A few months ago, there was a story about Channel7’s owner wanting to sell the buildings on the land to a developer (surprise!) to build an apartment building. Scripps Media is the applicant, but apparently is not interested about anything except demolition. (E. W. Scripps Co. is Denver7’s parent company.) But things have moved along, like …
That’s what prompted a new Facebook page titled Northeast Denver Love & History. Calvin Williamson had grown up in Denver, but moved to New York while creating that Facebook page. As a teenager, he spent a lot of time looking at photographs in the downtown library that showed those who lived in predominantly black neighborhoods. …
Continue reading "When neighborhoods melt away, so do the people who had lived there."
In mid-November, one of my neighbors received an anonymous letter with a headline in big type: “Attention Uptown Denver Property Owner / Occupant: Permanent Homeless Encampment to be Opened December 1, 2020.” Well, that opened our eyes, and this letter – which later also was taped on the door of my building – had a …
Over the past 6-or-so months, I have been wrapped up dealing with health, food, keeping touch with friends, devouring politics, a churning stomach because of this administration, and on and on. So when I encounter something from, say, last June or November, it seems to be from the Stone Age. Earlier this week, BusinessDen featured …
Continue reading "The great white whale is waiting — at some point in 2021."
The future of Carmen Court, at 900 East 1st Avenue, will be the main issue on Tuesday’s meeting of the Denver Landmark Preservation Commission. I expect it will be interesting, infuriating, and downright incredibly eye-opening. After all, the three people who chipped in money to cover the application weeks ago to designate Carmen Court as …
On 9News this morning there was a quick segment on a story that was posted by USA Today. It featured a list of top 20 cities gentrified in the United States, and though most of the heavily gentrified cities are on both coasts, good old Denver ranked No. 2. Now, we already sort of knew …
The East Central Area Plan in Denver is back in motion. This plan includes Capitol Hill, North Capitol Hill, City Park, City Park West, Congress Park, and Cheesman Park. This process began probably two years ago, but it is back. An email a couple of days ago included a lot of links as well as …
When so many of us are at home and trying to be careful, the developers and planners are having a field day. And as much as I have mourned miserable buildings all over Denver — thinking of you, Jefferson Park and Berkeley — it has now come home to roost in a nearby neighborhood called …
Continue reading "But wait, there’s more: Another concept plan has popped up."
The owners of Racines announced early last month that the restaurant would be shuttered because of the city’s order to close restaurants. But the owners said the restaurant would reopen at some point, but then totally close in early 2021. That didn’t seem to make much sense. Call all the servers and cooks back, for …
Continue reading "Racines will be replaced by a big L-shaped box. "
Today’s Colorado Creative Redux in Westword caught my eye. It’s a questionnaire about Amy Yetman describing her work. Denver’s amazing deep pool of creative workers finds a way to get things done, bringing joy to all of us, whether artists, writers, singers, chefs, or just about anything else someone can make or do. Yetman and …
Continue reading "Remember the old cliche about taking lemons and making lemonade? It can work."
