I had the opportunity to explore more of Covington, Kentucky, which is directly across the Roebling Bridge from Cincinnati. There is a stunning quarter of houses built around and after the Civil War to the northeast of the approaches to the bridge, with houses in various styles. You can walk or bike to your office…
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The Roebling Bridge, Between Cincinnati and Covington
One of the most important bridges in the history of architecture and engineering spans the Ohio River in between Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky. Opened in 1866, years before the revolutionary Eads Bridge in St. Louis, it served as the important prototypical step for the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. Construction faced the same challenges:…
St. Mary’s Cathedral, Basilica of the Assumption, Interior, Covington, Kentucky
The interior of Covington Cathedral is no less impressive than the exterior. And first to note: the presence of real stone groin vaulting! In St. Louis churches the builders usually cheated with the much easier wood timber vaults. It’s wonderful to see them made from stone. But the expression of the Gothic style here is…
St. Mary’s Cathedral, Basilica of the Assumption, Exterior, Covington, Kentucky
Who would have thought that one of the magnificent cathedrals in America was waiting to be discovered in the industrial suburb of Covington, on the south bank of the Ohio River opposite Cincinnati? While the Archdiocese of Cincinnati is on the north side of the river, the Diocese of Covington covers the south side of…