Can We 'Re-Imagine' Louisville's Ninth Street Without Considering Its Past?

The Ninth Street corridor is multiple lanes of traffic with a wide median. It's a physical — and psychological — barrier between black and white. Rich and poor. It separates the predominantly black neighborhoods of West Louisville from the mostly white neighborhoods of the east. Now, the city is considering proposals to "re-imagine" Ninth Street. Can Louisville improve Ninth Street without acknowledging the divide and how it became divided in first place?