Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Railway Museum Will Stop You In Your Tracks

Photo by K. LeMaster/Building Cincinnati
Founded in 1975, the non-profit railway museum, located in the four-acre Latonia Yard, has a permanent collection of 37 pieces of historic equipment from the seven railroads entering Cincinnati.
So says Building Cincinnati, in a post about May’s Covington After Hours, about the Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati.
I’ve probably driven down Decoursey [...]

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Another Spaceship House Video

Found on YouTube, here is a short video of our Spaceship House in Covington, uploaded by cincinnatisolutions. Check out his other video, “Time Lapse Cincinnati – Downtown Skyline @ Night.”
See previous coverage of the Spaceship House.

Monday, February 28th, 2005

More Information On The Spaceship House Than You Could Want

I wrote about the spaceship house a while ago. Now, imagine my delight when I discovered a site dedicated to finding every last one of these spaceships!

It’s dedicated exclusively to these houses, and includes a news report video that Channel 12 once did on our Covington, KY, spaceship. There’s also a global [...]

Saturday, September 18th, 2004

Nice spot to read

There’s a man sitting on a bench reading a book by the Ohio river. He’s there everyday and he never moves.

It’s a statue of James Bradley, a slave turned educator and Underground Railroad conductor.
He fools me everytime I walk down there. In the wintertime, someone usually puts a scarf around his neck and a hat [...]

Saturday, September 18th, 2004

The Spaceship House Is Out Of This World!

I gathered my cheap digital camera and set out on a hunting trip for this mythical spaceship domicile. It turned out it was incredibly easy to find: in 5 minutes I was there.
Why in the world would anyone build a spaceship house on this short hilly street in Covington? The street itself is unimpressive, [...]