LOUISVILLE: One Of The USA's Quirkiest, Most Unique Downtowns 

The downtown is charming and quirky with great architecture. I mean, a 6 story bat! So cool!! I really liked it.

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip you would have LOVED the inside of the Louisville Palace :(

True 😂 I've live here my whole life & wished I would of left back when I had the chance. I use to love it here but it's changed and not in a good way.

@@davefoley9602 haven’t ALL cities in the last decade? 🤷🏼‍♂️

@@davefoley9602 Louisville is a good city. I used to hate it here when I was a kid, but it’s actually nice. I work downtown and walk daily in some of the areas he showed.

I liked the city a lot. Lots of cool architecture in the downtown.

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Yes, the Highlands is a great area. I love Louisville! Fantastic city.

Come visit me at Mollys! 🤩😜🤘

I have visited Frankfort, and the video is on the channel. 👍😀

It’s mine too now. ❤️

Mine too. Been here over 45yrs now. But wished I would of left it back when I had the chance tho.

He missed the Galt House twin towers hotel, The only hotel on the Ohio River. The Belle of Louisville Steamboat. , University of Louisville, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary etc. He missed ChurchHill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, that’s the most famous landmark in Louisville ( Lou - uh- vull) This trip was boring.

@@gingercake0907 he’s not doing a full tour of the whole city! Just downtown’s and a couple/few older neighborhoods connecting from DT! ;)

@@JUSAGUYNKY No I had it right how do you tour Louisville Kentucky and not tour it’s most famous landmarks. He didn’t do Louisville justice.

@@gingercake0907 have you watched any of his other videos?

@@JUSAGUYNKY Yes I watched one of Frankfort KY and he failed to highlight the largest HCU in the State of KY so I am unimpressed with the videos.

Thank you, Indian Princess!

It seems like I saw a show on tv several years ago that mentioned that Louisville has the largest Victorian area of homes, all in one location, in the United States. I got to go in one of them back in the seventies and it was so amazing. I wish I could see inside every one of them. Wouldn't that be awesome??!! 😄

@@peterbilt-bo1vy Yeah, that is Old Louisville, I believe. Homes are all very big, and very old. It is just south of Downtown, near the University.

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No the very first place he sold his chicken at was Kaelin's restaurant aka the birthplace of the cheeseburger. I work there. Our host stand is his original breading table we can still see knife marks on it

I agree with the above that KY fried Chicken was 1st in Corbin, Ky. I' ve always been told that and I'm a 55 year old native. BUT, I have never heard anything about one being in Utah.. I will Google.? In my area Lee' s chicken actually is better and seems to get more business.

I forgot to say the one we used to drive by was in Corbin, KY.

I keep forgetting to ask, what is the SLC you mentioned?

@@peterbilt-bo1vy - Salt lake City, Utah, United States of America, Earth 😎

Thank you for the kind words. :)

its Loovull like Moebeeuhl amabala and Missuruh.

Thank you for the info!

When salvaged it was initially a visitors center, that did not much traffic due to lack of quick parking.

Someone is turning it into a Yemeni coffee shop (he's opening one in the former Chase Bank at Baxter Station too).

"closed within the past few years." Climate change?

Little houses on the hill top little houses made of ticky tacky little houses on the hill top and they all look just the same.

Bardstown road is boring as hell and just like any other small town in Kentucky it’s usually pretty dead after 10pm

What? No. No one told me about a troll under the bridge. I would have totally visited that.

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip It's an old speakeasy style basement bar in a building next to the bridge right by YUM Center. Very cool place

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip the troll under the bridge is really cool. It goes way back into the basement area of whiskey row and it even has a courtyard area open to the sky at below ground level. It’s all old brick basement. O’Shea’s above it has really cool too with wooden architecture inside.

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip If you plan on visiting Seattle again they have one under the bridge in Fremont.

Seem like it was a better place to live in about 10yrs ago.

@@davefoley9602 It wasn't. It's better. I've been here more than 20 years and it is much better. Downtown is just fine.

@@davefoley9602 --- I think everywhere was... things have just gotten more expensive while people's pay mostly stays the same. Hard to enjoy life anywhere if your quality of life is a just a cost that large corporations are trying to minimize.

We'll be visiting there within the next 6 months.

