Downtown Louisville? (Lexington, Columbus: real estate, gated, live)

[xz2y]

How is downtown Louisville? Has there been redevelopment with some charming shops and museums? Thanks for the info.

[mdawg]

yes there is 4th Street Live with many bars and nightclubs, and many other parts of 4th Street has a lot of restaurants and shops, West Main Street also has a lot of art galleries, and cafes. I dont know the last time youve been downtown but a lot has changed in the past 10 years. There is more development on the way with Center City and Museum Plaza.

[Irishtom29]

Still pretty much of a dump.

[missymomof3]

Originally Posted by Irishtom29

Still pretty much of a dump.

You are such a doll

[louroclou]

A dump? Huh? Even with Museum Plaza on hold, there is a ton of important real estate in development. It's full of activity and interest. Downtown Lexington, on the other hand, looks like a town of about 75,000 in 1967.

[Irishtom29]

Originally Posted by louroclou

A dump? Huh? Even with Museum Plaza on hold, there is a ton of important real estate in development. It's full of activity and interest. Downtown Lexington, on the other hand, looks like a town of about 75,000 in 1967.

Tout it all you want, downtown is still a dump. Lots of emptiness and parking lots, depressing. An interstate running along the river. We checked it out with a mind of moving there, no way.

Rapping Lexington won't make Louisville any better. Downtown Lexington is no great shakes either but it's not a sprawling mess. And it's small enough to walk easily.

[stx12499]

Originally Posted by Irishtom29

Tout it all you want, downtown is still a dump. Lots of emptiness and parking lots, depressing. An interstate running along the river. We checked it out with a mind of moving there, no way.

Rapping Lexington won't make Louisville any better. Downtown Lexington is no great shakes either but it's not a sprawling mess. And it's small enough to walk easily.

Honest criticism is well taken, but trying to start a pissing match with a much larger city is not. Louisville indeed has too many parking lots downtown, but there is lots of infill in progress and more to come. To compare downtown Louisville and downtown Lexington is beyond laughable.

If the big three projects get going (museum plaza, arena, and center city) it will amount to 1 billion in projects with just this three and another 1 billion in medium to smaller projects. I'd imagine that is about comprable to the amount of development in ALL of fayette county. But again, this is not not a pissing match. For pics and development news, check our development sticky. Some projects are going slow but none have been cancelled.

[Irishtom29]

Originally Posted by stx12499

Honest criticism is well taken, but trying to start a pissing match with a much larger city is not. Louisville indeed has too many parking lots downtown, but there is lots of infill in progress and more to come. To compare downtown Louisville and downtown Lexington is beyond laughable.

If the big three projects get going (museum plaza, arena, and center city) it will amount to 1 billion in projects with just this three and another 1 billion in medium to smaller projects. I'd imagine that is about comprable to the amount of development in ALL of fayette county. But again, this is not not a pissing match. For pics and development news, check our development sticky. Some projects are going slow but none have been cancelled.

I'm not the fella that brought up Lexington here or started comparing them. And while saying I shouldn't start a pisssing match you then procede to continue one. Odd.

Regardless of what downtown Louisville may someday be right now it's nothing much. Like I said, we investigated and found it lacking.

If you want only positive and boosterish opinions you ought'a say so.

[stx12499]

Originally Posted by Irishtom29

I'm not the fella that brought up Lexington here or started comparing them. And while saying I shouldn't start a pisssing match you then procede to continue one. Odd.

Regardless of what downtown Louisville may someday be right now it's nothing much. Like I said, we investigated and found it lacking.

If you want only positive and boosterish opinions you ought'a say so.

Well, if we were to rank regional downtowns from IL, IN, MO, TN, MI, WV, OH and KY, here is how Louisville stacks up:

1 Chicago
2 Indianapolis
3 Nashville
4 Memphis
5 Louisville
6 Columbus
7 Atlanta
8 Cincinnati
9 Saint Louis
10 Cleveland
11 Grand Rapids
12 Knoxville
13 Lexington
13 Kansas City (before KC live opens fully when it will jump to number 6 or so)
13 Detroit
16 Fort Wayne17 Charleston, WV

So, if you have honestly traveled you will see that Louisville stacks up pretty well. I would be highly surprised if you even knew half of what exists in downtown Louisville.

[rnc76]

Originally Posted by stx12499

Well, if we were to rank regional downtowns from IL, IN, MO, TN, MI, WV, OH and KY, here is how Louisville stacks up:

1 Chicago
2 Indianapolis
3 Nashville
4 Memphis
5 Louisville
6 Columbus
7 Atlanta
8 Cincinnati
9 Saint Louis
10 Cleveland
11 Grand Rapids
12 Knoxville
13 Lexington
13 Kansas City (before KC live opens fully when it will jump to number 6 or so)
13 Detroit
16 Fort Wayne17 Charleston, WV

So, if you have honestly traveled you will see that Louisville stacks up pretty well. I would be highly surprised if you even knew half of what exists in downtown Louisville.

So, did you just make up a list based on your opinion as "proof". That is honestly amazing.