The 2017 River Cities Preservation Awards were handed out this week. The event was hosted in Covington at the Hellmann Creative Center, the renovation of which earned the Center for Great Neighborhoods an honor on Wednesday. Covington Winners Project Excellence Award: Hotel Covington Adaptive Reuse: The Center for Great Neighborhoods, The Hellmann Creative Center – which will […]
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Ludlow, Kenton County to Pursue Buildings at Master Commissioner Sale
The City of Ludlow and the Kenton County Fiscal Court will seek to acquire two buildings at auction next week. The Kenton County Fiscal Court earlier this month authorized Judge/Executive Kris Knochelmann to spend up to $18,000 to acquire 506 West 12th Street/Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. The county has acquired multiple nearby properties as […]
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NKY River City Preservation Project Award Winners Announced
Projects large and small that celebrate the historic preservation and restoration of buildings and homes in Northern Kentucky’s River Cities will be honored next week. The annual River Cities Excellence in Historic Preservation Awards will be held on Wednesday, May 31, at the Hellmann Creative Center (321 West Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Covington) at […]
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2 Northern Kentucky Projects to Be Honored at State Preservation Awards
Two historic buildings in Northern Kentucky will be honored in Frankfort next week at the annual Ida Lee Willis Memorial Foundation Historic Preservation Awards. The Rabbit Hash General Store – which burned to the ground in 2016, only to be restored by the Rabbit Hash Historical Society – and the former Hellmann Lumber building – now […]
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17 New Lofts Coming to Downtown Covington
More new loft apartments are coming to downtown Covington. Orleans Development announced on Thursday that the historic property at 423 Greenup Street, previously used by Transitions, Inc., will become 17 loft-style apartments. Orleans – led by developer Tony Kreutzjans – has been behind some notable downtown Covington residential projects like the Boone Block Lofts, […]
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Luxury Lofts Coming to Downtown Newport
A luxury loft project is coming to downtown Newport on a block that has seen a resurgence in recent years. First, the popular Carabello Coffee expanded on the corner of 9th and Monmouth Streets, and then the new Industry Salon transformed an historic building on the other end of the block at 9th and Saratoga Streets. […]
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New Residences Shine as Hundreds Visit Covington for Urban Living Tour
What goes around comes around, and Beyond the Curb returned to downtown Covington on Sunday and with it, hundreds of visitors poured into the city to check out all the new residential opportunities. The self-guided urban living tour, produced by the Catalytic Fund, launched in Covington in 2015, and has since been held in Newport, […]
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Photos: Amazing Before & After at Lincoln Grant Scholar House
Just a couple years ago, the auditorium at the Lincoln Grant School in Covington looked like this: But after a massive renovation as the building was transformed into the Lincoln Grant Scholar House – a project by the Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission and partners – the historic auditorium now looks like this: Classrooms, after […]
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Another Stunning Townhouse Emerges Inside Covington’s Boone Block
Another beautiful townhouse inside Covington’s Boone Block Lofts is now finished. And it’s already sold for more than $520,000. But you can still get inside 420 Scott Boulevard on Sunday when Beyond the Curb, the self-guided urban living tour produced by the Catalytic Fund, returns to Covington. SEE PREVIOUSLY: Urban living tour returns to Covington, will […]
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Photos: Inside Sweet New Apartments in Downtown Covington
For a long time, the building at the southeast corner of Madison Avenue and Fifth Street in downtown Covington was known as one of the city’s Pieck Pharmacy locations. The family operated its drug business on the first floor and lived above in one unit and rented out the other. In later years, some would […]