It's Okolona... But now it's little Mexico...Nobody eating Kentucky Fried Chicken here now😡

@@davidbeck5699 I haven't lived there since about 1978 when I was 10, lol. Back when I was a kid, Outer Loop Rd was a 2 lane highway that intersected with Preston by the Porter Paint store. Across Preston there was a Topps and Toohey's Auto on the right and an A&P and a Woolorth Woolco in the shopping center on the left. But we usually went up Foreman Ln. as we lived on Oakmont Dr. back then, crossing over Blue Lick Rd. and coming out beside (I think) Ehrler's Dairy. There was no on ramp to I-65 South yet. If you wanted to go South you either had to go up to Fern Valley Rd, or go South to Shepherdsville and get on there at the toll booth, lol. I went to Blake Elementary and my brother went first to TT Knight and then Southern. I remember in 4th grade being bussed downtown to McFerrin when it was in the old building on or close to Central Ave. By the end of 5th grade I was living in Bullitt Co. and ready to start Hebron in 6th. At the end of 6th grade we moved to a farm in rural Southern Indiana about 12 miles east of Salem.

@@davidbeck5699 Wow. I grew up in Okolona. Preston highway was a little two lane road and the land where the Jefferson Mall is located was all farmland. My oldest brother married a daughter of the family that lived on that farm. My family lived on a street across the Outer Loop from the farm from 1959 until 2016. I moved to NC and stayed for a very long time. I have returned to KY but no longer live in Jefferson County. Who could ever have dreamed things would turn out the way they have. Sorry for writing so much but it isn't often I see anyone on here from Louisville, much less Okolona. Take care and God bless you and yours. And may God continue to bless the United States of America! ✝️💟🙏🙂

@@Rebel9668 I remember some of what you mentioned about Okolona. Back in the fifties and sixties (and probably farther back) Erhler's Dairy was located on the old Outer Loop where it crossed Preston highway. Not right at the intersection but very close, on the west side of the intersection. If you had been traveling south on Preston highway and turned right onto the Outer Loop Erhler's would have been on your left about 100 feet or so. Maybe a little farther. I moved to NC before they moved to Bluelick Rd. I remember the A&P and Tooheys and the White Castle. So much has changed. I attended Okolona Elementary School until the sixth grade and then I had to go to a new elementary school they had just built, for my sixth grade year. It is called Hartstern Elementary School and it is closer to our house. I was in the first graduating class of Hartstern Elementary School but I wanted to stay at Okolona Elementary School. Then I attended, and graduated from, Southern High School class of 1976. I can't believe how long ago that has been. Oh yeah, I remember Porter Paint, too. My family moved to Okolona in September, 1959. Feels like 100 years ago. We lived in the same general area as the Speedway across from the Jefferson Mall. It is kinda sad how much everything has changed, but, that's life I guess. Can't stop it and you can't make it go back to the way it was. Well, take care and God bless you and yours. ✝️💟🙂🇺🇲

Thank you, Gerhard. Yes, I’m not interested in the touristy areas. I want to see the dirty, grimy unseen areas as well as the beautiful. We will be going to Lexington sometime in the next few months. 😀

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip There once were a lot of run down distilleries in the area but they look terrific now with the growth of the Bourbon industry. Lexington is a city that is unique because the surrounding horse country has limited its expansion in the immediate area ,zoning protects the farms for now.

Lexington is NOT the capital! Frankfort is the capital. Both are worthy of a visit.

DO WHAT !!! LOSSERVILE ALWAYS HAS LOOKED LIKE AND BEEN SH!T AND ALWAYS WILL BE !!!

George Floyd riots* And the no knock warrant was perfectly legal considering her boyfriend was wanted and actually started shooting at police which resulted in return fire and Taylor's death. You should've included those details instead of looking like a complete clown by trying to make cops sound bad

I noticed it too.

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip a lot people probably checked it out after watching Lexington/Frankfort 🤷🏼‍♂️👍🏼

I'm from the Louisville area and I say it both ways. It is kinda funny when I see people on tv trying to figure out how to say it. It's a good city. Everyone can express their self and be respected by others even if they don't agree with your opinion. At least that is the way it used to be. I'm not sure exactly how it is now because I lived out of state for a long time. In the video he showed us the old Kentucky Home Life Building, that was where I got my first job after high school. I was a legal secretary and I would have a chef's salad and iced tea delivered to me everyday for lunch, from a restaurant that was very close by. At that time, the Courthouse was directly across the street from the building where I worked and I would walk over there and file court documents. The office I worked in was on the floor just below the top floor. I can't remember how many floors there are. It was so good to see it in the video. Well, I guess I should stop now. The video just brought back a lot of memories. Take care and God bless you and yours. ✝️💟🙂🇺🇲

Oh yeah, I meant to mention that I started working there in late 1975 but went to another job the following summer. I really miss my first job, probably never should have left it. I keep trying to remember if the restaurant that delivered my lunch each day was on the first floor of the same building I worked in or a couple of doors down. Oh well. Gotta go now. 🙂

@@peterbilt-bo1vy Yeah….the Kentucky Home Life building has been vacant forever and is in terrible shape. It’s supposed to be renovated someday, possibly into apartments.

