Denver, Boulder, others from Colorado (incld aerials, panos)
 

I took these pictures around Christmas 2007 / New Years 2008, but never got around to posting them. Some of the Colorado forumers may remember that visit; we had a meet at the Hyatt observatory bar.

Flying into Denver on a clear day can be fun. If you catch the right angle, you can see the whole metro area.







16th Street Mall





The famous big blue bear. I'm not generally a fan of whimsical public art, but I like this one.



I-25 in south Denver.



Hooray light rail!







There will be more light rail later... or maybe in another thread. I haven't decided yet.

In the mean time: Boulder!



Unlike Denver, Boulder is right snug up against the hills



Boulderites are serious about their 55-foot height limit. Blame this ugly building downtown (and one other) for turning them against tall buildings.





This is a public parking garage wrapped with retail and office.


Pearl Street Mall

















CU, my alma mater.
















I stopped in Lakewood to see Belmar, a lifestyle center that was in planning back when I lived in CO. Right now (or rather: in 2007) it was pretty mall-without-a-roof like, but it was designed well enough. In another 10 or 20 years after infill has closed the gaps, it will be OK.








The town of Woodland Park is west of Colorado Springs. I'd never been there before.








All right. I don't think this thread is too long yet, so I'ma throw those transit pictures promised earlier in here.

This is the Colorado Blvd light rail station, in south Denver.





One of the on-street stops downtown.



Convention Center station feels almost like a subway.





The free downtown circulator (with Union Station bonus background).



A regional coach bus leaving Boulder for Denver. Intercity service between them is pretty good, actually.



Boulder does an excellent job with its buses. One thing they do is give each trunk line a unique branding scheme. Instead of the "17G" (or whatever), you take the "Dash".



... or the Jump.



... or any one of several others.

Boulder's downtown bus station:

And as promised, a couple of panos. These are downtown Denver, taken from Lakewood.

Great set of Boulder and Denver! Denver's skyline has changed quite a bit in that short period of time since you took those pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Boulder is my favourite suburban city, great job anyway!

Yup.

Really starting to fall in love with that town thanks in part to the photos posted on this forum. :tup:

Now this is the way to build. In a small suburban Atlanta city called Decatur, there are a couple of chunks of prime main street space taken up by parking garages. Every time I go to class, I think, "They can't just build the parking garage behind something more useful?" Now you've answered that question.
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Nice work. I loved the night scenes at the beginning.

Nice shots!

Great shots. I love Denver...gives me warm fuzzies b/c it was the only city i frequented as a youngster thanks to relatives. Probably started my obsession that is carried out through this website!

Great shots of Denver! Im really digging Denver the more I see of it!

Interesting to see Woodland Park. We used to live just west of there in Divide. At 9200 ft elevation...6 months of Winter was just too much.

I love this group of photos!

Nice mix of Denver, Boulder, and other places.

Cool scenes.

Very nice photos. A lot of good development --new and old -- represented here.

Oh man, and it was COLD the day I took those pictures. I went up and down those three blocks for about 5 minutes before running back inside.

Nice tour of these cities. :)

Another hidden gem. What a cool thread.