🎨 Botany Hills Mural Painting Day

Name: 🎨 Botany Hills Mural Painting Day
Start: 2025-10-05T11:00:00-04:00
Location: 937 Spring St, Covington, KY 41016-1654, United States

Schedule

Sun, 05 Oct, 2025 at 11:00 am

UTC-04:00

Location

937 Spring St, Covington, KY 41016-1654, United States | Covington, KY

🎨 Botany Hills Mural Painting Day, Everyone is invited to paint!
What: Paint the Chicken Steps
When: Sunday, Oct 5, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Where: 937 Spring Street, Botany Hills
West Covington, Kentucky 41016
*What we’ll provide*
Paint, brushes, and friendly neighbors! We'll be led by local artist and muralist Dai Williams aka S0FT GH0ST
Tip: Wear paint-friendly clothes and bring water/snacks. There are no restrooms on site.
*What are the Botany Hills “Chicken Steps”?*
The Chicken Steps are steep concrete stairs connecting John Street (above) and Spring Street (below). Tucked away in an obscure spot, they’re easy to miss unless you live nearby—yet they’re a beloved link between our hillside and the riverfront.
*A little neighborhood history*
The Botany Hills neighborhood spans the hillside between Crescent Avenue and Ludlow along the Ohio River.
In the mid-1800s, residents kept free-range chickens that famously roosted on these very steps, inspiring the nickname "Chicken Steps" for this stairway. Before incorporation in 1858, the village was commonly called “Economy” for its frugal, resourceful residents.
By 1875, more than a thousand people—many immigrants from Ireland, England, Scotland, and Germany—had built homes here. West Covington remained an independent city until annexation by Covington in 1916.
A neighborhood school was built on Parkway Avenue in 1919 (with a 1931 addition). As the population declined after the 1960s, Eleventh District School closed in 1979 and St. Ann Elementary in 1981—but the steps remain a cherished pathway.
*Come add your brushstroke to a piece of living history!*
We’ll paint a colorful, kid-friendly mural on the Chicken Steps—celebrating our past while brightening the walk that still connects us to downtown and beyond.