The Louisville Guide


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"Louisville is one of the overlooked gems of American architecture, a city of southern charm and grace with a catalog of buildings by such masters as D. H. Burnham, Carrere and Hastings, Bruce Goff, Mies van der Rohe, Mockbee Coker, and Michael Graves." "This guide captures Louisville's abundant architecture, showcasing the city's very best offerings from its founding to the recent rehabilitation of its riverfront. Tours of historic homes, Olmsted parks, Carnegie libraries, museums, university campuses, and modern homes are all illustrated with clear and easy-to-follow maps. In addition, over 200 buildings have comprehensive descriptions accompanied by black-and-white photographs. This book includes everything you need to know about Louisville's rich architectural heritage."--BOOK JACKET.




Insiders' Guide® to Louisville


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Insiders' Guide to Louisville is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to this storied Kentucky city. Written by a local (and true insider), this guide offers a personal and practical perspective of Louisville and its surrounding environs.




Louisville Guide


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Louisville - Insiders' Guide®


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A first edition, Insiders' Guide to Louisville is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to this storied Kentucky city. Written by a local (and true insider), this guide offers a personal and practical perspective of Louisville and its surrounding environs.




Louisville (Kentucky) - Wink Travel Guide


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Louisville is the largest city in Kentucky, with about one and a half million people living in the metro area. Louisville is also the namesake of the Official Bat of Major League Baseball -- the Louisville Slugger. Louisville's biggest draw are the horse races at Churchill Downs (with the famous Kentucky Derby always the first Saturday in May), but the city is making a concerted effort to draw tourists year round. A must-see for many is the Highlands shopping district, on Bardstown Road roughly from Broadway to the Douglass Loop. Wink Travel Guides introduce you to the best world travel destinations, in a clear and concise way, illustrated by photos.




A History Lover's Guide to Louisville


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Gateway to the South. Home of the Kentucky Derby and Churchill Downs. Louisville has a rich history, beginning with the city's discovery by General George Rogers Clark. The city played an important role in the Civil War, and during the Gilded Age, it became the Bourbon Capital of the World. During World War I, the city hosted 47,500 troops at Camp Zachary Taylor. During World War II, the U.S. Naval Ordnance Plant contributed to the war effort, making rounds for big guns during the late war. Author Bryan S. Bush takes the reader on a journey to discover the history of Louisville through the historic sites and locations from far past to the present day.







Louisville Kentucky


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Welcome to an interactive Travel Guide! The Travel Guide, Game and Journal series is designed to be more than a list of places you can visit, but a new way to experience those places. This guide encourages interaction with the places you visit and provides you with incentives to explore more. The guide provides you with a game system to accumulate points and a journaling system to help record the memories you experience. We do not provided detailed information on locations. Instead we encourage you to use this as a way to record your memories. Enjoy exploring!




Louisville


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