Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere
- Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere
Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere is a public area on the Ohio River in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Although proposed as early as 1930, the project did not get off the ground until $13.5 million in funding was secured in 1969 to revitalize the downtown area (through which Interstate 64 had just been built). On April 27 1973 the Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere was dedicated. Running between Third and Sixth streets, it consisted of a large parking garage and the interstate, and a grassy convert|7|acre|m2|sing=on park built atop all of this. The grassy park section on the western end was the Belvedere, and the Riverfront Plaza to the east included other attractions: fountains, shelters and an ice-skating rink, as well as buildings such as the Galt House, One Riverfront Plaza and the American Life Building.
A prominent feature was a bronze sculpture by Felix de Weldon of George Rogers Clark, located just east of the park section. The Galt House, as well as The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, are incorporated into the plaza with walkway access. It also includes a glass elevator with access to three levels of the structure.
After several lawsuits alleging that corrosive materials had damaged cars in the parking garage, a $3.8 million renovation began in 1996. The aboveground portions were renovated in 1998 to provide a wider walkway to Fifth Street, as well as less visible concrete and a concert stage. The Belvedere is directly adjacent to Louisville Waterfront Park, which opened in the late 1990s, with stairs and an elevator leading down to the wharf between the two.
In 2003, a statue by sculptor Ed Hamilton of York, William Clark's manservant, with plaques commemorating the Lewis and Clark Expedition and York's participation in it, was erected at the Belvedere.
The plaza is the east terminus of the Riverwalk.
References
*cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Louisville|title=Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere|year=2001|editor=Kleber, John E.
ee also
*Belle of Louisville
*Louisville Waterfront Park
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