Sustainability is a 21st century ideal — a quality to which every city should aspire during a period in which concerns about the environment, and the ways we interact with it, continue to increase. With that in mind, Amsterdam-based Arcadis, which describes itself as “the leading global design and consultancy for…
Conflicts over growth and development issues in Denver have become so pervasive that even some of the city’s most entrenched, sleepiest neighborhoods — places that 2002’s Blueprint Denver designated as “areas of stability” rather than “areas of change” — are starting to feel the heat. Even in stately, don’t-mess-with-success Park Hill,…
With each passing year, Colorado seems to be losing more classic signage — including vintage hotel and motel signs that have distinguished roadsides in the state for decades. The latest to go? Signs for the Chief Motel and the Stardust Lodge in Colorado Springs, whose accompanying businesses, located on South…
This week’s news about two deaths in Montbello over a 24 hour span couldn’t have come at a worse time. Today, Angelle Fouther, chairperson of the Montbello Organizing Committee (MOC), and other neighborhood leaders are scheduled to gather at the chambers of Denver mayor Michael Hancock to meet with representatives of grocery…
In recent years, renters in Denver have complained about high costs — and even though prices have moderated during the past twelve months or so, that doesn’t seem to be the case for either the cheapest or most expensive neighborhoods to rent a one-bedroom apartment. But what do renters think…
Happy birthday to the Emily Griffith Opportunity School, which the legendary educator founded in Denver a hundred years ago today. Griffith, who’d gotten her start as a substitute teacher in Denver Public Schools, created a ground-breaking program open to people of all ages, from all economic and ethnic backgrounds. The…
Cities in a rapidly urbanizing world are facing a plethora of challenges: climate change, natural resource depletion, population growth, income inequality and education and health disparity. By 2080, cities will be home to 80 percent of the world’s population, straining the resources of America’s urban centers even further. In his book…
Last week, we updated our post about the ten Denver neighborhoods with the least-expensive rent for a one-bedroom apartment by comparing current prices with those from last year at the same time. As we noted, multiple reports have shown that Denver rent prices have fallen over the past twelve months. Yet…
The River North neighborhood has gone from industrial corridor to hipster magnate, full of bars, restaurants and apartment buildings. And this week developers of the area released a rendering of what the neighborhood will look like in four years (above photo), when at least fifteen projects currently in the works are…
Todd Helton, arguably the greatest player in Colorado Rockies history, is swinging for the fences one more time. But this time, the field of play is real estate. Helton is selling his spectacular home in Brighton through REColorado, which has affixed an asking price of $2,295,000. And as you can see…
The University of Colorado’s A-line is getting an F: After months of headaches, delays and denials, last week RTD withheld more than $800K from the contracting firm hired to run the four-month-old “train to the plane” route…for the next 34 years. But the A-line is just one of the problems…
Denver has a reputation as one of the more technologically advanced cities in the country — yet, as we’ve reported, our cell phone service has a national reputation for sucking. And two new reports reinforce it. According to data from the websites RootMetrics and Ookla, Denver’s mobile speeds are among the worst in the…
Kayvan Khalatbari, an early ganjapreneur, recently sold Denver Relief to Willie Nelson for his Willie’s Reserve. Now Khalatbari, an arts supporter (Sexpot Comedy) and activist (he ran for Denver City Council last year) has announced plans for Art&, a new event set for September 16 at the renovated McNichols Building. …
A lawsuit seeking to appeal Littleton’s approval of a mixed-use development in the city’s historic downtown has been dismissed. Arapahoe County District Court Judge Kurt Horton found that plaintiff Leah Burkett does not have the right to appeal the city’s approval of a site-development plan for The Grove, a 260-unit…
This week, the City of Denver is converting Blake Street from a one-way route to a two-way traffic between 35th Street and Broadway, in the heart of RiNo. And as part of the process, crew members will be putting down new bicycle-lane markings: a stylized version of the RiNo Art…
Rising crime and violence on the 16th Street Mall earlier this year prompted new safety plans for the area from both public agencies, by way of a Denver Police Department plan to triple patrols, and the private sector, as seen in the hiring of unarmed security guards who came on board earlier…
A lawsuit filed this week by environmental groups claims that while the Obama administration talks a good game about cutting carbon emissions to address climate change, the U.S. Department of the Interior has been in “climate denial” in the way it continues to issue oil and gas leases on public…
A recent report from the city auditor’s office found several weaknesses in the way that Denver Parks and Recreation handles its contracts with private companies — particularly in its concession agreements on city-owned golf courses, which appear to be at odds with established city practices and offer wildly varying terms…
As we’ve reported, the bankruptcy of Sports Authority meant that the company’s name would eventually have to come off Mile High Stadium — or Sports Authority Field at Mile High, as it’s been officially known since 2011, when the retailer secured the rights from Invesco, a financial firm. And while we still…
The tidal wave of development that’s washed over Denver following the Great Recession has produced plenty of buildings — and a lot of resentment. Neighbors are looking around and wondering what happened to their parking and sunlight. Out-of-towners look at Denver and wonder why a city with the backdrop of…
Slot houses, as they’ve been dubbed by CU Denver’s Christine Franck, are among the most controversial, and most hated, building styles currently on view in the Denver metro area. But there’s another approach that raises the hackles of Denver City Councilman Rafael Espinoza: garden court buildings, which are supposed to…
Alan Prendergast recently discovered that the bungalow in northwest Denver that he’d purchased for $79,000 in 1989 — and sold for double that amount ten years later — had been popped, remodeled (complete with putting green) and put on the market for $975,000. Which led him to ask: “Where the…
