These Before And After Photos Show How Much Louisville Has Changed In 15 Years

As time goes by in Louisville, businesses come and go, new structures spring up where there was nothing before.

Downtown has seen new developments, as well as Germantown. Along Bardstown Road, favorite, old local haunts have been replaced with new ones. Theres even a whole new commercial district, NuLu, which was nameless before. Southern Indiana is just as unrecognizable, with altered landscapes in Jeffersonville and New Albany.

Louisville sure has changed, and some of this transformation is not without its problems. Where there are new amenities in some places, there are also higher home prices.

Take a tour with us through the streets of Louisville, and see what the city looked like in 2007 versus now.

All photos via Google Maps.

Then- 2007 Vacant buildings 101 W. Main St.

Then-2007 Riverview Square 1 Arena Plaza

Then- 2007 Parking lot 400 S. Second St.

Now Omni Louisville Hotel 400 S. Second St.

Then- 2007 Kentucky International Convention Center 221 S. Fourth St.

Now Kentucky International Convention Center (renovated) 221 S. Fourth St.

Then- 2007 Action Graphics 823 E. Market St.

Then- 2007 Auto service garage 700 E. Market St.

Then- 2007 Beecher Terrace 450 Roy Wilkins Ave.

Now Beecher Terrace Senior Apartments 450 Roy Wilkins Ave.

Now 1619 Flux The Gathering Space 1619 W. Main St.

Then- 2007 Louisville Street Railway Complex 1701 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd.

Now Kentucky Center for African American Heritage 1701 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd.

Then- 2007 Philip Morris plant (vacant) 18th Street and Broadway

Now Republic Bank Foundation YMCA 18th and Broadway

Then- 2007 Louisville Central Community Center property 1300 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd.

Now Louisville Central Community Center Old Walnut Street campus 1300 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd.

Then- 2007 Big Four Bridge construction site 1101 River Road

Now Big Four Pedestrian Bridge 1101 River Road

Then- 2007 Extra Space Storage 350 Adams St.

Then- 2007 Construction site 1555 River Road

Then- 2007 Heigold House Facade 332 Frankfort Ave.

Now Heigold House Facade 332 Frankfort Ave.

Then- 2007 Eagle Sign and Design 901 E. Liberty St.

Now Falls City Brewing Co. 901 E. Liberty St.

Then- 2007 Phoenix Hill Tavern 644 Baxter Ave.

Now The Baxter Apartments 644 Baxter Ave.

Then- 2007 ear X-tacy 1534 Bardstown Road

Then- 2007 Lynn’s Paradise Cafe 984 Barret Ave.

Now Formerly Martin’s Bar-B-Que, soon to be Big Bad Breakfast 984 Barret Ave.

Then- 2007 Residential homes and Derby Tattoos 974 Barret Ave.

Now Toza, Eatz Vietnamese and Imperial Tattoos 974 Barret Ave.

Then- 2007 Louisville Antique Mall 946 Goss Ave.

Then- 2007 Residential homes 1004 Goss Ave.

Now Germantown Vintage Collective and Dainty Dames 1004 Goss Ave.

Then- 2007 Axton Candy and Tobacco Warehouse 1001 Logan St.

Then- 2007 Brown Bag Deli 2100 S. Preston St.

Then- 2007 UofL silos Interstate 65 South at Arthur Street

Now Parking lot Interstate 65 South at Arthur Street

Then- 2007 Speed Art Museum 2035 S. Third St.

Then- 2007 Masterson’s Catering 341 W. Cardinal Blvd.

Now Cardinal Towne 341 W. Cardinal Blvd.

Then- 2007 Potatoe Man’s Ballcards and Comics 306 W. Woodlawn Ave.

Now Sunergos Coffee 306 W. Woodlawn Ave.

Then- 2007 Colonial Gardens (vacant) 818 W. Kenwood Drive

Now Colonial Gardens (renovated) 818 W. Kenwood Drive

Then- 2007 Residential homes 286 Pearl St., Jeffersonville, Indiana

Now Big Four Station Park 286 Pearl St., Jeffersonville, Indiana

Then- 2007 Old Bridge Inn 131 W. Chestnut St., Jeffersonville, Indiana

Now Parlour Pizza 131 W. Chestnut St., Jeffersonville, Indiana

Then- 2007 Bales Auto 706 Spring St., Jeffersonville, Indiana

Now Vintage Fire Museum 706 Spring St., Jeffersonville, Indiana

Then- 2007 Town of Clarksville property Veterans Parkway and Broadway Street, Clarksville, Indiana

Then- 2007 Pearl Street and Spring Street, New Albany, Indiana

Now Pearl Street and Spring Street, New Albany, Indiana

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