|
List Of Parks In The Louisville Metropolitan Area
The following is a list of parks, forests and nature preserves in the Louisville, Kentucky, Louisville Louisville metropolitan area, metropolitan area. Louisville Metro (Jefferson County) Frederick Law Olmsted Parks The Frederick Law Olmsted Parks (formerly called the Olmsted Park System) in Louisville was the last of five such systems designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. All of the parks in this system are managed by Louisville Metro Parks. Flagship * Cherokee Park * Iroquois Park * Shawnee Park Other Olmsted parks * Algonquin Park * Baxter Square * Bingham Park — Originally known as Clifton Park (Locals called it Coral Park) * Boone Square * Central Park, Louisville, Central Park * Chickasaw Park * Churchill Park * Elliott Square * Seneca Park (Louisville, Kentucky), Seneca Park *Shelby Park, Louisville, Shelby Park * William B. Stansbury Park — Originally known as Triangle Park *Tyler Park, Louisville, Tyler Park * Victory Park * Wayside Park * Willow Park — Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park
A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside towns and cities. National parks and country parks are green spaces used for recreation in the countryside. State parks and provincial parks are administered by sub-national government states and agencies. Parks may consist of grassy areas, rocks, soil and trees, but may also contain buildings and other artifacts such as monuments, fountains or playground structures. Many parks have fields for playing sports such as baseball and football, and paved areas for games such as basketball. Many parks have trails for walking, biking and other activities. Some parks are built adjacent to bodies of water or watercourses and may comprise a beach or boat dock area. Urban parks often have benches for sitting and may contain picnic tables and barbecue gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Press Of Kentucky
The University Press of Kentucky (UPK) is the scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and was organized in 1969 as successor to the University of Kentucky Press. The university had sponsored scholarly publication since 1943. In 1949, the press was established as a separate academic agency under the university president, and the following year Bruce F. Denbo, then of Louisiana State University Press, was appointed as the first full-time professional director. Denbo served as director of UPK until his retirement in 1978, building a small but distinguished list of scholarly books with emphasis on American history and literary criticism. Since its reorganization, the Press has represented a consortium that now includes all of Kentucky's state universities, seven of its private colleges, and two historical societies. UPK joined the Association of University Presses in 1947. The press is supported by the Thomas D. Clark Foundation, a private nonprofit foundation establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefferson Memorial Forest
The Jefferson Memorial Forest is a forest located in southwest Louisville, Kentucky, in the Knobs region of Kentucky. At , it is one of the largest municipal urban forests in the United States. The forest was established as a tribute to area war dead but ultimately this was extended to all U.S. veterans. It is operated as a city park by Louisville Metro Government. In 1975, the forest was designated a National Audubon Society Wildlife Refuge. Facilities The forest offers nearly of hiking and equestrian trails, including several which offer views of downtown Louisville. Several discrete usage areas are featured, including the Tom Wallace Recreation Area, with the Tom Wallace Lake; the Paul Yost Recreation Area, and the Horine Conference Center. Camping and fishing are both permitted. Tom Wallace Lake is stocked with trout and catfish twice a year. Tom Wallace Recreation Area features various handicapped-accessible facilities, including a fishing dock and a -long natural tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gnadinger Park
Gnadinger Park is the smallest public park in Louisville, Kentucky. It is located in the Germantown neighborhood at the intersection of Reutlinger and Ellison Avenues. The property was donated to the City of Louisville and dedicated as a park in 1977. It is registered as being just in size. The property once belonged to Frank and Mary Gnadinger who had built a house on the property at 1027 Ellison Avenue in 1923. In 1973, the Gnadinger family heard the German-Paristown Neighborhood Association in Louisville's Germantown neighborhood was seeking recreational space. After meeting with members of the nearby St. Therese of Lisieux Church, the Louisville Board of Aldermen, the Louisville Parks Department and the Louisville Development Cabinet, the seven Gnadinger family heirs and spouses agreed to transfer the property to the then City of Louisville. Gnadinger Park was dedicated on April 7, 1977, with Louisville Mayor Harvey I. Sloane officiating. During the dedication, each Gnadin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Creason
Joe Creason (June 10, 1918 – August 14, 1974) was a journalist who wrote for ''The Courier-Journal'' in Louisville, Kentucky. He was born in Benton, Kentucky, which he would later humorously call "the only town in Kentucky where I was born." After graduation from the University of Kentucky in 1940, he became the editor of a Benton newspaper, and then the editor of a newspaper in Murray. He then accepted a position as a sports reporter, feature writer, and columnist for ''The Courier-Journal'' in 1941. His popular column, "Joe Creason's Kentucky," began in 1963 and documented the lives of everyday Kentuckians. Creason traveled through every county in Kentucky in search of material for these stories, and he often printed stories sent in to him by readers. These articles were written in a quirky and simple style, featuring colorful and amusing characters. The articles were collected into two books and a record album. Creason was also an amateur historian, and he co-wrote and edit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Rogers Clark
