This week two proposals for two hotels in two Denver neighborhoods were reviewed. One didn’t get the go-ahead from the Landmark Preservation Commission, while another was given the OK to proceed – with conditions – by the Lower Downtown Design Review Board. On Tuesday, the Denver Landmark Preservation Commission expressed concerns about two items involving …
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Denver’s Five Points Cultural District is one of a kind. It stretches along Welton Street from 24th Street to 30th Street, with a little bump out at Washington Street at 26th Street. The cultural district was first approved in 2002 as the Welton Street Commercial Corridor Cultural District, but the name was changed a few years ago. There …
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Last October, the Rossonian was on the Denver Landmark Preservation agenda for two design reviews. One item was the partial demolition of the roof, and the second item was the rehabilitation, rooftop addition, and alterations to the Rossonian's annex next door. Those discussions were postponed. Now, the revered Rossonian, a 1911 building designed by George …
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