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I live on Portland Ave in 70’s to early 80’s. A couple of years ago I did a google map search and I was so disappointed to see that our family home had been torn down. It wasn’t a bad neighborhood back then. My friends and I would walk to school, Portland Christian, with no incident. Our house was in front of the DAV thrift store that later became the Unique Thrift Store. Thank you for the video
@@kevin2298 don't know the guy but no the neighborhood extremely well that's what happens when you live down here ain't nobody should make a documentary and unless they know what they say
I worked in the building on the right side of of the video at the 5:15 mark of the video in the early 90s. 1604 Northwest Parkway. Funny what you can remember when you see places again.
Yes you drove right past my childhood home at 36:58 minutes.... right on the corner of 16th and Dumesnil where the one way ends and goes around the corner to Oak St. Ahhhhhhhhh.....I was so excited!
West Louisville has been my home for 10 years. Thank you for spotlighting this community. People like to call it a "bad neighborhood" but I've lived in bad neighborhoods my whole life. Trouble never finds me and I never look for it, so for me it's not a bad neighborhood at all.
@@TailsDoll-ot7fq I'd say more random. It's normal to hear about shootings of any kind from time to time, especially in the summer months. Drive bys in particular aren't really a thing that i hear about very often.
@@TailsDoll-ot7fq Dude what kind of questions are these? Where are you from? It sounds like you are sheltered and are trying to apply what you see on TV to real life or something. Drivebys? Shot up corners? Foh
@@chrisleon5918 I'm from the suburbs, friend Honestly, this is what everyone i know tells me about the hood I have no personal frame of reference, so I'm trying to pick your brain a bit
Recently got my driving privileges back 🙌🏼 One of the first places I traveled to was Louisville. Drove all around the city. OldLville, Highland Neighborhoods (favorite area) Prospect💟, Churchill downs area, Mockingbird Valley/Indian Hills(another favorite area) Glenview💟, and even all over the WEST END (couple times) First time was a Friday night just after midnight. It was actually kinda “chilled” (was kinda cold out, though) Even went into a fast food restaurant and Kroger(which I was surprised the WestEnd had one:) on my next visit during the day. Neither time in the West End did I feel threatened, the urge to run a stoplight, ect.. I’m SURE it has its moments but I look at like you’ll only find trouble if looking for it. And a lot of may be a lil run down but at least it doesn’t look like a bomb went off in it like some other cities do! Memphis, STL, Detroit, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cleveland, even Cincinnati and few others. And northwestern parkway area by Shawnee park is REALLY nice I think
I am from Louisville, Kentucky. There's very little to do in Kentucky. That's why the cost of living there is relatively inexpensive. There's a lot of crime and prostitution is rampant. There are a lot of murders. A man in my neighborhood got killed in a small church's front yard. It occurred on 2nd and Ormsby. There are a lot of boarded up, gross buildings; that should tell you something. I recommend avoiding Kentucky. It's dirty and boring. I moved to another state.
Hey, I'm a lifelong citizen of Louisville. I grew up all over this city. Originally from Shively, but grew up in the Parkland and Russell neighborhoods. It's nice what you're doing. Documenting the history of my city. I was just at the riverwalk yesterday. Behind the Shawnee golf course, it is sad what this city has become over the years. We have recently elected a new mayor. Hopefully he can revitalize our city. Mainly the west end.
Here's an update - this week, the Mayor has elected many outgoing Louisville Metro Citycouncilmen to Cabinet positions. Hearing around town is is it's going to repeat the status quo.
I remember back in the 80's they tried to improve the areas and sold abandoned houses for $10 all people had to do was show $10'000 worth of improvement in a year, a lot of contractors tried to get involved, but, after many attempts most properties were vandalized and the contractors gave up and left.
I have been in the West End delivering for something like 17 years. I skipped around the video pausing here and there and recognized where you were instantly. The West End is what you get out of it. Louisvillians that don't live there, but talk about crime in the West End, remind me of where I lived as a kid, Miami FL during the cocaine 80's. Apparently I was in the murder capital of America and didn't even know it. Why? Because I wasn't a drug dealer and didn't do crime. Same with the West End of Louisville. If you don't deal/do/pursue/buy/sell drugs, then the West End is just like any other poorer part of America. It's a real shame because the people are great. I have had the opportunity to deliver elsewhere, but I don't because I prefer the people (my customers) in the West End.
@@brianlouky a lot of people only really separate em because Portland has more white people than Russell Algonquin and Shawnee etc. but yeah. There really isn’t a difference other than that
I like the way people that never lived in the WEST END can talk and give comments about it. I grew up and still live in the west. True enough, it's not what it use to be, but there are still some good parts. My neighbors and neighborhood is quiet and I won't tell you exactly where it is because we'd like to keep it that way.
I go to central, and even tho its in a "bad" neighborhood they have VERY good magnet classes, we have STEM, Pre-Med, Law, business, nursing, sports marking and more. I am in Pre- Med and we are the only highschool in the state that has a program like it. we are taking collage classes, and we get to job shadow in the hospital to see what departments we like. Its a very good option in you are in the area.
My grandmother grew up in the Portland neighborhood, story she told about the flood was. She looked out her bedroom window and the 1937 flood water was right outside her window and her and my great grandparents left and later relocated near Iroquois Park.
I lived at 21st and Griffith in the late 1970's. Hung out at Boones Park. It was the most fun I ever had in my life.....but then again, as a young man looking for trouble, there was plenty to be found.
Your videos are great, brother. I was struck by the kindness of strangers in Frankfort the first time I passed through KY, then I went back to visit Louisville but didn't see much outside of right downtown. I'm contemplating another trip and these are a big help. Keep up the good work.
I'm nearly 60 years old and I grew up and lived in Oregon pretty much my entire life. I never made it to this part of the country till last year. I find it very interesting and enjoy all the old buildings in history.
