Seventh Street has long been a road lined with temptation โ with a little bit of salvation stirred into the mix. Seventh Street is the Las Vegas of Louisville where conventioneers and grooms-to-be walk on the wild side for just one night. We are classy ladies, not trashy ladies. We don't walk up and down the street. We are here to entertain.
The light is next to nonexistent as she writhes on the floor like a seductive reptile. We're just here to make a living like everyone else," she said.
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If I have a concert, especially a kid's concert, all week I've got mothers calling asking if it's a safe place to take them. Business owners and others are hopeful that things may slowly be changing for the better, with three of the six strip clubs that peppered the strip closing in the last six months. People seem to come here from all over. It reminds them of their childhood. More than 20 years ago, Rev. Milton Seymour moved his congregation to a small trailer on four acres on Seventh Street.
This year the Energized Baptist Church is celebrating its 25th anniversary. When we first opened we had all of our windows broken out," Seymour said. Actually Vegas: Allegiant has started non-stop flights to Las Vegas. It's a five-lane road and you can be downtown in a matter of minutes, a great thoroughfare," he said. For now, Seymour is just happy he and his congregation might be helping change the culture of Seventh Street, even if change has been slow.
