West Main Street in Louisville: One of America’s Great Streets

The American Planning Association has named 30 Great Places in America and West Main Street in Louisville is one of them. Here are some of the very nice things they had to say about this downtown thoroughfare.

APA has singled out West Main as one of the Great Streets in America
for 2008 given the street’s rich architectural legacy, unique sense of
place, and contributions to downtown Louisville’s redevelopment, which
has attracted $1.8 billion in reinvestment since 1992.

The Downtown Development Plan, which was updated in 2002, also
recommended the creation of a Cultural Arts District along three blocks
of West Main Street to help generate interest and attract visitors to
the area. The district, which extends between Sixth and Eighth Streets,
includes the Louisville Slugger Museum with its signature 120-feet-tall
baseball bat; the Louisville Science Center; the Kentucky Center for
the Arts; the new Muhammad Ali Center; the Kentucky Museum of Arts and
Crafts; and the Images Friedman Gallery.