I lived in Portland back in the 70's and The West End was a little rough but nothing like this at all. It was Integrated, and a pretty nice place to live. All the neighborhood kids played on their block, and I mean we all played on the entire block, and the parents looked after every kid in their block group. If you did something wrong, 9 times out of 10, your Mom or Dad would know about it before you got home. I lived on the corner of 31st & NW Parkway, in front of the flood wall, opposite the K&I Bridge. Portland elementary was a revolutionary School at the time, and I went to Shawnee High for a bit before we had to Leave Ky back in the late 70's during the Recession. No work could be found in Louisville, and my parents moved us to Texas because it's economy was booming. Those old turn of the Century Homes are really nice and something to look at. My Grandmother was a writer for the Portland Newspaper, and she also owned a ceramics shop on Portland Ave. I lived there and my family got caught up in the bad Tornados that hit the city in 74, and Portland was evacuated because a Chlorine Barge ran aground and had a gant chlorine gas cloud escape. We left KY / Portland right after the Sewers exploded, after Ralston Purina blew up the city with Hexane Gas in the sewers. They blew up 2 miles of streets, roughly 200 square city blocks. They blew all the manhole covers into the air, and in some areas they blew up the entire streets. And we had a great blizzards of 1977 & 1978. That blizzard was quite impressive for us kids.
I grew up in Southern Indiana. In high school, we could get our liquor in Portland without an ID. I ended up retiring from the electric utility that serves Louisville. Enjoyed the video.
@@dangerruss6823 Whit's on Broadway was a good one too. And there used to be a liquor store somewhere out in the West End that had a pool table right inside the front door. Anybody remember that one?
You missed he historic Broadway Temple AM.E. Zion Church at 13th and Broadway which was designed by African-American architect Samuel Plato. He build the church facing Broadway at a time when African-Americans were not allowed to have Broadway addresses. As a result, he added a side entrance to give the church a 13th Street address. Only in recent years has the church claimed its Broadway address.
Thanks for the history. LOTS of wonderful history in Louisville. I tell you this. Muhammad Ali's funeral procession showed me JUST HOW MUCH LOVE Louisville residents have. It was awesome.
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Delivery driver, I leave the truck running all day long while delivering in the west end, downtown is a different story. Never had homeless crazies approach me in West end, just had to threaten a bum about two weeks ago downtown.
I think you missed out on some key point that would've been nice for this section. You could've driven through Shawnee and Chickasaw Parks. These as well as several other parks you mentioned are Olmstead Parks. Louisville has one of the largest collections of these historic parks. These were designed by the Frederick Law Olmstead Firm, which is the same company responsible for Central Park in NYC. The Parkways in Louisville were designed to link these parks together and as you notice in the east in have some of the larger, nicer homes. You can even find nice home on the Pkway in the West side as you notice with Algonquin, Southwestern and Northwestern Pkwys. Chickasaw was one of only two parks available to African Americans when the city segregated the parks in the late 1800's and didn't desegregate till the 1950's! That's another irony, unlike much of the south, Louisville parks were not originally segregated, they became segregated later. Chickasaw is where Ali used to run to from his home to do his training and back and you might have noticed a placard there mentioning this if you went. Across from Chickasaw is Plato Commons, these homes were built and designed by Sammuel Plato for black people who had few residential choices back in the 40's I believe. Also, the homes by Shawnee are just beautiful and would've made some great scenery for your video. I had relatives who lived in both of these communities growing up. Shawnee is actually going through some gentrification now as there are some mansions there and many of the homes are just as nice as the ones you saw in the eastern section of the city, just not as well maintained for obvious reasons.
Yes. Those parks and areas you mentioned are beautiful. Just as beautiful as they were 40 years ago. Those parks are well kept. They are safe to visit. I felt safer living in West End than I did in East End or Shively.
Why would you say these people are not capable of maintaining a home and yard !! Shame on you! Every African American friend I know takes care of their yard - what a racist comment - you are shameful - is this why you can't use your last name ? Because your parents are so embarrassed they won't permit it - I see - I reckon that's a viable excuse - I don't blame em
@@davidrice3337 you don't know the situation of every african american... so you? You don't know the situation of the majority of african americans do you? Here's a clue.. it only takes a few bad yards and situations to affect an entire community. So if the majority of yards are taken care of... with some that are not... that's an affect. It only takes one abandoned house or foreclosure to affect all the values of a community. What you are dealing with is a concentration of poverty. Poverty breeds all these things. Between 20 to 30% of African Americans live at or below poverty in contrast to less than 12% of whites and in some states its less than 10%. That's all by design and not happenstance. The African Americans you know and socialize with probably so not live under the poverty line... Keeping up a yard ain't cheap... even if you do the work yourself. I own my own home and that's an additional bill i have to deal with and as i am a homeowner who understand poverty values in relation to wealth...i gladly take on that responsibility...and i thankfully have the additional income to do this. But look at the people who are renting and barely able to pay their essential bills. My aunt lives in the Westend. Our fault has owned the house since the mid 70s. She has done the work to increase vakue..adding rooms, redoing bathrooms and kitchens...two nearby homes the owners died and the homes attracted vagrants... she had to call the city and get them to chase off the vagrants... you probably have never had to deal with that. Look at the bigger picture... and dig deeper.
The Homes on Plato are beautiful. Most backyards overlook the river. Beautiful. Miles Park area is a beautiful area also with well maintained homes and yards.
I have alot of family that lives and had lived in Louisville I'm from bowling green but feel that Louisville has went down alot from what it used to be .my uncle owned a popular liquor store up there called the cork and bottle 🍾 Louisville is dangerous in alot of places but that's everywhere
You’re right about in being open in the 70’s. I also went as a small child. I loved it. When it reopened in the 70’s it had a Western Frontier kind of name. It didn’t last very long. I looked it up. It was called Ghost Town on the River. It closed in 1975.
0:35 why is Churchill downs counted as the good? That area is already borders the west END. And why the hell would you call an incredibly disenfranchised area the bad? The neglect of the Louisville metro govt is to blame for problems in the west end. Calling it the bad is narrow minded at best.
I find it strange that you can see that the poverty in the west end is extremely high but not see that as a reason for the crime rate to be that high in the area? on top of just the LMPD obviously narrowing in on black communities disproportionately.
