Both sides of Jefferson Street (seen here at Fourth Street looking toward Third) are razed for the new convention center (foreground) and Hyatt Regency Hotel (midground). We can be thankful that in this case, it was not for more surface parking lots. |
Clearcutting Louisville This 1974 photograph shows only one example of what has been an all too common scene around the city of Louisville over the past 50 years. Whole blocks of the old commercial heart of the city are razed for redevelopment schemes that have done more to damage the city than to revitalize it.
The Tyler Block |
