In the 1880s, Alamo Placita Park began its first of many incarnations as a water park called The Chutes. Its star attractions were Professor Barnes’ herd of diving elk, who dove from platforms into water tanks, and local celebrity Sadie Boynton, who would daredevil down the chutes on a bicycle!
Historic Denver Community Preservation Awards 2009 from Havey Productions on Vimeo.
Aromor Building Rocky Mountain Seed Company Building
Dry Ice Factory Building
Clayton Campus
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No evening this incredible comes together without the special assistance and hard work of many people. Many thanks to all those who attended, supported and sponsored our 2009 Annual Awards Dinner!
Thanks to our Annual Awards Dinner Committee: the Honorable John W. Hickenlooper, Mayor of Denver (Honorary Chair), Co-Chairs Holly Kylberg & Tom Lorz, and their committee - Wendy Aiello, Jennifer Connelly, Judy Geller, Walt DeHaven, Martha Kelce, Melissa Nelson, Katie Ortiz, Valere Harris Shane, Sandra Hagen Solin, Nate Williams.
And thanks, especially, to all of our supporters:
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck L.L.P. Spectrum General Contractors Inc., MAVDevelopment Company CBIZ MHM L.L.C., Buchanan Yonushewski Group L.L.C., Mercy Housing, BOA Construction Inc., Clayton Early Learning, Burt-Hilliard Investments, CMC Group, Humphries Poli Architects, P.C., JE Dunn Construction, Northern Trust, OZ Architecture, Sage Hospitality Resources, Sherman & Howard L.L.C., Steele Street Bank & Trust, Wells Fargo Private Bank, Shames Makovsky Realty Company, JohnstonWells Public Relations, Seed Acquisitions L.L.C., Jerry Glick, Union Station Neighborhood Company, Havey Productions, Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti, Art In Action,
City Council President Jeanne Robb, District 10, and the Colorado Historical Society/State Historical Fund City and County of Denver.
Please consider being a part of this historic evening next October! Sponsorship questions may be directed to Michael Schlut, Director of Membership and Development, at 303.534.5288 x 6 or MSchlut@HistoricDenver.org