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Originally Posted by TakeFive
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"How Lower Downtown Denver Went From LoDo to BroDo"
TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2016 AT 12:43 P.M. BY CHRIS WALKER
Stock photo via Westword
So 1988 was the critical year?
So how did we end up with LoDo exactly?
Chris Walker has a very good 'n fun feature piece in Westword that's more about old buildings than new but it does have numerous "then and now" photos too. Takes me back to my El Chapultepec days. If you have some extra time it's well worth the read, especially if you're not a "newby" or if you enjoy a little history with your Java.
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It's amazing seeing the pics of Denver in the late 1970s early 80s after the Armageddon of the Skyline Project. A city leveled. Empty. Ghost town. I'm old enough I'm remember being downtown then. And in LoDo when the viaducts were there but before the revival. Going for my first beer at Wynkoop in around 1988 and wondering who the hell would put a bar in the worst part of town (Answer: the future mayor and governor).
The transformation still astounds me even though I see and live it every day.
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