• Curious Louisville: Why Is There An Omar Khayyam Blvd In Valley Station?

  • Apr 26 2019
  • Length: 7 mins
  • Podcast

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Curious Louisville: Why Is There An Omar Khayyam Blvd In Valley Station?

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  • Nadeem Saddiqui and his family recently moved to Valley Station, in the southeastern part of Louisville. "It's stereotypically not the most multi-cultural area of Louisville," he said. So it surprised him to see a street named Omar Khayyam Blvd. "It was a medieval Persian poet," he said. "Growing up my parents had a lot of books of his poetry."

    Nadeem wanted to know how this street came to be, in this neighborhood. So we went looking for the answer.

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