This past January, Denver’s department of Community Planning and Development helped convene a community meeting to gather information on what people in the neighborhood wanted in terms of the potential redevelopment of the Loretto Heights campus. The image at the top of this post shows the answers people gave the city to two key questions: …
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There is less than a week to return your ballot for the run-off election for Denver’s mayor and, for many of us, a run-off election to choose our city council representative. Also up for a vote is Initiative 302, which would “enact a measure prohibiting the use of public monies, resources, or fiscal guarantees in …
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Dear Denver, I traditionally plant flowers on Memorial Day, so stop with the snow, OK? Winter this year seems to want hold on for dear life. But today is beautiful -- the perfect day to celebrate spring, to think of family and friends, those who serve and have served, and those who work so hard …
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At the Denver Landmark Preservation Commission meeting earlier this week, two projects stood out: The request to demolish the South Ramp at Red Rocks and build a replacement, And a proposal to replace the existing stage cover with a new one that is much larger and taller, and includes a digital screen under the cover …
Villa Park is a neighborhood on Denver’s West Side. I got to know it a bit last year when I was working on a freelance piece. I drove around Villa Park and nearby neighborhoods to get a sense of the how they were doing in this era of redevelopment. The Denver Architecture Foundation, working with …
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The explosive growth of construction in Denver and the metro area is nothing new. But a story in today’s Denverite untangles the tangled legal situation facing people who bought new homes in Villa Park. The story is written by award-winning journalist Donna Bryson, who covers housing and hunger. She focuses on one homeowner, whose new home …
In the late 1980s, a stage cover was erected at Red Rocks. It was universally disliked, but it protected musicians who played electric instruments from electrocution. I’m sure money played a role in that, too. It always does in Denver. And unfortunately, Denver's approach to fine architecture can get really warped. Just remember the dismantling …
Every morning I sit down at my laptop and read numerous news websites. I know I am not alone in that ritual. But after reading and reading and reading, there is only one piece that has stuck in my mind today -- even above the stories on the run-off election in Denver. That would be …
A new set of yard signs is popping up just in time for the run-off election on June 4. The "Let Denver Vote" group’s Initiative 302 asks Denver voters to require the city to “submit to a vote of the registered electors of the City and County of Denver a proposed amendment to the Denver …
It has been a week that witnessed a municipal election in Denver that left many people scratching their heads. Then a week of news about a tragic school shooting affecting so many people in Colorado. And then there was a report from the United Nations that human beings have made a mess of the Earth, …
Chandler in Denver 