A local historian and museum were honored at the 2018 Kentucky History Awards presentation on Nov. 9 in Frankfort. The Kentucky Historical Society presented Karl Lietzenmayer, of Covington, with its Lifetime Dedication to Kentucky History Award, and the Behringer-Crawford Museum with an award for educational programming. Lietzenmayer has edited and produced the bi-annual Northern Kentucky Heritage magazine for […]
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Photos: Inside Historic Newport Shoe Building
The historic Nie Shoe Repair building on West 11th Street in Newport is in the midst of a makeover. Brian Malone purchased the building earlier this year and plans to restore it to make it usable as a mixed-use project. There will be new and restored windows, new doors, and restoration of the original Nie […]
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Preservation Grants Awarded to Bellevue, Covington, Newport
The Kentucky Heritage Council/State Historic Preservation Office announced nine grants totaling nearly $100,000 for projects across the state. Five of those grants were awarded to projects in Bellevue, Covington, and Newport, designated as Certified Local Governments (CLG). The awards were approved earlier this year by the KHC board, with applications for the next funding cycle […]
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Photos: See Inside the Bellevue Warehouse Set to Become Loft Apartments
Ground broke on the $10 million Kent Lofts project in Bellevue late last week. When completed, the project, led by Orleans Development and Ashley Commercial, will be home to more than five dozen upscale loft apartments. The Catalytic Fund hosted the groundbreaking ceremony on site on Thursday. The River City News got a look at the […]
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Old Jillian’s Sign Put Up for Auction by Kenton County
A piece of Covington nightlife history is on the auction block. The large, tall sign that once announced the location of Jillian’s can be yours. Kenton County Fiscal Court placed the item for bids on the online government auction site, Gov Deals. The starting bid is $50. Kenton County purchased the historic Bavarian Brewery site […]
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Ground to Break on Kent Lofts Project in Bellevue
Ground will officially be broken on the Kent Lofts project in Bellevue. Hailed as one of the largest-ever adaptive reuse projects in Northern Kentucky’s urban cities, Orleans Development and Ashley Construction will transform the former industrial warehouse into more than five dozen upscale loft apartments. The Catalytic Fund, in partnership with investors First Financial Bank […]
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Time Not Up Yet for Historic Downtown Covington Clock
The clock above the entrance to the Madison Event Center at Seventh Street and Madison Avenue in downtown Covington once displayed the time for shoppers who frequented the building when it was a Woolworth’s store. The clock doesn’t tick any longer. But it won’t be covered up, at least not yet, in a redesign of […]
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Story Behind Covington’s Civil War Batteries Recently Added to National Register
The terror must have been overwhelming. Day by day, word of mouth and newspaper dispatches from the year-old Civil War had been bringing home images of blood-soaked earth and ripped-off limbs. Here in Northern Kentucky, that horrific carnage – and those battlefields – seemed a distant world away. But then came tremorous […]
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Photos: Urban Living Tour of NKY River Cities
This fall’s Beyond the Curb tour was a celebration of five Northern Kentucky river cities and the new and new-again homes and businesses that define their urban renaissance. RCN’s Brian Frey produced these photos from last Sunday’s tour of Dayton, Bellevue, Newport, Covington, and Newport. For more details on the properties featured, visit Beyond the […]
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Covington, Bellevue Sites Added to National Register of Historic Places
More sites in Northern Kentucky were named to the National Register of Historic Places. Battery Bates and Battery Coombs Historic District in Covington received the designation. The site is named for two Civil War cannon battery defensive fortifications built by the Union Army in what is now known as Devou Park. Battery Bates and Battery […]
