It's not just 'The Bikeriders.' Lockland's historic district is having a moment

Michael Fetter walks the area around Mill and Dunn streets on a recent weekday, remembering them as they were in the 1960s and early 1970s, before he left Lockland for the Marines.

There was a clothing shop, doctors' offices, a jeweler, and more within a couple blocks. Fetter still remembers the time his sister spilled a soda shop milkshake on some greeting cards and ran out of the busy pharmacy across the street.

"This used to be the old Merkel Meat Market," he says, pointing to a now-empty storefront and listing off the names of the owners. "My mom used to come up here all the time."