That sucking sound you hear out at Denver International Airport isn’t the arrival of the long-awaited, ever-elusive direct route to Tokyo. No, it’s the sound of tens of millions of dollars in “concepting” and design fees vanishing into the wild blue yonder, as architect Santiago Calatrava bows out of the…
Real-estate investor Aaron Million’s audacious proposal to provide water to a thirsty Front Range by building a 550-mile pipeline from southwestern Wyoming, the subject of a 2009 feature by Joel Warner, is no cheap fix. Two years ago, Million estimated the cost of the project at around $3 billion. But…
With private banks being pressured by the federal government to close dispensary business accounts, the State of Colorado needs to charter a brand-new Legal Dispensary Bank designed with the financial success of the medical marijuana industry in mind…..
When many people are asked for first impressions about Boulder, they think of weed, beautiful scenery, weed, a healthy lifestyle, weed, CU and weed, in that order. But frugality? Not so much — and that’s appropriate according to ShopAtHome.com, which specializes in printable coupons and online shopping. When judging all…
Last month, we told you that Nugget Kenyon Martin’s house was up for sale, adding to speculation that he wouldn’t return to the team. Remember that one of our first clues Carmelo Anthony planned to leave Denver was when he put his house on the market, a transaction that ultimately…
While Tennyson Street and Berkeley District business owners once saw themselves as the Denver shopping district family’s forgotten children, they’re now feeling some love. The City of Denver and Xcel, who they accuse of badly mismanaging a construction project, are helping fund a series of promotions reminding people that businesses…
We tend to associate the most expensive Colorado homes with celebrities. Witness our galleries of mountain retreats owned by the likes of Jerry Seinfeld and Roxanne Pulitzer, plus these shots of metro abodes previously occupied by Carmelo Anthony, Kenyon Martin and Josh McDaniels. But the most expensive Denver-Boulder area homes…
All of the beautiful people of Colorado will be in Denver this weekend to watch the finals of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Handsome and hungry spectators along the five-mile Speer Boulevard circuit will be happy to see Elway’s bike-crazy executive sous chef Aniedra Nichols…..
Known across town for his sparkling personality and civic enthusiasm, Denver Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton has raced to the front of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge fan pack to welcome the inaugural event to sport-crazy Colorado…..
Residents of Garfield, Rio Blanco and Weld counties already know the drill, so to speak — the march of natural gas rigs across their landscape. Activists are gearing up to fight a surge in well permits in South Park. And now the Four Corners area is bracing for a possible…
The portrait stenciled onto a car stop next to a five-gallon all-purpose bucket filled with trash in the picture above could easily be read as an analogy, a metaphor or a simile of our times. But first the viewer must determine if the old bearded fellow is Ernest Hemingway, Herman…
Aurora policemen are known the world over for their ability to turn crime prevention into a joy ride through Wyoming. Now students can share in the fun of erasing small mistakes with oversized Aurora 911 pencil-top erasers…..
The USA Pro Cycling Challenge starts in Colorado Springs on August 21, 2011, and ends in Denver on August 28, 2011. In between, the professional stage race will test a competitor’s endurance as much as it test’s a Colorado resident’s patience…..
You’ve gone to IKEA’s new store in Centennial. You’ve battled the lines. You’ve figured out those cute illustrated but confusing instructions. You’ve built the bed/dresser/bookshelf/etc. And it didn’t break when you put your ass/clothes/books/etc. on it. Hallelujah! What to do next? Share your IKEA love with other IKEA lovers…
According to just-released data compiled by the Colorado Division of Housing, the state’s apartment vacancy rate is the lowest it’s been in more than ten years. And, as this account from Inside Real Estate News points out, the rental market is particularly tight in Denver, with the average metro apartment…
Montana City, the area’s first platted township, was founded in September 1858 on the east banks of the South Platte river near West Evans Avenue. The following spring, the cabins were dismantled and floated downriver to be rebuilt at the confluence of Cherry Creek. Rufus “Potato” Clark then homesteaded the…
Largely based on Public Policy Polling’s results revealing John Hickenlooper’s approval rating as third best in the nation, Hickenlooper Lovers is a novelty line starring the Colorado Governor as an anime character featured on notebooks, folders and backpacks…..
Organized by the Discovery Series committee of the Urban Land Institute’s Young Leaders Group, today’s Highland walking tour will feature the architects, developers and builders who are causing the strange changes in an older neighborhood being replaced by the new…..
A Denver-based “energy shot with eight superfruits,” Bazi has gone the way of the 7-Eleven. The beverage was once sold only through a multi-level marketing network — a scheme Westword explored in the 2009 cover story, “The Wizard of Bazi.” But now, Bazi has ditched that model for the tried-and-true…
Most lists of the country’s cutest, prettiest, drunkest, most livable/affordable/promiscuous places and/or people are, well, about as stupid as they sound. Standard response: “Sez who?” But there’s reason to believe that Glenwood Springs earned being singled out as the “Most Fun Town in America” last week in a cross-country contest…
A month ago, CenturyLink began taking down the giant Qwest sign that’s cast Denver in a blue light for years. Last night marked the official switch-over — and it was clearly a big job. Look below to see CenturyLink photos of a transition that truly marks a sign of the…
One of our first firm pieces of evidence that Carmelo Anthony planned to leave Denver was when he put his house up for sale — a transaction that ultimately cost him $6 million. And the next Nuggets longtimer who could hit the road? Kenyon Martin, whose excellent Greenwood Village estate…
