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Moving social services from Pike St a step closer
 While the future use of the Stewart Iron Works property hasn't been determined, many social-service agencies showed interest in the site Monday evening.
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Bob Sanders'
living history:
In case you'd missed it, Bob Sanders living history has been reposted on its own page, at the link. [ Link ]
MARCH 8, 2010
12th Street widening planning began
in 1930s
It took 80 years for the widening of 12th St/MLK Jr to get this point.
The plan to widen was part of Covington's 1930 Strategic Plan for its future.
The planners advocated a wider 12th Street, noting the need for an improved East-West route thru the city, and noting that the current 12th Street was too narrow.
MARCH 5, 2010
Hat tip to
Sanders Law Firm
Toyota owners are pretty grateful for what Russell Street's Sanders Law Firm is doing.
"...The harm to Toyota's reputation is brand-wide and has negatively impacted the value of all Toyota vehicles," said attorney Justin Sanders, one of four lawyers with the Sanders Law Firm that filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Covington.
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One year for this site, Happy Anniversary!
And they said it couldn't be done!
How could anybody ... anybody come up with material on a daily basis, weekday after weekday? Well, I did and it has been fun. And there will be more to come.
Definitely not a public relations website, Russell Street News is a cross between being a blog and a news site. You may not like it that way, but that's where the media is going these days, even for small little neighborhood sites like this.
So Happy Anniversary! Thanks for checking in.
MARCH 3, 2010
Kenton jailer candidate Shelton fired from county PD
Kenton County Jailer candidate Larry Shelton was fired Monday from his job as a Kenton County police sergeant after he refused to drop his campaign on Friday, when two other PD employees dropped their political campaigns.
At issue is whether county police employees are legally allowed to run for political office.
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Whatever happened to the banners?
While other neighborhoods got their banners up on a timely basis last spring and summer, the ones for Old Seminary Square were never posted.
Can one project get done and finished successfully around here?
Every time I think about the OSS, I think about poor Greg having to remove all the holiday garland on his own, because no one else would apparently help out.
I think about the shock on his face when I'd offered to distribute meeting flyers. "No one has ever offered to help."
I think about not getting the stop sign that residents in the 900 block wanted. I think about that yard sale with huge gaps between booths, one gap was two blocks long.
Truly, the OSS is a selective social club rather than an activist group.
MARCH 1, 2010
About parking
and the condos
As noted before, when the burnt-out building is converted into condos, it could mean as many as 8-12 new residences.
I had implied earlier that could mean 12 more cars on the street, but think about this: If couples live in all 12 condos, that would be 24 more cars. Yikes!
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The drug store down the street
This was the exterior of the William A. Rau drug store, which was at Pike and Main Streets. The above photo was taken in 1923. Notice that it was also a post office subsubstation.
Exterior of Blank's hasn't changed much
This is a photo of Blank's Pharmacy on Pike Street in the 1970s and, frankly, it doesn't look like much has changed to the present. But, it's still a great place to go to pick up a few items ... especially when you're in a hurry.
Covington and Cincinnati in 1876
Harpers Weekly published this view on June 24, 1876. That's Kenton Hills on the left, foreground. Banklick Creek can be seen emptying into the Ohio River. Cincinnati, of course, is on the other side of the river.
The old church in 1980
Now the Children's Law Center, this is what the old Immanuel Methodist Episcopal Church looked like in 1980. From the photo, the church building seems to had been converted into an industrial warehouse.
IRS site, bottom of Russell Street
Russell Street extended all the way to the Ohio River at one time. That is, until the IRS complex and floodwall got in the way. Here's a grainy photo of the site. The floodwall is on the left side of the photo.
20th and Madison
Oh, so long ago in the horse and buggy days.
910 Russell Street
A photo of one of the most unique homes on Russell Street, taken in 1980. Today, structure is painted a bright yellow.
Another Madison Pike photo
Taken a block or two south of the photo posted directly below, this was Madison at about the 7th Street intersection.
Madison Pike
A Covington scene on the eastern side of Madison. A little lost as to the location, perhaps where the Huntington Bank stands today. That's the Old Fellows Hall at 5th and Madison farther up the street.
Villa Madonna College
Covington had its own college not long ago. Villa Madonna College was a Catholic institution located on Madison and points east within the vicinity of St Mary's. Many old homes were converted to classrooms and dorms, and other services for college students. Villa Madonna is still around but it's at a different location and is now called -- Thomas More College.
Sample Room on Pike Street
Perhaps hungry/drinking Russell Street residents went to Pat O'Donnell's Sample Room at 34 Pike Street.
Sandford House, back then
The Sandford House, as it looked in 1980. The complex was constructed in the 1820s, likely using slave labor. As in 1980, the building remains an owner-occupied apartment complex, after briefly becoming a bed and breakfast hotel.
Covington near the river
This is Covington near the Ohio River some time ago. Notice the giant gulch as the terrain nears the western hills. I think that's where
Banklick Creek emptied into the river.
Sanders-Fisk House
The stunningly beautiful Sanders-Fisk House, as it looked 30 years ago, almost as it does today. "This house looks pretty much as it did when it was built in 1865," Bob Sanders notes in his living history account.
West Robbins Street, back then
Lucy notes that Joe Meyer was also busy rehabbing in 1978 the house that the Trulleys now own, and the rowhouses on Robbins Street. By 1979, they were all sold and occupied.
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Murals of
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The once unappealing floodwall at the Covington riverfront has been transformed into a thing of beauty with painted murals that tell about the history of the area.
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