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Louisville, Kentucky

These are from the city where I lived with Dee Dee, who is still a good friend. I had been photographing in Louisville and the nearby areas in southern Indiana and northern Kentucky since December, 2005.

63 Photographs

 

An old carriage house on Third Street in Louisville, Kentucky that has been converted to apartments. The brick building has been painted red and yellow and modern doors and windows installed in the old entrances. A stack of plastic patio chairs sits in front of the house.

 

The back door of an old carriage house on the alley behind Third Street in Louisville, Kentucky with garbage cans in the alley. The carriage house has apartments in it now. The brick building is painted light blue with white doors.

 

Peeling tar paper on the wall of an abandoned retail building in Louisville, Kentucky. The broken plaster and tar paper against the bricks forms an abstract shape.

 

Yummy's Dairy Bar ice cream stand in Clarksville, Indiana on a sunny winter day. Small town ice cram stand with an old fashioned sign shaped like an ice cream cone.

 

The Kosair Shrine Temple in Louisville, Kentucky. The awning over the main door is shaped like a shriner's fez. Old brick building with arched upper windows.

 

The back side of the ruins of the Charles Heigold house in Louisville, Kentucky. The upstairs balcony door hovers above the first floor entrance like a door to nowhere on this old brick fascade.

 

The abandoned Big Four Railroad Bridge over the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Indiana. Pictured from the Louisville side surrounded by construction debris from the waterfront park.

 

Murphy Elevator Company building, downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Old brick factory building with neon signs and gold lettered windows.

 

Dilapidated brick wall in an abandoned commercial building on Oak Street in Louisville, Kentucky with hole in the brick wall. The wall shows the remnants of an old painted advertisement on the bricks.

 

Dilapidated brick wall in an abandoned commercial building on Oak Street in Louisville, Kentucky with hole in the brick wall. The wall shows the remnants of an old painted advertisement on the bricks. An old drain pipe hangs on the wall beside the hole.

 

Front door of the Old Riverview Schoolhouse along bardstown road in Bullitt County, Kentucky. Abandoned wood-frame one room schoolhouse

 

A wooden cross leaned against a trailer along Bardstown Road in Bullitt County, Kentucky. The cross commemorates Bill Calvert, who was killed in an auto accident there. The cross is decorated with silk flowers and is leaned against a trailer that was once a hot dog stand. It sits behind the trailer's tongue.

 

A cross leaned against a trailer along bardstown road in Bullitt County, Kentucky. The cross commemorates Bill Calvert, who was killed in an auto accident there. the trailer is an abandoned hot dog stand

 

A bricked up window in an old nineteenth century warehouse building in Clarksville, Indiana. The brick building has been whitewashed, and the white paint is peeling off the bricks.

 

A bright red wall with an industrial caged light fixture with a broken light bulb on the murphy elevator company building in Louisville, Kentucky. A folded metal gate hangs from the wall under the light.

 

Front door of abandoned brick bank building on Third Street in Louisville, Kentucky. The door is an ornate federal style door with wrought-iron railing around the entranceway. Reinart Sign Company

 

The back of an old tenement on Third Street in Louisville, Kentucky. The brick buildings were once large houses in old Louisville. The back rooms are painted in bright orange. The buildings are now called Garden Place Apartments.

 

Activists from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protesting outside a KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Louisville, Kentucky. A protester holds a sign that says SCALDED ALIVE. The demonstration centers around an old hearse that has a painting of KFC founder Colonel Harlan Sanders stabbing a live chicken with a huge butcher knife. His grey suit is splattered with blood and he has a psycho look on his face. PETA's parody name for KFC, Kentucky Fried Cruelty, is painted along the sides of the hearse along with the website kentuckyfriedcruelty.com

 

an abandoned brick commercial building with garage door and a personnel door on Madison street in louisville, kentucky

 

the crooked door of an abandoned brick commercial building on Madison street in louisville, kentucky

An old carriage house on Third Street in Louisville, Kentucky that has been converted to apartments. The brick building has been painted red and yellow and modern doors and windows installed in the old entrances.

 

Three old school buses in an abandoned building on Fourth Street in Louisville, Kentucky

 

An old door with graffiti that says Stop Praying to the god of war. Anti-war protest sign on an old brick building in Louisville, Kentucky. A large round light fixture hangs over the door. This is the back door of the Third Street Cafe.

 

Yummy's Dairy Bar ice cream stand in Clarksville, Indiana on a sunny winter day. Small town ice cram stand with an old fashioned sign shaped like an ice cream cone.

 

The ruins of the Charles Heigold house in Louisville, Kentucky. The front fascade of the house is located along the Ohio River near downtown Louisville. The brick fascade is elegantly decorated with patriotic sculpture and text extolling the virtues of the pre-civil war United States and president James Buchanan. President Buchanan is portrayed in a sculpture above the second floor balcony door.

 

The back side of the ruins of the Charles Heigold house in Louisville, Kentucky. The upstairs balcony door hovers above the first floor entrance like a door to nowhere on this old brick fascade.

 

The abandoned Big Four Railroad Bridge over the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Indiana. Pictured from the Louisville side surrounded by construction debris from the waterfront park.

 

Abandoned bowling alley in the Louisville suburb of Shively, Kentucky. Fellowship Lanes bowling alley.

 

The side door in old brick building on Third Street in Louisville, Kentucky. The building is an antique furniture store. The wall is covered in peeled paint that remains from an old advertisement painted on the building.

