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Old Posted Jun 6, 2007, 9:39 PM
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Some more of Denver

OK some others from Denver, sorry for the small pics they are from my Blog:

Here's the Arapahoe County Courthouse. The building sat at the corner of 15th and Court. The original name for Court Place was Wasoola Street. The name was obviously changed once the courthouse was finished. The Arapahoe County Courthouse was bulldozed in 1933 since it was no longer a viable public building. Once bulldozed the site was turned into a park with a reflecting pool and fountains. Then it became a parking lot until it was turned into the May D&F Store. May D&F was eventually bought out and the store was closed to make way for the Adams Mark expansion.

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The Charles Building sat at the corner of 15th and Curtis. It served as a commercial/retail structure until it was torn down in the 1930s to make way for a lovely parking lot. The parking lot was eventually filled in with a 12 story structure called 930 15th Street which houses telecommunication functions for Qwest.



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The Windsor Hotel once sat at 18th and Larimer. It was one of many hotels that used to grace downtown Denver. During the 1800s and early 1900s Denver boasted a wide array of hotels and establishments for tourists. Many of these structures are now gone as they fell into ruin during the 50's and 60's. Many of them became flophouses and cheap arpartments for vagrants and the homeless. The Windsor name was reused for a modern condo structure that was built midblock on Larimer between 17th and 18th. Unfortunately, this modern structure was not constructed on the site of the old hotel which gave it its name.

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The Mining Exchange building sat at the corner of 15th and Arapahoe. It is now home to the Brooks Tower, a 42 story condo tower that was built in 1968. The Brooks Tower holds the prestige as being the tallest residential tower in Colorado. It is rather a shame; however, that the new structure was not quite as elegant as the old Mining Exchange. A statue of a prospector sat at the top of the Mining Exchange building pictured. He was forever captured hoilding a gold nugget in his hands. Today this statue sits in a small courtyard in front of the Brooks Tower as a reminder of the past.

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*photo from Denverskyscrapers.com

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This structure used to sit at the corner of 16th and Arapahoe. It was originally the US Custom's building and then it became the US Post Office. It was finally torn down to make way for the Federal Reserve building.

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And finally, the Tabor Opera House, has to be the one building out of many that I wish still existed today. It sat at the corner of 16th and Curtis and was part of Denver's Great White Way theater district until it was bulldozed to make way for the Federal Reserve Building.

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Here's a picture of Denver's Theater District. The only building that survived is the Baurs building on the left of the photo. The building was recently restored and graced with the Baurs lighted sign once again.

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