The board responsible for promoting, preserving, and protecting Covington’s historic and architecturally-significant building stock went to school on Friday. All nine members of Covington’s urban design review board attended day-long training put on by experts from the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions. Trainers focused on an array of issues and topics organized under […]
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Importance of Historic Preservation in Covington Explained
Considering she works in historic preservation, it’s not surprising that Emily Ahouse deals with myths. Unfortunately, those myths sometimes give people a distorted sense of the purpose, logistics and value of preserving Covington’s historical buildings, says Ahouse, the City’s Preservation & Planning Specialist. “We’re about protecting, showcasing and reusing,” Ahouse says. May […]
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Northern Kentucky Heritage League Celebrates 50 Years with State Marker
The Northern Kentucky Heritage League is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary. On May 12, 2018, at 11 a.m., the Kentucky Historical Society will dedicate a historic marker in celebration of the 50th anniversaty at George Rogers Clark Park (Third & Garrard Streets, Covington). The dedication is being held in conjunction with the Duveneck Memorial Art Show […]
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Covington Board OKs New Office Building, Parking Garage
With the first phase of the massive project nearly complete, Duveneck Square prepares to move across the street to begin work on the next phase. The City of Covington’s urban design review board on Monday gave its blessing for Cincinnati-based NorthPointe Group (doing business as 730 Washington, LLC) to proceed with its plans to construct a […]
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River Cities Preservation Awards Seeks Nominations
The annual River Cities Preservation Awards program is coming up and seeks nominations. The cities of Covington, Newport, Bellevue, and Ludlow participate in the program. “The categories reflect the diversity of historic preservation and how it’s put into practice,” said Emily Ahouse, preservation and planning specialist for the City of Covington. “They range from large-scale, […]
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Luxury Condo Building Coming to Downtown Covington
A downtown Covington parking lot will soon be home to a high-end condo tower. One Cooper will go up on the 600 block of Scott Boulevard and is a development project from Tony Milburn and Glenn Kukla, two veterans of downtown construction and renovation projects. The two have known each other for twenty years but […]
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NKY Restoration: Workshops, Vendor Fair, Free Lunch!
NKY Restoration is back. The annual weekend program for conversations and presentations about economic development, place-making, and historic preservation will be held Saturday at Newport Intermediate School (95 W. Ninth St., Newport). The Friday portion of the event included continuing education credits for architects and planners at no charge in classes held at the Campbell […]
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Bellevue OKs Incentives for Kent Building Development
The Bellevue city council on Wednesday voted to issue industrial revenue bonds and to approve a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) program for the redevelopment of a sprawling, mostly vacant warehouse that is slated to become high-end rental units. Covington-based Orleans Development has been pursuing the project since late last summer and Wednesday’s vote is the latest step […]
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Hotel Covington Receives 4-Diamond Rating from AAA
It has been quite a week at Hotel Covington. First, West Brewing launched its Northern Kentucky presence there, and then Travel Channel showed up to shoot an episode of Food Paradise at Coppin’s. And now, for the first time, the boutique hotel in downtown Covington received a 4-Diamond rating from AAA. AAA notes Hotel Covington as being […]
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Popular Cincinnati Restaurant & Bar to Open Second Location in Newport
A popular Cincinnati restaurant is expanding with a second location in Newport. O’Bryon’s Bar & Grill, a go-to spot for wings, beer, and good times in Cincinnati’s O’Bryonville neighborhood, hopes to be open in early March at 736 Washington Avenue, in the renovated historic bar building recently vacated by Katharina’s Cafe, the Newport’s East Row. “Whether we’ll be […]