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| Check out PK’s 2013 Preservation Leader Award winners listed below! |
Shameless plus: Some local history blogger got a write-up by Cheryl Truman as part of her UnCommonwealth series. [Herald-Leader]
Who didn’t see this coming? The last block of Fourth Street (adjacent to the future BCTC site) is going two-way. More two ways are coming? [Herald-Leader]
The childhood home of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, located on Lexington’s Main Street, will be featured Monday (4/22, 9:00 PM) on CSPAN’s series, “First Ladies: Influence and Image.” [KYForward]
A free tour of Louisville’s segreated history will occur on Tuesday. [Courier-Journal]
Georgetown’s Toyota plant will expand to begin production of a Lexus model [NYTimes]
And last night in Covington, Preservation Kentucky presented their 2013 Preservation Leader Awards to:
- Linda Bruckheimer Award for Excellence in Rural Preservation: Jess and Angela Correll, Stanford
- Edith Bingham Award for Excellence in Preservation Education: Northern Kentucky Restoration Weekend, Bellevue, Covington, and Newport
- Christy and Owsley Brown Exemplary Public Service to Preservation: State Representative Arnold Simpson, Covington; County Judge James L. “Buddy” Gallenstein, Mason County; and State Representative Tanya Pullin, Greenup County
- David L. Morgan State Historic Preservation Tax Credit: Whiskey Row Lofts, Louisville (Excellence in Commercial Rehabilitation); John David and Mary Helen Myles, Shelby County (Excellence in Residential Rehabilitation); and Beth Johnson, Covington (Excellence in Residential Rehabilitation)
- Barbara Hulette Young Preservation Leader: Chad Needham, Lexington
- Sutherland Award for Excellence in Environmental Preservation: Marksbury Farm, Garrard County; Gill Holland and Augusta Brown Holland for Nulu Business District, Louisville; and Tim Peters and Lois Mateus for Nulu Business District, Louisville
- Helen Dedman Award for Excellence in Preservation Advocacy: Helen Dedman