Lived in Louisville all my 50 years, great thing about Louisville is most of us know where not to be and I don't think we are nearly as bad as say Chicago or St Louis for that reason alone
You were right around the corner from Mercer Transportation, a very interesting Owner Operator trucking company specializing in open deck (flatbed) freight. I'm following along on Google maps because I like to form levels of understanding about places.
Small yet important detail: it’s the West END, NOT the West Side. Louisville’s directional quadrants all end in “End”, not “Side”..except there is no “North End” bc the Ohio River is the northernmost demarcation, proving to be the boundary between Louisville (and KY as whole) and Indiana
@@poffstarr5897 I’m from Louisville, and it’s the South End, just like the east end and the west end. Sorry that you’ve been wrong for SO long. No amount of “well, in my world” or “well, where I’m from(s)” can change the fact that you’re off on this one. Sorry that you’ve been misled for so long now, truly
@@poffstarr5897 my guess is based on my research is cus Southside is newer and not part of the original Louisville city limits it was annexed in when the city annexed the rest of the county into the city
I also have to say that the west end is one of those arias where every couple of decades Louisville spends millions to help develop the area and nothing ever happens!
It's a slush fund for the most part. Some connected contractors get paid millions to put in a small park, or fix up a street and walk away with a fat check. Corruption is rampant in the city and the West end gets the worst of it.
Louisville is weird. Churchill downs looks like the entrance to a kings palace and right across the street is what everyone would consider to be "the hood."
@@pasthuman I know what you're talking about. I pass that tent almost everyday. And they are still doing the haunted house, I saw it open the other day.
If it were a crime the courts could assign social workers to them and they could be placed as their individual case dictates. Louisville and virtually every other American city is under a death grip of the democratic party which chooses to do nothing about this problem.
I go to uofl and live right by campus… a little ridiculous how much crime there is for being right by the school. My house has been broken into, I’ve been robbed, police knocking on my door asking about a shooting the night before… I definitely wouldn’t consider Louisville safe but there are a lot of nice parts like St Matthews but as for downtown and uofl area… it’s a no
That's not ok! I agree that areas next to college campuses should be safe and that college students shouldn't have to worry about that. I had a car stolen from me when I was in college in Indianapolis... it kind of ruined my life financially for the following 4-5 years.
Most of the slums you see in every city will be from rentals of both apartments and houses. So if the city allows a very low amount of rental property's and keeps it under control all this go's away.
@@brianmiller5444 I do. Jobs are everywhere, they just need to stop drinking, smoking, drugs and gambling and anyone who is willing to work hard can afford a house of some kind.
If you are paying in NYC 5000 dollars a month for a cushy condo 'you can find a gorgeous house in kentucky for a third of that 'and conduct business from a room in your house lol
I live in Louisville and worked in the west end for 12 years. After 7pm we called it quits and would resume work the next morning. I've seen it all down there. Not a place you want to take your family for a picnic. Its pretty sad and dangerous!
I know that Louisville is a very dirty city on west and east Broadway. Lots of drugs, especially 25 and 26th and Broadway. Downtown Louisville has a very bad smell. There is nothing to do, nothing to see. .
The demographics are similar to other cities such as St Louis, Memphis and KC, so it’s a dangerous place. I lived in Louisville a while. Although they were dangerous spots, I really enjoyed seeing the old abandoned buildings in parts of downtown. It was easy to imagine what it must have been like in its heyday when US manufacturing was strong.
The area suffers from generational poverty related to segregation. Much of it dates to the great 1937 flood that inundated the West End. Those who could afford to move out did and many were not able to live elsewhere due to racial redlining. I taught students from this area and found a lot of positive energy here that you don’t perceive by simply driving through.
I take it you are a teacher - I work in the horse industry and I interact with people from a dozen different countries on any given day - People segregate themselves - Ask anyone who works in the penal system - Forced desegregation ruined not only JCPS but also the southwest portion of Jefferson County - and the West End as well - I there isn't any neighborhood familial bonds which were prevalent when I was growing up in the 70s into the 80s There are over 300 people making over 100,000$ who's job is administrative in nature - The bus fleet is one of the largest in the nation - Bussing forced my parents to move over to Elizabeth Indiana - I was crushed as a kid but I thank God everyday I'm over here and only have to work in Louisville- I know people who literally live 15 minutes from the bridge and they can count on one hand how many times they've been across - why ? Because Louisville has become a typical downtrodden city - I stopped a car hacking about 2 mos ago on Dixie hwy - thankfully I had my legal firearm and I saved an elderly Africans American women from further physical harm and her car wasn't stolen - I have a friend who grew up in Farmington hills michigan and she talks about how Louisville mirrors Detroit and not in a good way - Recently our once great newspaper wrote an article suggesting forced desegregation actually harmed the Black community - I wrote them an editorial and I pointed out the fact the number 1 proponent of this failed policy was - you guessed it - the Bingham family - and they owned the newspapers back then - It makes my blood boil when I drive thru PRP and Valley Station - The Jerry Abramson's and the Dave Armstrong's and the Harvey Sloan's of the world has done a great job of ruining a once proud area - now it's got an abandoned walmart for a centerpiece
@@Keonny77 what part of the west end are you referring to - Northwestern Parkway ? That's about the only part of the West End I would consider to be even remotely safe - I don't go to Louisville without a weapon - it's too dangerous
@@davidrice3337 Bussing did not force your parents to do anything they chose to do it because they did not want to integrate. They were/are racist like many others. Segregation was/is racist. People don't chose to be denied housing, medical services, food amd general accomodations. That is what segregation was. My grandmother only had access to the colored hospital to deliver her children... the other hospitals in Louisville outside of the red cross were segregated. She also didnt want to live in the substandard housing in shelby park she rented..but that all that was available for her. My relatives still remeber not being allowed to go to shawnee park or being chased away from algonquin manor... for no reason other than being black. And that was a lot of white people that felt the exact same way across the country. The issue is not integration the issue is that we have a generation a country that was built off a racism and robbed one group of wealth while simultaneously building up the wealth of another group but most people don't want to talk about that they only want to talk about individual personalized choices and ignore the fact that they live in a privileged group that is supported by the US government and has been for many years now. Racism has not gone away it did not disappear it just metamorphosized into what we're seeing now. There is no way you can discuss wealth and poverty or economics in this country and not discuss race they go hand-in-hand with each other. My relatives live in the West End and worked all their life and done everything right but simply because it is the West End of the impoverished black community and they do not have the same amenities and privileges as all the people on the other part of the city people that have the money go you go when they have the ability to. My grandmother's or grandparents all bought their homes in the West End in the 1970s and the property values did not increase that much that is by design my last grandmother recently died about 2 or 3 years ago she bought her home in the shawnee neighborhood and when the family sold it it was only about 80 or $70000 they were able to get out of it the same home in the East of Louisville would have been worth over 200000 maybe even 3.... There are nice parts of the west end. If you aren't too afraid... you should do a sold guided tour.. yes nw parkway is one example...but so are other areas that are coming back.
