Wow. Think you can’t do a lot in a small outdoor space? The good people of Newport’s East Row neighborhood will show you to think again. For the seventeenth year, the historic neighborhood welcomed visitors on its annual East Row Garden Tour. More than 1,000 people visited the eight beautiful backyards that showed off big […]
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Young Couple, Old House: Why Stately Bellevue Home Attracted New Residents
Taylor and Sasha Voss met as pharmacy students at the University of Cincinnati, married, shared an apartment in Ft. Thomas, and then began to hunt for a house. The newlyweds knew they wanted an older home, they just weren’t sure where. On a whim, one weekend afternoon, the couple went to open houses across the […]
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Film Tells Story of How Covington Team Inspired Cincinnati to Give Reds Another Go
On a surface that is now the parking lot next to the Family Dollar on Madison Avenue in Covington, a baseball field existed 140 years ago where the first ever professional team in the city played its games. That team was the Covington Stars. At 3 p.m. on June 14, filmmaker Cam Miller will premier […]
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Opinion: Preserving Historic Places is Essential to Strong Economy
It’s time to catch our breath after a busy month of heritage-based events in May – starting with the Kentucky Derby, followed by National Travel and Tourism Week, then more festivals, street fairs, spring flings, May Days and celebrations of bourbon, music, food, art, cars, hikes, bikes and horses than any one person could possibly […]
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Duveneck House Nominated by State for National Register
The Frank Duveneck House and Studio in Covington will be formally nominated for a spot on the National Register of Historic Places, the Kentucky Heritage Council announced Wednesday. The building at 1226 Greenup Street is one of 15 sites across the Commonwealth approved by the Kentucky Historic Preservation Review Board last week. The nominations will […]
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Turners in Northern Kentucky: A History
Northern Kentucky has a proud German history but that was not always the case. One of the most recognized German heritage organizations is the Society of American Turners who have had their hall in Covington for nearly 150 years on Pike and Main. The Turners had halls in Newport and also in Dayton in […]
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Photos: River Cities Excellence in Historic Preservation Awards Ceremony
Last evening, the winners of the annual River Cities Excellence in Historic Preservation Awards were recognized at a ceremony at Corpus Christi Apartments in Newport. The Cities of Covington, Newport, Bellevue, Ludlow, and Dayton were all a part of the celebration. For the first time, the River Cities collectively presented an award, The River City Hero […]
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Meet The Brothers Revitalizing Downtown Covington
Bill and Tony Kreutzjans grew up in the development business and worked together at Ashley Builders, a company built in part by their father. Now the brothers find themselves playing their own significant roles in the redevelopment and revitalization of downtown Covington. “I think of me sitting in that window of (father Bill’s) building at […]
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Covington Project Wins State Preservation Award
The recipients of the Ida Lee Willis Memorial Foundation Historic Preservation Awards were announced on Friday and a Covington project is among them. Shotgun Row, the Center for Great Neighborhoods’ restoration of five vacant and rundown shotgun houses in the city’s Westside neighborhood, will be honored next Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Governor’s Mansion. […]
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Children’s Home Gets $1 Million from Foundation for Renovation
The Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky received a big gift on Thursday. The Devou Park campus is in the midst of a $5.2 million renovation of its historic administration building and the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./US. Bank Foundation wrote a check for $1 million to be put towards the work. The building, comprised […]
