Louisville's downtown is seeing a rebirth and thriving. At the center of it all, a believeable catalyst is Waterfront Park. The park received the highest honor for any urban park in the United States in 2002, the Phoenix Award. Home to the 'Great Lawn' which features concerts and summer festivals, playgrounds and landscaping, planned and started condominiums, riverside restaurants, Slugger Field Baseball Stadium, water features, rowing and sporting facilities, and an amphitheater, Waterfront Park proves to have something for the whole family. Waterfront Park is just minutes from Louisville's thriving entertainment district and museum row. The park is directly responsible for millions in investments in the housing and retail sectors in the area. It is also home to one of the nation's best skate parks.
At the center will be the Big Four pedestrian bridge. It will be constructed from an abandoned bridge currently in place. It is said to be the new largest pedestrian-only bridge in the world after construction. However, I've also read that it will be the second largest after construction. The competitor: the Purple People's Bridge connecting Cincinnati, Ohio, to Newport, Kentucky. Either way, Kentucky will be home to the two largest pedestrian-only bridges in the world. Here are some renderings and links to articles. The last link here mentions it could be open by 2009!
http://www.geotechengineers.net/sp-big-four.html
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/...WS01/703050428