National Western Stock Show Site
Denver’s Meatpacking and Agricultural Legacy The longtime site of the National Western Stock Show in north Denver is being redeveloped into the new National Western Center. While the project is bringing new and modern buildings to house the Stock Show and other year-round activities, the site features historic buildings and assets dating back as early…
New Life for Cathedral High School
The former Cathedral High School buildings have occupied their Uptown location along 18th, between Grant & Logan, for nearly a century. Serving as critical community resources, the buildings housed a high school for sixty years, a convent for more than that, and numerous community purposes, from a shelter for those fighting AIDS in the 1990s,…
Tavern Building to be Saved
During the summer of 2015 the community learned of plans for a new development on the western side of the 1600 block of Pearl Street. The site, largely made up of parking lots, was also home to four buildings, among them the storefront structures at the corner of 17th & Pearl, which in recent years…
City Park Master Plan
City Park Master Plan Update & Design Guidelines May 30, 2017 5 to 7 pm City Park Pavilion In July 2014 Historic Denver convened a group of community stakeholders, including Parks & Recreation, to talk about City Park, and to explore questions about what the park’s past means for its future. After several months of…
Goodbye to Smiley’s Laundromat
In 2017, Historic Denver learned of plans to demolish the building on the southwest corner of Colfax and Downing Street. The 1930s building is best known for having been the long-time home of Smiley’s Laundromat, a staple for Capitol Hill residents for more than 30 years. During the city’s efforts to create Main Street zoning,…