Downtown Louisville is an interesting place. Lots of history there, but its days as a sort of central hub of the city are history too. Lived there for a few years myself, and outside of business hours the place did a good imitation of a ghost town. For a bit it seemed like it was about to shake that off, then covid came calling.
Since then, most of my time spent downtown has been for protests and such, which is how these photos came about. Was there for a 'No War On Venezuela' demonstration, which ended a bit early after a car crash happened in the street beside us. Louisville drivers are a special breed.
Didn't get much shooting in at the demonstration, took my time making it back to my car to make up for it. Was just about sunset, but the weather was flirting with foggy and you really couldn't tell, skipped golden hour and went straight to blue hour. Seemed fitting, accentuated the grit, grime, and 'not dead, just depressed' vibes.
At this point, downtown caters more to the tourists and out-of-towners than locals, but even that doesn't explain the collection of vaguely Christmas themed cars cruising about.
Was battling addiction when I lived downtown, probably colors my perception of the place a bit. Blaming that at least for why this last photo has really grabbed me, has a strong 'Downtown in the Great Recession' feel to it that is just like the bad (not so) old days.
Anyone else got the millennial paranoia that the next economic crash is right around the corner?
