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mortons.com nanzkraft.com LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 6.17 21 FLASHBACK JUNE 1992 On the cover: To give you an idea of how outdated our inaugural City Guide is: In the bottom right, yep, that's a photo of the Louisville Redbirds. Inside: "Key to the City" mentioned Lou- isville's "flavorful stew of attractions" and "rural roots." "From the stage lights of Main Street to sprawling parks and the quaint- ness of its many Victorian homes, Louisville is a comfortable blend of big city and small town." And the whole big-city-with-a- small-town-feel thing was born! Some local historical trivia included this gem: "The city's first bank robbery oc- curred in 1829, when a robber ran off with $25,000 and was never captured." And this: "The road we now know as 26th Street was once a buffalo trace that extended across the Falls of the Ohio and into Indiana." The "10 Best Places to Live" were Victoria Gardens, Floyds Knobs, Windsor Forest, Norbourne Estates, Audubon Park, South Watterson Trail, the Olmsted Corridor, Chickasaw, Lake Forest and Crescent Hill. The last was "enjoying a renaissance akin to that experienced by Old Louisville and the Cherokee Triangle in the '60s and '70s…A few years ago, prices ranged from $45,000 to $140,000, but the 'high heat' in the real-estate market has driven some houses to more than $300,000." In "Why I Live Where I Live," Bonnie L. McCafferty, who lived in Tyler Park, wrote, "I think to live here is to love your neighborhood first, and then the city." Outside: C-J headlines from June 1992: "School board adopts student smoking ban and sets penalties"; "Hillary Clinton visit warms up crowd for husband's tele- vised talk"; "Gay community urges justice for all as 1,000 hold downtown rally"; "Governor changes his mind, will back a state seat-belt law." — Brooke McAfee