@@asmith7876 Oh my gosh!! It hurts to hear that. It was a beautiful building inside when I worked there. I can't believe it is vacant. I hope they make it into something wonderful. Thank you for telling me, I really appreciate it. 🙂

Nothing worse than growing up there, not having an accent, and taking flack from my siblings for being unable to say Lou-ah-vul properly. Thanks Great Grama but I still speak German fairly well.

There's really nothing there it's not ever it's not even an a list City it's skyline look like a corporate complex in Louisville

That is awesome.

It's not as nice as it used to be about 10 years ago was a lot better place. And the police have always been corrupt unless you're on the inside of their circle or their friends circle.

I hope you find your mom and all is well. 🙏✝️💟🙂🇺🇲

peterbilt 2001 ...Thank you very much. Keep her in your prayers. Go in Peace and Walk with God. 😎 👍

@@BigGator5 That I will. May the Grace of God be with thee. ✝️💟🙏

Got that right!!

DO WHAT 🤣🤔 You been breathing to much of Losserville air😷😵‍💫

@@davidbeck5699 river walk, bridge, ood louisville tour, bourbon tour, ali museum, roots museum, Frazier history museum, bitanical gardens...

@@Keonny77 I don't know if it is still there but there used to be The Speed Art and History Museum, I think that was the name. There are attractions in Louisville that were not there when I was still living there. Louisville is an interesting town.

@@peterbilt-bo1vy the Speed has actually expanded and is on/near the campus of UofL. Louisville and Kentucky are going through a bourbon boom. So that's the new attraction bourbon tours either in the city or country. Gambling is also on the horizon.

@@Keonny77 Thank you for that information, I appreciate it.

When I lived there the things that made me enjoy my life were a) exploring all the parks b) drives out in the country side & find a green spot on google maps to explore and/or a lake or stream to swim in c) the festivals during the summer d) day drinking on patios. Oh, also e) rock climbing (at rock sport, but climb nulu was ok too) In the winter I loved to just spend time alone and read or study something. It was pretty great for a while actually. It's probably either closed or maybe too gross now but for a while southside quarry and lagrange quarry were nice places to do a little cliff jumping, too

underrated parks around town: caperton swamp, portland wharf park, ep tom sawyer, iroquois park, jefferson memorial forest, eva bandman by the river, hiking areas of falls of the ohio, and my all time favorite, loop island wetlands

I live in LaGrange.. it’s a pretty nice town, downtown is a cesspit of crime now.. you used to be able to walk down the street and generally feel safe.. gangs have taken over and now you can’t go anywhere without being afraid you’ll get robbed.. out police are also pretty bad these days.. La Grange Kentucky is the perfect little town though..

I appreciate your honesty. You could try hanging our with a more respectable crowd.

@@adhdoggo9614 Lagrange is trash so is Crestwood. Both towns are known for drugs and crooked cops.

There is this cuban youtuber who always sais Lusvil

I'm sorry. Hang in there, you'll get away eventually.

And this grammer proves it.

Well it isn't real far from Louisville to Illinois. I used to be a long haul trucker and have driven through there. Of course, some people think fifty miles is a long way. A lot of people now can't look at a map without any writing on it and locate all the different states. I'm not saying that's you. Just something that crossed my mind. ✌️

Close enough to Illinois honestly. People sometimes make it sound like we're right next to Tennessee, but we're closer to Illinois (131 miles) than Tennessee (138 miles).

It's every city, dude. People need housing.

@@jfletcher2357 it’s not that simple. These people need life skills first. As a person who actually was homeless in Louisville, I can say it’s one of the best cities when it comes to helping the homeless. There are amazing programs that help people with jobs and housing. But as the saying goes, you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink. That basically sums Louisville’s homeless situation.

Louisville isn’t NEAR AS BAD as other cities.. or L’ville is just REALLY GOOD in hiding them

@@jdailey01230 no, they need housing. People don't choose homelessness. Housing prices are out of control because corporations are buying 30% of the houses on the market. Most Americans are one financial disaster away from serious insecurity. Stop thinking you're a super special hard worker because you've never been homeless. You're just lucky.

@@jdailey01230 What? Learn a skill or die on the streets? That is a bizarre and cruel way of thinking that we are far past. We need affordable and sustainable housing, not neighborhoods of single family homes spread out across massive lawns.

Downtown is fine. Every city has homeless people because housing prices are out of control and wages are too low.

