack dab in the middle of Downtown Louisville, and I'm wondering who all these strangers are. LOL

Looking North, toward the riverfront, taken from a stairwell, on the ascent to the balcony...


The next two pictures are facing the North entrance...



Shot from North balcony, looking toward riverfront, 4 blocks away...


South balcony view...


The next two pictures are just miscellaneous interior shots...



Construction proceeding on main floor...