Dangerous shithole. Was there for only 4 days for a business convention and 2 of our attendees had their throats slit and one was attacked with a hammer. 4th Street Live and convention center area, and Broadway at Brown Hotel. You can't go a few blocks from your hotel safely. My wife was born in Lousiville but all of our family moved to Indiana to get away from the crime. They were very concerned about us being downtown with good reason. Will never go back.
I lived in Portland for awhile. It’s not super great but if you keep it moving and mind your business you’ll be ok. . I saw and heard a lot but I never made friends or interacted with anyone so no one had a reason. Louisville is a great city you just have to keep your street smarts about you 😊
I've been plenty of places and Louisville hoods are in the top half of the country in terms of dereliction, 'scariness', etc. It's really not that bad. I get people who are from here think it's so crazy and want to really hype it up as something it's not. The truth is west of 9th Street is deindustrialized, quiet, boring, and there is nothing is going on..
I don’t live in the west end but I visited the area many times. But I agree, the over exaggerated,“dangerous” stereotype of the west end is ridiculous.
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@5:15, 1604 Northwestern Parkway. An old place of employment for me :/
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Thank you!
Chickasaw neighborhood 💯
It's not call the "West Side" it's call the West End
Right
Dude ain’t even saying “Muhammad Ali” right.
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No it’s not dangerous. Lots drug addiction thief’s and other such people in the west end. And it’s predominantly black. These are facts.
Portland same but it’s more white poor and browns. Your color skin is not black. Lol
I live on Portland Ave in 70’s to early 80’s. A couple of years ago I did a google map search and I was so disappointed to see that our family home had been torn down. It wasn’t a bad neighborhood back then. My friends and I would walk to school, Portland Christian, with no incident. Our house was in front of the DAV thrift store that later became the Unique Thrift Store. Thank you for the video
What you called abandoned warehouses at 15th and Garland are whiskey warehouses filled with barrels of aging bourbon.
@@richardroundtree2022 you act as though you know this guy..this video was made last year
@@kevin2298 that comment was nearly a year old and you replied to it 😂
@@katlynnstephens7613 yea as when the video was made..last year 🤷
@@kevin2298 don't know the guy but no the neighborhood extremely well that's what happens when you live down here ain't nobody should make a documentary and unless they know what they say
I worked in the building on the right side of of the video at the 5:15 mark of the video in the early 90s. 1604 Northwest Parkway. Funny what you can remember when you see places again.
I grew up in PRP. My grandma lived in Portland. Was not bad 40 years ago
Yes you drove right past my childhood home at 36:58 minutes.... right on the corner of 16th and Dumesnil where the one way ends and goes around the corner to Oak St. Ahhhhhhhhh.....I was so excited!
Hey Chris thanks for your video
My 40 years in Louisville I never made it to these neighborhoods.
West Louisville has been my home for 10 years. Thank you for spotlighting this community. People like to call it a "bad neighborhood" but I've lived in bad neighborhoods my whole life. Trouble never finds me and I never look for it, so for me it's not a bad neighborhood at all.
I hear there's a lot of drive-by shootings
If your area of the West End a Hotspot for that,
And if not, are the drive by Hotspot well known or random?
@@TailsDoll-ot7fq I'd say more random. It's normal to hear about shootings of any kind from time to time, especially in the summer months. Drive bys in particular aren't really a thing that i hear about very often.
@@chrisleon5918 any particular corners gun shot up more often?
I imagine residents know the blocks to avoid
@@TailsDoll-ot7fq Dude what kind of questions are these? Where are you from? It sounds like you are sheltered and are trying to apply what you see on TV to real life or something. Drivebys? Shot up corners? Foh
@@chrisleon5918 I'm from the suburbs, friend
Honestly, this is what everyone i know tells me about the hood
I have no personal frame of reference, so I'm trying to pick your brain a bit
thank you for the ride. I am moving to Louisville and it's lovely to ride with you and see my future new home.
Glad that my videos can help you understand and see the area!
Recently got my driving privileges back 🙌🏼 One of the first places I traveled to was Louisville. Drove all around the city. OldLville, Highland Neighborhoods (favorite area) Prospect💟, Churchill downs area, Mockingbird Valley/Indian Hills(another favorite area) Glenview💟, and even all over the WEST END (couple times) First time was a Friday night just after midnight. It was actually kinda “chilled” (was kinda cold out, though) Even went into a fast food restaurant and Kroger(which I was surprised the WestEnd had one:) on my next visit during the day. Neither time in the West End did I feel threatened, the urge to run a stoplight, ect.. I’m SURE it has its moments but I look at like you’ll only find trouble if looking for it. And a lot of may be a lil run down but at least it doesn’t look like a bomb went off in it like some other cities do! Memphis, STL, Detroit, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cleveland, even Cincinnati and few others. And northwestern parkway area by Shawnee park is REALLY nice I think
Thank You, I enjoyed that. 🙂
I am from Louisville, Kentucky. There's very little to do in Kentucky. That's why the cost of living there is relatively inexpensive. There's a lot of crime and prostitution is rampant. There are a lot of murders. A man in my neighborhood got killed in a small church's front yard. It occurred on 2nd and Ormsby. There are a lot of boarded up, gross buildings; that should tell you something. I recommend avoiding Kentucky. It's dirty and boring. I moved to another state.
