Fourth Street Live! is a 350,000-square-foot (33,000 m2) entertainment and retail complex located on 4th Street, between Liberty and Muhammad Ali Boulevard, in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky. It is owned and was developed by the Cordish Company; it was designed by Louisville architects, Bravura Corporation. Fourth Street Live! first opened to the public on June 1, 2004, and all stores were completed for the grand opening on October 30, 2004. City planners hoped that the district would attract further commercial business development while providing an attractive entertainment venue for the city's hotel and tourist business as well as the local population.
Fourth Street Live! entrance
A huge guitar-shaped Hard Rock Cafe sign greeted visitors to Fourth Street Live! until the restaurant's closure in 2021.
Many people crowd into the center during the frequent free concerts given by local and national performers.
Downtown Louisville is the largest central business district in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the urban hub of the Louisville, Kentucky Metropolitan Area. Its boundaries are the Ohio River to the north, Hancock Street to the east, York and Jacob Streets to the south, and 9th Street to the west. As of 2015, the population of downtown Louisville was 4,700, although this does not include directly surrounding areas such as Old Louisville, Butchertown, NuLu, and Phoenix Hill.
The Louisville skyline
400 West Market
The Richardsonian Romanesque Levy Building, built in 1893, an example of downtown Louisville's classic architecture and revitalization; the upper four floors have been converted to 23 loft condominiums
The Columbia Building, Louisville's second skyscraper
