5 Great Neighborhoods in Louisville

By Robin Garr, FrontDoor.com | Published: 2/24/2009

Louisville's diverse neighborhoods offer a range of housing styles, from small bungalows to fine Victorians.

There's the urban area within the Watterson Expressway belt highway, comprising the old city and its early suburbs. It's funky, urban and politically "blue." Yet unlike many older cities, many of its most vibrant neighborhoods never suffered "white flight" and have not needed gentrifying. Frankfort Avenue and Bardstown Road neighborhoods remain highly desirable, with fine old Victorian houses and sturdy bungalows along their shaded streets.

Outside the Watterson lies a blanket of modern suburbs; here you'll find some of the city's most expensive housing.

EAST

Crescent Hill

This urban neighborhood developed east of downtown in the late 1800s, when railroad tracks were laid along Frankfort Avenue to connect Louisville and Frankfort, the state capital. Early commuters built homes in what were then the suburbs. Crescent Hill offers a lovely mix of fine Victorians and smaller bungalows, most within walking distance of the avenue with its boutiques, shops, eateries and watering holes. As property values rise, its population has become a mix of relatively affluent Baby Boomers who prefer an urban lifestyle and students at the nearby Presbyterian and Southern Baptist seminaries.

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St. Matthews, a close-in community that bridges city and suburbs, comprises a range of modest to upscale postwar homes on shady streets and houses a mix of older folks and young families.

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