CINCINNATI (AP) - Cincinnati has spent some $700,000 so far on repairs at the former home of the legendary King Records, a building the city bought last year to save from a planned demolition.
Evanston Community Council president Gregory Stewart tells WCPO-TV work has been done to help stabilize the roof and address other hazards at the old building. Stewart says the next phase is figuring out what will happen inside it.
One proposal is to turn it into a museum about the history of King Records, which was the nation’s sixth-largest record company at its peak during the 1940s and 1950s. It closed in 1971.
The Evanston Preservation Committee, Cincinnati USA Music Heritage Foundation, the Bootsy Collins Foundation and the King Records Legacy group are working together on the preservation effort.
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Information from: WCPO-TV, http://www.wcpo.com
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