What other state did you move to?
What if you want boring???
Hey, I'm a lifelong citizen of Louisville. I grew up all over this city. Originally from Shively, but grew up in the Parkland and Russell neighborhoods. It's nice what you're doing. Documenting the history of my city. I was just at the riverwalk yesterday. Behind the Shawnee golf course, it is sad what this city has become over the years. We have recently elected a new mayor. Hopefully he can revitalize our city. Mainly the west end.
Here's an update - this week, the Mayor has elected many outgoing Louisville Metro Citycouncilmen to Cabinet positions. Hearing around town is is it's going to repeat the status quo.
Greenberg is a lib. Crime will get worse under him
Yea just so y’all know this bro was living in a dangerous ass area like Shivley park as a shooting every other day😭
Yes. Next question?
I remember back in the 80's they tried to improve the areas and sold abandoned houses for $10 all people had to do was show $10'000 worth of improvement in a year, a lot of contractors tried to get involved, but, after many attempts most properties were vandalized and the contractors gave up and left.
That in itself is Gentrification, no wonder it didn't work out.
There is pretty much zero gang related graffiti in Louisville. 90% of it is done by individual artists and crews, not gangs.
I have been in the West End delivering for something like 17 years. I skipped around the video pausing here and there and recognized where you were instantly. The West End is what you get out of it. Louisvillians that don't live there, but talk about crime in the West End, remind me of where I lived as a kid, Miami FL during the cocaine 80's. Apparently I was in the murder capital of America and didn't even know it. Why? Because I wasn't a drug dealer and didn't do crime. Same with the West End of Louisville. If you don't deal/do/pursue/buy/sell drugs, then the West End is just like any other poorer part of America. It's a real shame because the people are great. I have had the opportunity to deliver elsewhere, but I don't because I prefer the people (my customers) in the West End.
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It’s important to note that the West End is divided into 2 major neighborhoods the historic Portland neighborhood and the Russell neighborhood
Yeah but it’s all one big neighborhood you realize as you live here lol
@@GeronFletcher a lot of people in the Portland neighborhood would disagree with you. I'm one of them
@@brianlouky a lot of people only really separate em because Portland has more white people than Russell Algonquin and Shawnee etc. but yeah. There really isn’t a difference other than that
Wrong completely wrong. Them two are not even the biggest neighborhoods in the West. You have Shawnee California Algoinquin Chickesaw
@@1Sage100 Is the California neighborhood rough?
I like the way people that never lived in the WEST END can talk and give comments about it. I grew up and still live in the west. True enough, it's not what it use to be, but there are still some good parts. My neighbors and neighborhood is quiet and I won't tell you exactly where it is because we'd like to keep it that way.
I've been all over that area, most of the "bad areas" is just old ass houses. There are some nasty folks, but most everyone is good people.
I get it but there is a least one shooting in the West end a day. That's not normal.
Right because you all keep it that way. Key!
@@jimmymorris5321 you should grown up in LA in the 70,80,90. Boy where those times.
@@jimmymorris5321 of course not. That's where most of the gangs are recruiting. But they're shooting all over. Just watch the news.
Cousin, teeth. Poor start dude. I’m from there
You'll be fine
That's happen everywhere now in bardstown Kentucky and Lexington Kentucky
I’ve lived in bardstown before and now I’m in Lex. They need to solve all those bardstown murders!
Videos on a good day I suppose
I go to central, and even tho its in a "bad" neighborhood they have VERY good magnet classes, we have STEM, Pre-Med, Law, business, nursing, sports marking and more. I am in Pre- Med and we are the only highschool in the state that has a program like it. we are taking collage classes, and we get to job shadow in the hospital to see what departments we like. Its a very good option in you are in the area.
That’s awesome
My grandmother grew up in the Portland neighborhood, story she told about the flood was. She looked out her bedroom window and the 1937 flood water was right outside her window and her and my great grandparents left and later relocated near Iroquois Park.
I'm dead! 💀 🤣 My old home is 1:53 in, 2 doors away from Lucky's liquors 😂
I lived at 21st and Griffith in the late 1970's. Hung out at Boones Park. It was the most fun I ever had in my life.....but then again, as a young man looking for trouble, there was plenty to be found.
Your videos are great, brother. I was struck by the kindness of strangers in Frankfort the first time I passed through KY, then I went back to visit Louisville but didn't see much outside of right downtown. I'm contemplating another trip and these are a big help. Keep up the good work.
I'm nearly 60 years old and I grew up and lived in Oregon pretty much my entire life. I never made it to this part of the country till last year. I find it very interesting and enjoy all the old buildings in history.
Check out Old Louisville if you haven't, tons of history in those buildings down there.
“…and the bad” *90s hip hop starts playing* lol
I lived in Portland back in the 70's and The West End was a little rough but nothing like this at all. It was Integrated, and a pretty nice place to live. All the neighborhood kids played on their block, and I mean we all played on the entire block, and the parents looked after every kid in their block group. If you did something wrong, 9 times out of 10, your Mom or Dad would know about it before you got home. I lived on the corner of 31st & NW Parkway, in front of the flood wall, opposite the K&I Bridge. Portland elementary was a revolutionary School at the time, and I went to Shawnee High for a bit before we had to Leave Ky back in the late 70's during the Recession. No work could be found in Louisville, and my parents moved us to Texas because it's economy was booming. Those old turn of the Century Homes are really nice and something to look at. My Grandmother was a writer for the Portland Newspaper, and she also owned a ceramics shop on Portland Ave. I lived there and my family got caught up in the bad Tornados that hit the city in 74, and Portland was evacuated because a Chlorine Barge ran aground and had a gant chlorine gas cloud escape. We left KY / Portland right after the Sewers exploded, after Ralston Purina blew up the city with Hexane Gas in the sewers. They blew up 2 miles of streets, roughly 200 square city blocks. They blew all the manhole covers into the air, and in some areas they blew up the entire streets. And we had a great blizzards of 1977 & 1978. That blizzard was quite impressive for us kids.