@@jfletcher2357 downtown is NOT fine. Neither is Valley Station. The homeless problem has got worse. Thats the point. Its gotten Worse. Ive lived here almost my whole life, and 15 years ago there werent cities of homeless camps, people living under the bridges, and sleeping in the shade of a Speedway gas station. Now there are. However, i also lived in Taylorsville for 8 years and couldnt count the homeless on one hand.

@@princeofcats6883 I literally live within walking distance of downtown and I work downtown. Yes, there are homeless people, but the vast majority leave you alone. Stop fear mongering because people can't afford housing. That's a systemic problem. They might ask for money, but that's hardly violence. Grow up.

@@princeofcats6883 The crackheads in Fairdale are way worse than anything downtown. Way way worse and more dangerous. The crux of this problem is relatively simple: nobody can afford shelter anymore and developers refuse to build sustainable and affordable housing. They are more interested in trying to bring in transplants which has literally never helped anyone at all here.

If Louisville does not have a downtown then what was that he was showing on the drone footage was it another city

Downtown is where he starts out at… like main to Broadway and hancock to maybe 5th or so, like that whole area and then some. That’s definitely downtown.

Yes, it in fact does, lmao.

Have you been to Wichita or Phoenix. Phoenix is horrible, a city that large with a real meh! Downtown.

@@buddybaker3111 People can really make some pea-brained comments, can't they?

I hear Ya !!! nothing but a SH!T HOLE !!!

damn dude. who hurt you there? lol, yeah there are plenty of karens etc, like any midwestern or southern city, but there are plenty of great people too. Sounds like maybe you were the judgemental one

@@davidnoll9581 No dude he’s actually telling the truth. It sucks here, *big time.*

I’d be curious to know exactly what parts of town this person lives in and visits.

I believe your opinion may be what it is because you don't appreciate the Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Ballet, the Louisville Symphony Orchestra, the museums, the Muhammad Ali Center, the many beautiful Victorian homes, the Belle of Louisville cruises, the Falls, the Louisville Zoo (you may have mentioned that, not sure) and other things that I can't remember because I lived out of state for so many years. I think there is also a park just a little bit south of the city proper called The Daniel Boone Forest or something similar to that. Also, approximately 30 miles southeast of Louisville is the Historic town of Bardstown . There is an Historic Tavern there named the Talbot (?) Tavern Inn which has an historically significant past. There is also a beautiful plantation home called Federal Hill where it is said a famous songwriter whose last name is Foster (can't remember his first name right now) wrote the famous song "I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair" while visiting there. There is more to learn about the home, as well. There are famous distilleries in the area around Bardstown. Louisville has a fantastic library, too. I'm sure there are other interesting things to see and do in and around Louisville but I have been gone so long I have forgotten some of them. I just remembered it is Stephen Foster who wrote that song I mentioned while staying at Federal Hill in Bardstown. I guess you just aren't interested in any of the things I mentioned here. Louisville has a great music scene, too. Lots of great concerts and an interesting variety of musicians that stop by from time to time. Louisville has a lot going on,. Lots of good people, too.

There's a ton to do in Louisville, man. You're just not looking hard enough.

And see what? (SOUTH) the largest preservation district featuring almost entirely Victorian architecture (Old Louisville)-(EAST) an area which contains a high density of nightclubs, eclectic businesses, and many upscale and chain restaurants, surrounded by the beautiful historic/upscale neighborhoods of Cherokee Triangle, Bonnycastle, Tyler Park, Cherokee Gardens, Strathmoor Manor (The Highlands)-(NORTHEAST) The wealthiest neighborhoods in all of Kentucky.. Riverwood, Indian Hills, or the tenth highest per capita income of any location in the US (Mockingbird Valley)-(WEST) which may be the most dangerous area in ALL of Kentucky BUT compared to other similar sized cities (St Louis, Memphis, Cleveland, Buffalo, Baltimore, Little Rock, Milwaukee and even Cincinnati and and maybe Indianapolis) it’s not really that bad! The west end may not be the most glamorous area of the city but it still doesn’t look like a bomb went off in it like it does in most of those other cities I mentioned. Akd anyone could go to the west end in the day time and feel completely safe! And at night, as long as you’re not a gangbangin’ drug dealin’ type person. Or walking around in expensive clothes, jewelry, and counting money.. you’ll be “fine” (no promises though;) And yes there is crime in Louisville but when compared? L’ville isn’t even in the top 50 (ever) “most dangerous large metro areas in the US! #facts

Lol, there were no riots. A few broken windows are not riots. And while Eddie Merlot's did have liquor stolen, the pandemic did far more to hurt their business since travel was shut down. That place relied on tourists and business travelers.