Another house in Covington will soon be a newly renovated home. Housing Opportunities of Northern Kentucky, the Covington-based non-profit that has redeveloped vacant properties across the River Cities, will soon focus on 225 East 20th Street. The Covington City Commission on Tuesday approved the $84,910 requested by HONK to transform the property. The money comes […]
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Photos: Inside Covington’s Historic Boone Block Building – Which is About to Become Townhomes
A sprawling historic building will soon be renovated to become nine upscale townhomes — but before that work begins in earnest, The River City News got to go inside. The Boone Block building on Scott Boulevard in Downtown Covington is currently home to a liquor store and a barber shop but nothing else. Historically, it was home […]
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This Downtown Covington Building is Now Leasing!
The latest Downtown Covington residential and commercial development is now leasing. The Mutual Building and its fifteen one-bedroom apartments are now available as are the three remaining commercial spaces. The $2.6 million redevelopment of the long-vacant historic building at the prominent intersection of Madison Avenue and Pike Street is a joint project between Ashley Commercial […]
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Photos: Hundreds Pack Hellmann Lumber to Kick Off COV200
The former Hellmann Lumber Company on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in Covington was packed on Friday night as the city kicked off its bicentennial celebration weekend. The long vacant structure that was spared during the widening of the former Twelfth Street welcomed approximately four hundred people to listen to the Ragtime band from the […]
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One of Covington’s Most Popular Restaurants is About to Get a New Look
Crowds of people are always swarming the place and now there will be a new way to get in. There will be a new way to access the popular KungFood Chu’s AmerAsia on Madison Avenue in Covington where plans for a new facade, approved Monday by the city’s urban design review board, will also give more […]
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City Board Uncomfortable With Part of Hotel Covington Design
Work on The Hotel Covington has commenced, and contractors are busily demolishing what was most recently Covington City Hall. The 1909 structure on the 600 block of Madison Avenue was built in 1909 to house Coppins Department Store and offices. Now it will be part of the $25 million independent hotel project. After more than two […]
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This is What Covington’s Former City Hall Now Looks Like
One way to take in the warmer-than-usual January days this week is to stroll around Downtown Covington and take in all the construction taking place. The Coppins Building, also the former Covington City Hall, is now in demolition mode to make way for The Hotel Covington project. The former city commission chamber is completely gone […]
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This is What Covington’s Former City Hall Now Looks Like
One way to take in the warmer-than-usual January days this week is to stroll around Downtown Covington and take in all the construction taking place. The Coppins Building, also the former Covington City Hall, is now in demolition mode to make way for The Hotel Covington project. The former city commission chamber is completely gone […]
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Who Wants to Renovate These Historic Ft. Thomas Military Homes? Apparently No One.
The VA homes redevelopment project hit a major snag, and city officials were left puzzled, when not a single developer offered a bid to acquire and rehabilitate the residential properties located in Tower Park. According to the city’s own timeline for the project, the deadline to submit a bid was Monday by 2 p.m. — a deadline no one […]
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Who Wants to Renovate These Historic Ft. Thomas Military Homes? Apparently No One.
The VA homes redevelopment project hit a major snag, and city officials were left puzzled, when not a single developer offered a bid to acquire and rehabilitate the residential properties located in Tower Park. According to the city’s own timeline for the project, the deadline to submit a bid was Monday by 2 p.m. — a deadline no one […]