I grew up in Southern Indiana. In high school, we could get our liquor in Portland without an ID. I ended up retiring from the electric utility that serves Louisville. Enjoyed the video.
Yessir, good old Jayz liquors lol the drive thru liquor store!
@@dangerruss6823 Whit's on Broadway was a good one too. And there used to be a liquor store somewhere out in the West End that had a pool table right inside the front door. Anybody remember that one?
You missed he historic Broadway Temple AM.E. Zion Church at 13th and Broadway which was designed by African-American architect Samuel Plato. He build the church facing Broadway at a time when African-Americans were not allowed to have Broadway addresses. As a result, he added a side entrance to give the church a 13th Street address. Only in recent years has the church claimed its Broadway address.
Thanks for the history. LOTS of wonderful history in Louisville. I tell you this. Muhammad Ali's funeral procession showed me JUST HOW MUCH LOVE Louisville residents have. It was awesome.
Love this history, I will definitely pass it on.
Another Great vid Man......Your research and vid production are getting better and better......I am a Rockford Il native and you got everything right in that series....... I moved to Central Oregon 26 yrs ago and never looked back, Think about doing a series on Portland OR as ppl like to watch train wreaks .......Keep up the great work.......Be Well and safe travels ...Peace!!!!
Appreciate the kind words!
Portland would be a great video. Love the City but damn is it HURTING right now!
Delivery driver, I leave the truck running all day long while delivering in the west end, downtown is a different story. Never had homeless crazies approach me in West end, just had to threaten a bum about two weeks ago downtown.
Please show us the good neighborhoods.. thank you for warning us about the bad hoods...
Did. Do a search for it or find it on my channel.
I think you missed out on some key point that would've been nice for this section. You could've driven through Shawnee and Chickasaw Parks. These as well as several other parks you mentioned are Olmstead Parks. Louisville has one of the largest collections of these historic parks. These were designed by the Frederick Law Olmstead Firm, which is the same company responsible for Central Park in NYC. The Parkways in Louisville were designed to link these parks together and as you notice in the east in have some of the larger, nicer homes. You can even find nice home on the Pkway in the West side as you notice with Algonquin, Southwestern and Northwestern Pkwys. Chickasaw was one of only two parks available to African Americans when the city segregated the parks in the late 1800's and didn't desegregate till the 1950's! That's another irony, unlike much of the south, Louisville parks were not originally segregated, they became segregated later. Chickasaw is where Ali used to run to from his home to do his training and back and you might have noticed a placard there mentioning this if you went. Across from Chickasaw is Plato Commons, these homes were built and designed by Sammuel Plato for black people who had few residential choices back in the 40's I believe. Also, the homes by Shawnee are just beautiful and would've made some great scenery for your video. I had relatives who lived in both of these communities growing up. Shawnee is actually going through some gentrification now as there are some mansions there and many of the homes are just as nice as the ones you saw in the eastern section of the city, just not as well maintained for obvious reasons.
Got dang
Yes. Those parks and areas you mentioned are beautiful. Just as beautiful as they were 40 years ago. Those parks are well kept. They are safe to visit. I felt safer living in West End than I did in East End or Shively.
Why would you say these people are not capable of maintaining a home and yard !! Shame on you!
Every African American friend I know takes care of their yard - what a racist comment - you are shameful - is this why you can't use your last name ? Because your parents are so embarrassed they won't permit it - I see - I reckon that's a viable excuse - I don't blame em
@@davidrice3337 you don't know the situation of every african american... so you?
You don't know the situation of the majority of african americans do you?
Here's a clue.. it only takes a few bad yards and situations to affect an entire community. So if the majority of yards are taken care of... with some that are not... that's an affect. It only takes one abandoned house or foreclosure to affect all the values of a community.
What you are dealing with is a concentration of poverty. Poverty breeds all these things. Between 20 to 30% of African Americans live at or below poverty in contrast to less than 12% of whites and in some states its less than 10%. That's all by design and not happenstance.
The African Americans you know and socialize with probably so not live under the poverty line...
Keeping up a yard ain't cheap... even if you do the work yourself. I own my own home and that's an additional bill i have to deal with and as i am a homeowner who understand poverty values in relation to wealth...i gladly take on that responsibility...and i thankfully have the additional income to do this. But look at the people who are renting and barely able to pay their essential bills.
My aunt lives in the Westend. Our fault has owned the house since the mid 70s. She has done the work to increase vakue..adding rooms, redoing bathrooms and kitchens...two nearby homes the owners died and the homes attracted vagrants... she had to call the city and get them to chase off the vagrants... you probably have never had to deal with that.
Look at the bigger picture... and dig deeper.
The Homes on Plato are beautiful. Most backyards overlook the river. Beautiful. Miles Park area is a beautiful area also with well maintained homes and yards.
Where’s the grocery stores and small businesses? Sad indeed‼️
Very sad
I have alot of family that lives and had lived in Louisville I'm from bowling green but feel that Louisville has went down alot from what it used to be .my uncle owned a popular liquor store up there called the cork and bottle 🍾 Louisville is dangerous in alot of places but that's everywhere
Have you spent extended time in Louisville? It’s no more dangerous than any other large city.
@@courtneylynch842 yes I agree to disagree
I beg to differ about Fountain Ferry,I clearly remember going there in the 70's as a kid.
You’re right about in being open in the 70’s. I also went as a small child. I loved it. When it reopened in the 70’s it had a Western Frontier kind of name. It didn’t last very long. I looked it up. It was called Ghost Town on the River. It closed in 1975.
30:47 The notorious soundtrack has started.
0:35 why is Churchill downs counted as the good? That area is already borders the west END. And why the hell would you call an incredibly disenfranchised area the bad? The neglect of the Louisville metro govt is to blame for problems in the west end. Calling it the bad is narrow minded at best.