George Rogers Clark (November 19, 1752 – February 13, 1818) was an American military officer and surveyor from Virginia who became the highest-ranking Patriot (American Revolution), Patriot military officer on the American frontier, northwestern frontier during the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War. He served as leader of the Virginia militia in Kentucky (then part of Virginia) throughout much of the war. He is best known for his captures of Kaskaskia, Illinois, Kaskaskia in 1778 and Vincennes, Indiana, Vincennes in 1779 during the Illinois campaign, which greatly weakened Kingdom of Great Britain, British influence in the Northwest Territory (then part of the Province of Quebec (1763–1791), British Province of Quebec) and earned Clark the nickname of "Conqueror of the Old Northwest." The British ceded the entire Northwest Territory to the United States in the 1783 Treaty of Paris (1783), Treaty of Paris. Clark's major military achievements occurred before h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
The 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships was the World Championship for cyclo-cross. It took place at Eva Bandman Park in Louisville, Kentucky, USA on Saturday, February 2, 2013. It was the first ever cyclo-cross world championship held outside of Europe. As in past years, four events were held. These world championships were mostly dominated by Belgium and Netherlands who, combined, won nine of the twelve possible medals and all of the gold medals. Schedule The original schedule was set to hold four events spread out over two days. Due to rising water levels in the Ohio River and Beargrass Creek, which were predicted to flood low-lying parts of the venue by the morning of February 3, the UCI decided on Friday, February 1 to hold all the races on Saturday, February 2. The event organizers arranged for a temporary barrier to be erected to keep floodwaters from reaching the course on Saturday. In addition, the rider presentation, scheduled for the evening of February 1 at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyclocross
Cyclo-cross (cyclocross, CX, cyclo-X or cross) is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter (the international or "World Cup" season is October–February), and consist of many laps of a short (2.5–3.5 km or 1.5–2 mile) course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and obstacles requiring the rider to quickly dismount, carry the bike while navigating the obstruction and remount. Races for senior categories are generally between 40 minutes and an hour long, with the distance varying depending on the ground conditions. The sport is strongest in the traditional road cycling countries such as Belgium (Flanders in particular), France and the Netherlands. Cyclo-cross has parallels with mountain bike racing, cross-country cycling and criterium racing. Many of the best cyclo-cross riders cross train in other cycling disciplines; however, cyclo-cross has reached such size and popularity that some racers are specialists, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Bandman Park
The following is a list of parks, forests and nature preserves in the Louisville metropolitan area. Louisville Metro (Jefferson County) Frederick Law Olmsted Parks The Frederick Law Olmsted Parks (formerly called the Olmsted Park System) in Louisville was the last of five such systems designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. All of the parks in this system are managed by Louisville Metro Parks. Flagship * Cherokee Park * Iroquois Park * Shawnee Park Other Olmsted parks * Algonquin Park * Baxter Square * Bingham Park — Originally known as Clifton Park (Locals called it Coral Park) * Boone Square * Central Park * Chickasaw Park * Churchill Park * Elliott Square * Seneca Park * Shelby Park * William B. Stansbury Park — Originally known as Triangle Park * Tyler Park * Victory Park * Wayside Park * Willow Park — Originally part of the main entrance to Cherokee Park Parkways * Algonquin Parkway * Eastern Parkway * Northwestern Parkway * Southern Parkway * Southwestern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Armstrong Extreme Park
The David Armstrong Extreme Park, formerly called the Louisville Extreme Park, is a 40,000 square foot (3,700 m2) public skatepark located near downtown Louisville, Kentucky, United States, in the Butchertown neighborhood. It opened on April 5, 2002, and gained national recognition after the release of Tony Hawk's Gigantic Skatepark Tour, in which the park was featured. The park was designed with the input of a local task force. The public skatepark is owned by Louisville Metro Government and operated by Metro Parks. In 2014, about one-third of the park was demolished, to be followed by the rebuilding of facilities on adjacent property, to make way for flyover ramps to support the new Abraham Lincoln Bridge. The rebuild was completed on April 14, 2015, where the park was dedicated in former Louisville Mayor David L. Armstrong's honor. In 2023, it was announced that the park would be closing at 11PM every night, transitioning to a limited operating schedule for the first time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Parkway (Louisville, Kentucky)
The parkway system of Louisville, Kentucky, United States, also known as the Olmsted Park System, was designed by the firm of preeminent 19th century landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. The system was built from the early 1890s through the 1930s, and initially owned by a state-level parks commission, which passed control to the city of Louisville in 1942. The system was intended to form a circuit around what was then the fringes of the city of Louisville. However, there is a disconnect of several blocks between Eastern and Southern Parkways, because of a planned parkway running from the terminus of Western (today's Northwestern) Parkway along the Ohio River and around to Eastern Parkway was never built. Today, the system falls under direct management of the Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy, and under broader supervision by Louisville's Metro Parks Department Development The system was first proposed in 1887 by businessman Andrew Cowan, an enthusiastic early support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