 

Old storage shed behind an abandoned one room schoolhouse on bardstown road in Bullitt County, Kentucky with an old teachers chair in front of the shed. A smiley happy face has been spray painted on the front of the building by a graffiti artist.

 

An abandoned garage on Bardstown Road in Bullitt County, Kentucky that housed a sign company. The signs on the building feature the Tasmanian Devil, Tweety Bird, and Yosemite Sam from the Warner Brothers Cartoons. The name of the company was Seldom Work Signs

 

A wooden cross leaned against a trailer along Bardstown Road in Bullitt County, Kentucky. The cross commemorates Bill Calvert, who was killed in an auto accident there. The cross is decorated with silk flowers and is leaned against a trailer that was once a hot dog stand. It sits behind the trailer's tongue. A sign is leaned against the trailer next to the cross that says in hand-painted letters: This is danger - slow bad curve - stop the death! fix this curve.

 

Old wooden doors on a brick factory building in Louisville, Kentucky. A light hangs above the doors and a metal gate is closed over them. The building houses the Murphy Elevator Company.

 

Two bricked up windows in an old warehouse building in Clarksville, Indiana. The brick building has been whitewashed and the paint has peeled from the bricks. The windows have an old arched design.

 

A loading dock with bricked up windows in an old nineteenth century warehouse building in Clarksville, Indiana. The concrete blocks under the loading dock are crumbling away from neglect. The white paint over the bricks is peeled away.

 

Parkland Masonic Temple in Louisville Kentucky. The building is an old brick church that's been painted grey. A masonic insignia hangs on the front of the old church. Photographed at sunset.

 

Bright red stairs on the back of an old brick tenement building on Third Street in Louisville, Kentucky. A shadow of a light fixture is cast on the bricks by the afternoon sun. The building is called Garden Place Apartments and was once a large house.

 

The sign for The Original Chuch of God on Clay Street in Louisville, Kentucky.

 

a sign on an old brick church in louisville, kentucky simply says Love You

 

 

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Fort Wayne, IN

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The door and window of an old carriage house on Third Street in Louisville, Kentucky that has been converted to apartments. The brick carriage house has been painted red and the windows and door are painted yellow. The first florr window is barred. The old wood panel door has a decorative relief on the top panel.

 

Plaster peeling from a brick wall in an abandoned retail building in Louisville, Kentucky.

 

The Kosair Shrine Temple in Louisville, Kentucky. The awning over the main door is shaped like a shriner's fez. Old brick building with arched upper windows.

 

An old door with graffiti that says Stop Praying to the god of war. Anti-war protest sign on an old brick building in Louisville, Kentucky. This is the back door of the Third Street Cafe.

 

The ruins of the Charles Heigold house in Louisville, Kentucky. The front fascade of the house is located along the Ohio River near downtown Louisville. The brick fascade is elegantly decorated with patriotic sculpture and text extolling the virtues of the pre-civil war United States and president James Buchanan. President Buchanan is portrayed in a sculpture above the second floor balcony door.

 

Alley between Third Street and Fourth Street in Louisville, Kentucky at sunset showing old carriage houses. The glow of the warm sunset reflects off the brick alleyway pavement that is broken by a puddle in the foreground.

 

The abandoned Big Four Railroad Bridge over the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Indiana. Pictured from the Louisville side surrounded by construction debris from the waterfront park.

 

Abandoned hillbilly house in Bullitt County, Kentucky south of Louisville. The house is in an overgrown forest surrounded by trees. The roof has caved in and half the house is falling down.

 

Old storage shed behind an abandoned one room schoolhouse on bardstown road in Bullitt County, Kentucky with an old teachers chair in front of the shed. A smiley happy face has been spray painted on the front of the building by a graffiti artist.

 

Dekalb Corn sign on a barn in Bullitt County, Kentucky. The barn has a tin roof and the siding is made of roofing shingles.

 

An old metal chair behind an abandoned hot dog stand on Bardstown Road in Bullitt County, Kentucky. The hot dog stand is a white trailer surrounded by trees and tall weeds.

 

Liquor store in an old section of Louisville, Kentucky. The old brick store building has a simple sign that says LIQUORS over the door and another neon sign that says DON'S WHISKEY hangs over the sidewalk. A sign above the door says the owners are Richard and Sue Gardner. The store is located on Oak Street and was photographed on a rainy winter day.

 

Windows in old brick factory in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. A parking meter sits in front of the old weathered looking windows and a light hangs above the windows. The building houses the Murphy Elevator Company.

 

A bricked up door in an old nineteenth century warehouse building in Clarksville, Indiana. The brick building has been whitewashed and the paint is peeling from the bricks.

 

Boarded up weathered wood doors on an old nineteenth century warehouse building in Clarksville, Indiana. The brick building is painted a blue gray and the paint is peeled from the bricks.

 

Parkland Masonic Temple in Louisville Kentucky. The building is an old brick church that's been painted grey. A masonic insignia hangs on the front of the old church. Photographed at sunset.

 

The back of an old tenement on Third Street in Louisville, Kentucky. The brick buildings were once large houses in old Louisville. The back rooms are painted in bright orange. The buildings are now called Garden Place Apartments.

 

A door with four locks on it in the side of a brick building along Shelby Street in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. A pay phone stands on the sidewalk next to the door

 

a sign on an old brick church in louisville, kentucky simply says Love You. A gothic style window with iron bars is next to the sign

 

The front doors of a homeless shelter in Louisville kentucky called the Saint John Day Center. There is a sign next to the doors that says "No Standing or sitting outside St. John"