Hi Abby.
I find it strange that you can see that the poverty in the west end is extremely high but not see that as a reason for the crime rate to be that high in the area? on top of just the LMPD obviously narrowing in on black communities disproportionately.
Firemen look for flames where there is smoke.
4100 cng born n raised. Love my city
Lived in Louisville all my 50 years, great thing about Louisville is most of us know where not to be and I don't think we are nearly as bad as say Chicago or St Louis for that reason alone
People know where to not be in every city.
If you wanna see the real west end. Get your night vision out and have a stroll through about midnight.
Facts
Bro was brave stopping at all the stop signs lol
I have not seen not one gang member
Right next to churchhill downs is some pretty rough neighborhoods lol
I’m surprised they haven’t tried to buy out the surrounding neighborhoods like the city (airport & fairgrounds) did Highland Park.
I used to live right down the street from Churchill downs honestly wasn't that bad (south louisville) now the west is another thing
You were right around the corner from Mercer Transportation, a very interesting Owner Operator trucking company specializing in open deck (flatbed) freight. I'm following along on Google maps because I like to form levels of understanding about places.
Louisville kid here, I met dude from Detroit that did not wanna drive around in Louisville back in 2014. Jus Sayin
Ayyyyy!!!! I just saw my old house in Portland!!!
YES
Lexington here, originally from Lawrenceburg though
Small yet important detail: it’s the West END, NOT the West Side. Louisville’s directional quadrants all end in “End”, not “Side”..except there is no “North End” bc the Ohio River is the northernmost demarcation, proving to be the boundary between Louisville (and KY as whole) and Indiana
im from the south side, and we dont say south end.
@@poffstarr5897 I’m from Louisville, and it’s the South End, just like the east end and the west end. Sorry that you’ve been wrong for SO long. No amount of “well, in my world” or “well, where I’m from(s)” can change the fact that you’re off on this one. Sorry that you’ve been misled for so long now, truly
@@poffstarr5897 my guess is based on my research is cus Southside is newer and not part of the original Louisville city limits it was annexed in when the city annexed the rest of the county into the city
Also he said Portland is in the West End rather than the South End?? Lol
I feel like I'm the one tripping tho, I just always thought Portland was south end
I also have to say that the west end is one of those arias where every couple of decades Louisville spends millions to help develop the area and nothing ever happens!
It's a slush fund for the most part. Some connected contractors get paid millions to put in a small park, or fix up a street and walk away with a fat check. Corruption is rampant in the city and the West end gets the worst of it.
Sounds like somebody who's never lived in or cared for the west END of my city and could never understand it.
So you’re saying that I don’t sound fake? That’s a good thing!
Has anyone who lives in Louisville told you that its okay to pronounce it that way? ;) Sorry i know thats kinda mean but... Louavull!
Louisville is weird. Churchill downs looks like the entrance to a kings palace and right across the street is what everyone would consider to be "the hood."
That and many other things.
The city is strange. You might see a great neighborhood and across the street maybe a hood or a drug infested area. It’s so odd.
If you think Louisville is bad you should see Charleston
@@pasthuman I know what you're talking about. I pass that tent almost everyday. And they are still doing the haunted house, I saw it open the other day.
I remember there used to be a huge billboard on Bardstown Rd that read “Keep Louisville Weird” I also used to have a shirt of the same slogan
i live in middletown but volunteer in portland and go to UofL in old louisville. i always feel bad seeing homeless people camping under bridges
I'll show u around Suzy u aint gotta watch this bb
We have alot of homeless people under the bridge in bowling green as well
If it were a crime the courts could assign social workers to them and they could be placed as their individual case dictates. Louisville and virtually every other American city is under a death grip of the democratic party which chooses to do nothing about this problem.
I went to school in West End but I lived in Southside
Interesting video. It actually makes the west end look a lot nicer than it really is.
I go to uofl and live right by campus… a little ridiculous how much crime there is for being right by the school. My house has been broken into, I’ve been robbed, police knocking on my door asking about a shooting the night before… I definitely wouldn’t consider Louisville safe but there are a lot of nice parts like St Matthews but as for downtown and uofl area… it’s a no
That's not ok! I agree that areas next to college campuses should be safe and that college students shouldn't have to worry about that. I had a car stolen from me when I was in college in Indianapolis... it kind of ruined my life financially for the following 4-5 years.
Too many zombies! Not going there to I at least get well established and clear out the horde in Riverside.
Used to be a delivery driver and was all over Louisville. Never had any trouble in the west end and actually the people were nicer.
Me too I actually get better tips to
Yes
Taxes are crazy in Louisville
yes it is!
World-famous professional wrestling manager, promoter, and now podcaster, Jim Cornette lives in Louisville.
Yes and no
Thank you Louisville ky
thank you, fun video!
Most of the slums you see in every city will be from rentals of both apartments and houses. So if the city allows a very low amount of rental property's and keeps it under control all this go's away.
i bet you complain about homelessness. Not everyone can afford a mortgage.
@@brianmiller5444 I do. Jobs are everywhere, they just need to stop drinking, smoking, drugs and gambling and anyone who is willing to work hard can afford a house of some kind.
I'm from Louisville!
Great to see, I not live in Maryland
I didn't like Maryland. The citizens were unfriendly. I did like that it took less than 30 minutes to Washington D.C. and the museum in Baltimore.
If you are paying in NYC 5000 dollars a month for a cushy condo 'you can find a gorgeous house in kentucky for a third of that 'and conduct business from a room in your house lol
You did a very good job.
I live in Louisville and worked in the west end for 12 years. After 7pm we called it quits and would resume work the next morning. I've seen it all down there. Not a place you want to take your family for a picnic. Its pretty sad and dangerous!
I see you at Newburgh Park one of the most dangerous park
I know that Louisville is a very dirty city on west and east Broadway. Lots of drugs, especially 25 and 26th and Broadway. Downtown Louisville has a very bad smell. There is nothing to do, nothing to see. .
i'm just here because i was in louisville in project zomboid and died of dehydration. it's cool seeing it in real life.
