Yesterday, I ate lunch at a restaurant in Capitol Hill. I brought this week’s Westword with me for reading material. When I settled in, I opened the magazine, and there was a flyer that really caught my eye. It was headed: ”Important notice to all persons who may be affected by the potential settlement of the …
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Have you driven in northeast Denver recently? Have you tried attempts to make it through the area under and around the I-70 Central project? Do you feel like you no longer know that area, when you used to understand the lay of the land in that part of the city? Sign me up for all …
No, it wasn’t a bad dream… or was it? For months, there has been talk about Zocalo Community Development’s plans to build a hybrid project south of Sloan’s Lake Park. Of the 320 units, half would be market rate condominiums (16 stories), and half would be affordable rental units (4 stories). Last night, that project …
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The cover story in this week’s Westword is not just a good read, it’s also a cautionary tale. A man from Florida hired an attorney in Colorado to sue a restaurant in Bailey, claiming that he had encountered multiple violations under the ground-breaking Americans With Disabilities Act. But, was he actually there? Could they even find …
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Today, it was announced that Westside Investment Properties, Inc. – now owners of the Loretto Heights campus -- is negotiating to buy the Park Hill Golf Course, which has been sort of in limbo status for months. Part of the course cannot be played – it’s closed for this year according to the course’s website …
This weekend was full of reading about the issues about housing in growing cities. This issue helped dominate Denver's recent municipal election. The same mayor is back, but there are numerous new City Council members. This should be interesting to watch. The first reading material was a New York Times editorial on Sunday about the need …
My personal Modernism week has come to a close – with something a little more cheerful than the past three days. The answer is “Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America,” an exhibition at the Denver Art Museum that continues into late August, as noted on the museum's website. The exhibition is divided into three sections: …
My personal Modernism Week began with the sad recounting of what happened to I.M. Pei’s projects because the City and County of Denver has treated his work in a despicable manner. That undoubtedly will continue into the future; the 16thStreet Mall is being considered for an update, but who knows how well that will go? …
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This is my personal Modernism Week: Day Two. For many, the Loretto Heights campus stands out for its historic Richardsonian Romanesque sandstone structures, such as the administration building and the chapel. They are beautiful. But there are also really fine Modern buildings on that campus, especially the May Bonfils Stanton Performing Arts Center, which is …
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I have declared this my personal Modernism Week, just because Modernism is on my mind. There have been several events recently honoring Modernist buildings, with tours and talks. This is good, but we have lost so many buildings of that era, there must be some way to preserve that wealth. These buildings are vanishing, especially …
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