Bicycling Newport aims for bike-friendly city

A new group has been formed to make Newport a more bike-friendly city.

Bicycling Newport consists of local bicyclists and businesspeople whose goals include bicycle advocacy and education.

Jack Kerley of Bicycling Newport hopes that the city can eventually be named as a bronze-level Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists.

In Kentucky, only Louisville and Lexington have that designation.

If you bike in Newport, Kerley is seeking your comments at JKerley@zoomtown.com.

The group's next meeting is February 19 at 6 PM at the Newport branch of the Campbell County Library, 901 E 6th Street.

Hannaford units on the market again

The remaining 15 condos of the Hannaford in Newport have been re-listed.

Towne & County Realty House has put the units at 803 E 6th Street on the market for $140,000 to $305,000.

Chicago developer and restauranteur Larry Levy of the Levy Organization had listed them through Huff Realty in 2005 with varying degrees of success, eventually moving 15 of the 40 units.

A public auction last August produced disappointing results.

Prices on the units have been reduced this time around in an effort to move them quickly and to allow the developers to move on to other projects.

A model is open on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 PM to 4 PM.

The Hannaford building, designed by Samuel Hannaford and built in 1889, was originally the home of Our Lady of Providence High School and was most recently used as apartments and an extended-stay hotel.

Newport affordable housing photo update, 1/22/08

Even in the cold, cold rain, construction continues on scattered-site low income housing along Saratoga and Roberts streets in Newport.

The need for more affordable housing in Newport grew after the city's demolition of its riverfront housing projects in anticipation of the Ovation development.

The new construction is a collaborative effort between the Brighton Center, Inc. and the Housing Authority of Newport Kentucky.

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Random projects photo update, 1/9/08

Here are photos of a few random projects that I have encountered, but didn't merit their own posts.

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Columbia Tusculum

I still have no idea what this is (it appears to be townhomes), but it's at the corner of Columbia Parkway and Stanley Avenue, next to Starbucks.


A new home is being built by R John Construction at 485 Stanley Avenue.


A new home built by Boulder Construction at 467 Missouri Avenue looks completed.




Newport

Here's a shot of the first SouthShore condo tower in Newport, taken from Mount Adams.

SouthShore photo update: Perspective

On August 29, I posted several street-level pictures of the construction progress on the SouthShore condo project in Newport. (Link below.)

Due to access issues, it was kind of hard to tell just how massive the built footprint actually is.

Here's a photo I took on Tuesday from Mount Adams. It's hazy*, but you get the idea.

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Previous updates on BC:
SouthShore photo update, 8/29/07

* Weak camera

58 Newport photos added

I have just added 58 photos from several Newport neighborhoods.

First, I have split up the East Row photos into two folders, Gateway and Mansion Hill. I then added 5 photos to Gateway (total 8) and 4 photos to the Mansion Hill section (total 24).

I have also added galleries for the following:

* Taylors Landing* (18 photos)
* Buena Vista (10 photos)
* Two Rivers I (7 photos)
* Newport on the Levee (5 photos)
* Cote Brilliante (4 photos)
* Clifton (3 photos)
* Two Rivers II (2 photos)

Click the above photo to go directly to the Taylors Landing gallery. The gallery will open in a new browser window.

For the other galleries, look in the drop-down menu at the top of the right-hand column.

* Taylors Landing: Monmouth St, Saratoga St and Washington Ave. Neighborhood boundaries from the 2006 Newport Comprehensive Plan.

SouthShore photo update, 8/29/07

It looks like they've got the four-story garage structure pretty much built.

The completed project will also include two towers with about 150 condo units and an 80,000 square foot office building.*

Photographs taken Sunday, August 26, 2007. Click on each photo to enlarge it in a new browser window.













* A marina is still possible but has not yet been decided.

Newport receives $272,000 for Raymond Motors project

The go2newport website reports that the City of Newport has received $272,000 for their Raymond Motors Preservation and Trailhead Project.

The old Raymond Motors building at 5th and York streets will be moved to the corner of 10th and Saratoga streets and converted into a trailhead.

The refurbished building will contain an information kiosk and possibly a transportation museum.

The trailhead will allow people to park their cars and access the bike paths on the Purple People Bridge, along KY-8, and along the future Riverfront Commons linear park.

The building, which is a surviving example of early automotive culture, had been slated for demolition.

WINDOWS LIVE BIRD'S EYE VIEW (looking south)
GOOGLE AERIAL MAP

Newport: 214 E 4th Street

Sketch of new 214 E 4th

Antony Development of Alexandria will build a new single-family home on the northeast corner of 4th and Saratoga streets.

The three-story home will have three bedrooms and two and a half baths within its 2600 square feet.

The place will even have a elevator.

There will be a two-car detached garage for parking.

The home is being sold through Re/Max for $495,000.

WINDOWS LIVE BIRD'S EYE VIEW
GOOGLE AERIAL MAP

East Row gallery added

The gallery for the East Row Historic District has been added at the bottom of the page. There are currently 23 photos in the gallery.

Click the photo above to go directly to that gallery. It will open up a new browser window.

The East Row Historic District is in Newport, Kentucky, and includes the neighborhoods of Gateway and Mansion Hill.