Wait.....
My place is dangerous......... D:
The demographics are similar to other cities such as St Louis, Memphis and KC, so it’s a dangerous place. I lived in Louisville a while. Although they were dangerous spots, I really enjoyed seeing the old abandoned buildings in parts of downtown. It was easy to imagine what it must have been like in its heyday when US manufacturing was strong.
He showed that cause its nice people chill
Facts.
A lot of halfway house/recovery houses in west end. It's needed.
The healing place?
I remember when England's Prince Charles came for a visit..they drove him straight through the pride of the city.. the West End/Portland.
He wanted to see where all those Irish they sent from britain landed.
Lol
I live in Ky. The whole west side is a no go for me. The city isn't my thing either. Old Louisville buildings are beautiful though.
Where is the danger
careful with all the zombies
The area suffers from generational poverty related to segregation. Much of it dates to the great 1937 flood that inundated the West End. Those who could afford to move out did and many were not able to live elsewhere due to racial redlining. I taught students from this area and found a lot of positive energy here that you don’t perceive by simply driving through.
Absolutely true. A and there are nice sections of home in the west end if you look...
I take it you are a teacher - I work in the horse industry and I interact with people from a dozen different countries on any given day -
People segregate themselves -
Ask anyone who works in the penal system - Forced desegregation ruined not only JCPS but also the southwest portion of Jefferson County - and the West End as well - I there isn't any neighborhood familial bonds which were prevalent when I was growing up in the 70s into the 80s
There are over 300 people making over 100,000$ who's job is administrative in nature -
The bus fleet is one of the largest in the nation - Bussing forced my parents to move over to Elizabeth Indiana - I was crushed as a kid but I thank God everyday I'm over here and only have to work in Louisville- I know people who literally live 15 minutes from the bridge and they can count on one hand how many times they've been across - why ? Because Louisville has become a typical downtrodden city - I stopped a car hacking about 2 mos ago on Dixie hwy - thankfully I had my legal firearm and I saved an elderly Africans American women from further physical harm and her car wasn't stolen - I have a friend who grew up in Farmington hills michigan and she talks about how Louisville mirrors Detroit and not in a good way - Recently our once great newspaper wrote an article suggesting forced desegregation actually harmed the Black community - I wrote them an editorial and I pointed out the fact the number 1 proponent of this failed policy was - you guessed it - the Bingham family - and they owned the newspapers back then -
It makes my blood boil when I drive thru PRP and Valley Station - The Jerry Abramson's and the Dave Armstrong's and the Harvey Sloan's of the world has done a great job of ruining a once proud area - now it's got an abandoned walmart for a centerpiece
@@Keonny77 what part of the west end are you referring to - Northwestern Parkway ? That's about the only part of the West End I would consider to be even remotely safe - I don't go to Louisville without a weapon - it's too dangerous
The 1937 flood ? Really?
@@davidrice3337
Bussing did not force your parents to do anything they chose to do it because they did not want to integrate. They were/are racist like many others. Segregation was/is racist. People don't chose to be denied housing, medical services, food amd general accomodations. That is what segregation was. My grandmother only had access to the colored hospital to deliver her children... the other hospitals in Louisville outside of the red cross were segregated. She also didnt want to live in the substandard housing in shelby park she rented..but that all that was available for her. My relatives still remeber not being allowed to go to shawnee park or being chased away from algonquin manor... for no reason other than being black. And that was a lot of white people that felt the exact same way across the country.
The issue is not integration the issue is that we have a generation a country that was built off a racism and robbed one group of wealth while simultaneously building up the wealth of another group but most people don't want to talk about that they only want to talk about individual personalized choices and ignore the fact that they live in a privileged group that is supported by the US government and has been for many years now.
Racism has not gone away it did not disappear it just metamorphosized into what we're seeing now.
There is no way you can discuss wealth and poverty or economics in this country and not discuss race they go hand-in-hand with each other.
My relatives live in the West End and worked all their life and done everything right but simply because it is the West End of the impoverished black community and they do not have the same amenities and privileges as all the people on the other part of the city people that have the money go you go when they have the ability to.
My grandmother's or grandparents all bought their homes in the West End in the 1970s and the property values did not increase that much that is by design my last grandmother recently died about 2 or 3 years ago she bought her home in the shawnee neighborhood and when the family sold it it was only about 80 or $70000 they were able to get out of it the same home in the East of Louisville would have been worth over 200000 maybe even 3....
There are nice parts of the west end. If you aren't too afraid... you should do a sold guided tour.. yes nw parkway is one example...but so are other areas that are coming back.
Dangerous shithole. Was there for only 4 days for a business convention and 2 of our attendees had their throats slit and one was attacked with a hammer. 4th Street Live and convention center area, and Broadway at Brown Hotel. You can't go a few blocks from your hotel safely. My wife was born in Lousiville but all of our family moved to Indiana to get away from the crime. They were very concerned about us being downtown with good reason. Will never go back.
I remember that. Sorry it happened but if you know of a city devoid of random craziness please tell us where it is.
Forcing the parks closure because blacks were allowed to experience it?
I lived in Portland for awhile. It’s not super great but if you keep it moving and mind your business you’ll be ok. . I saw and heard a lot but I never made friends or interacted with anyone so no one had a reason. Louisville is a great city you just have to keep your street smarts about you 😊
I’m from Louisville bro you gotta live here to know what’s up. Lemme take you ona ride fam I’ll tell you what’s really up
Don’t have a trip scheduled to be down there. Make your own video and call me out in it if you want.
I've been plenty of places and Louisville hoods are in the top half of the country in terms of dereliction, 'scariness', etc. It's really not that bad. I get people who are from here think it's so crazy and want to really hype it up as something it's not. The truth is west of 9th Street is deindustrialized, quiet, boring, and there is nothing is going on..
I don’t live in the west end but I visited the area many times. But I agree, the over exaggerated,“dangerous” stereotype of the west end is ridiculous.
Depends on where you live