Parkland, Louisville

Parkland is a neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Its boundaries are 34th Street on the west, West Broadway on the north, Woodland Avenue on the south, and 26th Street on the east.

It was originally called Homestead and was incorporated in 1874. In 1884 the name was changed to Parkland. The neighborhood was initially a wealthy suburb of Louisville. A tornado on March 27, 1890 devastated Parkland, and Parkland was annexed by Louisville in 1894. When rebuilt, part of Parkland was called Little Africa, but many mansions were built in "White Parkland." Little Africa was demolished in 1948 to make way for several housing projects.

On May 27, 1968, Parkland was the site of race riots. Two teenagers were killed, and the National Guard occupied Parkland for seven days. Most businesses and many residents left Parkland after the riots. The neighborhood has since been the subject of several urban renewal efforts.

As of 2000, the population of Parkland was 4,550 .

In 2015, the former Boxing Commissioner of Pennsylvania, George Bochetto, along with a real estate investor, Jared Weiss, bought Muhammad Ali's childhood home located at 3302 Grand Avenue in the Parkland section of Louisville. The home has been restored to its original 1950s condition when Ali lived there. Ali returned to this home in Parkland after his win of Olympic gold in the 1960 Rome Olympics. In 2016, the home opened as a museum called the Muhammad Ali Childhood Home Museum. Both Bochetto and Weiss hope that the renovation will help promote further pride and growth in the Parkland section of Louisville.

References

^ "Community Resource Network". Retrieved 2005-11-18.

External links

Street map of Parkland
The first of what is hoped will be hundreds of trees planted throughout the Parkland area in the coming years—Louisville.gov September 29, 2013
Images of Parkland (Louisville, Ky.) in the University of Louisville Libraries Digital Collections
"Parkland: Between Upheavals, Area that Began as Homestead Saw Rise of Little Africa, Business District" — Article by John C. Pillow of The Courier-Journal

Places in Louisville Metro

Parkland

Park Duvalle

Park Hill

Neighborhoods, suburbs, Census Designated Places, districts and areas in Louisville Metro

East Side (Old City)	Audubon Avondale-Melbourne Heights Bashford Manor Bon Air Bradley Brownsboro-Zorn Butchertown Camp Taylor Cherokee Gardens Cherokee-Seneca Clifton Clifton Heights Crescent Hill East Market District (NuLu) Gardiner Lane Germantown Hawthorne Hayfield Dundee The Highlands Belknap Bonnycastle Cherokee Triangle Deer Park Highlands-Douglass Irish Hill Original Highlands Phoenix Hill (portion) Tyler Park Hikes Point Klondike Meriwether Phoenix Hill Poplar Level Prestonia Rockcreek-Lexington Road St. Joseph Schnitzelburg

East Side (Suburbs, CDPs and rural hamlets)	Anchorage Ashville-Glenmary Audubon Park Avoca Bancroft Barbourmeade Beckley Station Beechwood Village Bellemeade Bellewood Berrytown Blue Ridge Manor Boston Buechel Briarwood Broeck Pointe Brownsboro Farm Brownsboro Village Cambridge Clark Station Coldstream Creekside Crossgate Douglass Hills Druid Hills Eastwood English Station Fairmount Fern Creek Fincastle Fisherville Forest Hills Freys Hill Glenview Glenview Hills Glenview Manor Goose Creek Griffytown Graymoor-Devondale Green Spring Harrods Creek Hickory Hill Highview Hills and Dales Houston Acres Hurstbourne Acres Hurstbourne Indian Hills Jeffersontown Kingsley Langdon Place Lake Louisvilla Lakeland Lincolnshire Long Run Longview Lyndon Lynnview Manor Creek Maryhill Estates Meadow Vale Meadowview Estates Meadowbrook Farm Middletown Mockingbird Valley Moorland Murray Hill Newburg Norbourne Estates Northfield Norwood O'Bannon Old Brownsboro Place Parkway Village Plantation Plainview The Point Poplar Hills Prospect Richlawn Riverwood Rolling Fields Rolling Hills St. Matthews Broad Fields Cherrywood Village Fairmeade Plymouth Village Springlee Warwick Village St. Regis Park Seatonville Seneca Gardens Smyrna Springdale Springhurst Spring Mill Spring Valley Strathmoor Manor Strathmoor Village Sycamore Ten Broeck Thixton Thornhill Tucker Station Watterson Park Wellington West Buechel Westwood Whipps Millgate Whitner Wildwood Windy Hills Wolf Creek Woodland Hills Woodlawn Park Worthington Worthington Hills

South Side (Old City)	Auburndale Beechmont Cloverleaf Edgewood Hazelwood Highland Park Iroquois Jacobs Kenwood Hill Parkwood South Louisville Southland Park Southside Standiford Taylor-Berry Wilder Park Wyandotte

South Side (Suburbs, CDPs and rural hamlets)	Bethany Fairdale Greenwood Heritage Creek Hollyvilla Hollow Creek Johnsontown Kosmosdale Lake Dreamland Lynnview Medora Okolona Orell Penile Pleasure Ridge Park Prairie Village Riverside Gardens St. Dennis Shively Sylvania Valley Downs Valley Gardens Valley Station Valley Village Waverly Hills

West Side	Algonquin California Chickasaw Hallmark Park DuValle Park Hill Parkland Portland Shawnee Rubbertown Russell

Downtown	Downtown West Main District Limerick Old Louisville Shelby Park Smoketown

Louisville, Kentucky (metro area)

History	Timeline George Rogers Clark–founder Civil War Historic places

Geography	Downtown Cityscape Climate Local landmarks Neighborhoods Parks Preservation districts (Old Louisville)

Government	Mayor (Greg Fischer) Metro Council (President: David Yates)

Transportation	Bowman Field Louisville International Airport McAlpine Locks and Dam Roads TARC

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Top subjects	Muhammad Ali Cave Hill Cemetery Falls of the Ohio Farmington Kentucky Derby (Festival) KFC History Colonel Sanders L&N Louisville Slugger University of Louisville (Cardinals)

National Historic Landmarks	Belle of Louisville Churchill Downs Historic Locust Grove Mayor Andrew Broaddus Old Bank Zachary Taylor House United States Marine Hospital Water Tower

Prominent suburbs (over 10K pop.)	Clarksville Jeffersontown Jeffersonville Lyndon New Albany St. Matthews Shelbyville Shepherdsville Shively

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Coordinates: 38°14′32″N 85°48′57″W / 38.24230°N 85.81580°W / 38.24230; -85.81580

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