History of the Parkland Neighborhood

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December 1869 poster advertising the three story hotel at Main and Johnson Streets which was named Bourbon House and Stock Yard.

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The mural was painted on a two story vacant apartment building to help improve the appearance of the intersection.

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color photo taken April 2015

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NIA Center, 2900 W. Broadway, whose name comes from the Swahili word for “purpose.” It offerings include job training and career placement services and programs to encourage new business ideas, and it’s also a TARC depot.

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Catholic Enrichment Center, 3146 W. Broadway, offering a Dare to Care food bank and providing activities for youth and seniors, operated by the Archdiocese of Louisville.

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Braden Center, 3208 W. Broadway, a meeting place and headquarters for social justice organizations.

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Muhammad Ali’s childhood home, 3302 Grand Ave., where Cassius and Odetta Clay reared the boxer and his younger brother.

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“Parkland Rising,” a two-story mural featuring the mythological phoenix bird, which rises from the ashes, at 3201 Greenwood Ave., the scene of fatal shootings in May 2011.
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