DENVER | Main Development Thread #6 - Page 121

Brock Landers · #**2401** Posted **Jan 16, 2015, 3:28 AM**

Thought I saw someone ask for a new hyatt pic.

DenvertoLA · #**2402** Posted **Jan 16, 2015, 5:01 AM**

Yuup, thanks man

Denver · #**2403** Posted **Jan 16, 2015, 7:54 AM**

The Hyatt project looks a lot better (but still not great) in person than it did in the rendering IMO.

Mulligan · #**2404** Posted **Jan 16, 2015, 8:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by Denver

The Hyatt project looks a lot better (but still not great) in person than it did in the rendering IMO.

I think the Hyatt will be great - it's about time we have something in that part of downtown besides parking lots and the Diamond Cabaret.

Also, they've announced the Sears in Cherry Creek is closing.

TakeFive · #**2405** Posted **Jan 16, 2015, 9:34 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mulligan

I think the Hyatt will be great - it's about time we have something in that part of downtown besides parking lots and the Diamond Cabaret.

Also, they've announced the Sears in Cherry Creek is closing.

Agree wholeheartedly. I think it was a wise move by White Lodging. Their dual-branded hotel on 15th Street should also be a nice addition to downtown. They don't look to build iconic structures. Even their 1,000+ room convention center hotel in Austin isn't anything special. In Denver, they've found B sites to add to the hotel scene. Works for me.

Bye, bye Sears.

BG918 · #**2406** Posted **Jan 16, 2015, 9:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mulligan

Also, they've announced the Sears in Cherry Creek is closing.

Sounds like the plan to tear down Sear's and extend Columbine from 2nd to 1st could be coming to fruition. I've heard it could involve a new office building and two new condo buildings above an underground garage with lots of new retail space.

Mulligan · #**2407** Posted **Jan 16, 2015, 10:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by BG918

Sounds like the plan to tear down Sear's and extend Columbine from 2nd to 1st could be coming to fruition. I've heard it could involve a new office building and two new condo buildings above an underground garage with lots of new retail space.

I'd say that plan is dead given that the entrance to the parking garage beneath Crate & Barrel and next to the underground Sears entrance is directly off Columbine.

Denver · #**2408** Posted **Jan 17, 2015, 1:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by Mulligan

I'd say that plan is dead given that the entrance to the parking garage beneath Crate & Barrel and next to the underground Sears entrance is directly off Columbine.

I completely agree not to mention that extending the street would also mean demolishing at least part of the above ground parking garage as well

BG918 · #**2409** Posted **Jan 17, 2015, 3:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by Denver

I completely agree not to mention that extending the street would also mean demolishing at least part of the above ground parking garage as well

I've seen a concept plan and it would involve rebuilding both garages and be done in phases, if it actually happens.

TakeFive · #**2410** Posted **Jan 18, 2015, 9:48 PM**

This is interesting

courtesy of loopnet.com

Denver Cityscape has the detail:

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1/14/15 - Sagebrush Companies of Denver will soon begin construction of a 117 unit luxury apartment project adjacent to Viking Park on West 29th Avenue and Eliot Street in the Jefferson Park Neighborhood. The 8 story building will include structured parking and rooftop amenities including a pool and gym facilities. The architect and general contractor is the Beck Group of Dallas

What's interesting in addition to this new proposal is that the Beck Group is the designated architect on Eviva Cherokee.

TakeFive · #**2411** Posted **Jan 18, 2015, 10:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by seventwenty

Westword has a rundown on Welton

I really must sincerely thank you for this post.
You see a long, long time ago there was this little boy:

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Eight-year-old Darrell Anderson should be asleep in his bed, but instead he's sneaked a block north in his jammies to the corner of 27th and Welton streets, where he's now hiding out behind liquor boxes, waiting patiently for the wooden door to swing open, waiting for a glimpse into the place to be in Denver: the jazz club at the Rossonian Hotel, a tiny, triangular first-floor ballroom filled with good sounds, good company and more than a little magic.

.....

per blogs.westword.com

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The wooden door swings open again, and big clouds of cigarette smoke rush toward Anderson, who spies San Francisco's Gladys Palmer in the lounge. Years later, the singer will recognize Anderson in an equally foggy bar in Thailand, where he's stationed during the Vietnam War. "Hey," she'll say to the grown-up Anderson. "Hey, you're that snotty-nosed kid who used to peek in at the Rossonian, aren't you?"

.....

both photos via Westword. First photo credits to William Henry Jackson - Denver Public Library. Second photo credits to Anthony Camera

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And that's when Darrell Anderson came back onto the scene. After serving with the Army and doing a stint with an airline, Anderson returned to Denver to pursue art full-time. For the better part of the next decade, he rented the first floor of the Rossonian as his studio for less than $500 a month on a month-to-month basis. He also proposed to his wife inside the empty ballroom he'd idolized as a kid.

All quotes (and photos) courtesy of Westword's feature story "All That Jazz."

I couldn't resist reading the "cover story" linked via your post and while it's long it is a delightful read into the history of the Rossonian Hotel.

RyanD · #**2412** Posted **Jan 19, 2015, 12:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by Denver

The Hyatt project looks a lot better (but still not great) in person than it did in the rendering IMO.

You sure...? Here are some other perspectives. These blank walls are seriously concerning and personally, I'm not digging this at all.

Upper Downtown: Hyatt Place/Hyatt House Hotel Update #5

This side will look quite nice though..

Denver · #**2413** Posted **Jan 19, 2015, 12:57 AM**

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You sure...? Here are some other perspectives. These blank walls are seriously concerning and personally, I'm not digging this at all.

I did not even see it from that side. I only caught a glimpse as I was driving down 14th. That does look pretty bad. I was thinking it would come out looking cheaper than it did. Funny how your tone about the project changes from DI to Skyscrapers.

DenverPoke · #**2414** Posted **Jan 19, 2015, 1:08 AM**

^^holy crap that is beyond bad. Is there no design review here to guard against such things? It could be 25-30 years before something is developed to cover this up.

DownhomeDenver · #**2415** Posted **Jan 19, 2015, 4:05 AM**

A Denver institution has closed.

http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety/2015/01/paris_on_the_platte_will_close_today.php

bunt_q · #**2416** Posted **Jan 19, 2015, 5:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by DenverPoke

^^holy crap that is beyond bad. Is there no design review here to guard against such things? It could be 25-30 years before something is developed to cover this up.

Nope, there sure isn't. We build cheap and overpriced, welcome to Denver. And it'll probably never get covered up. I can't see anybody tearing down the little Denver Press Club building. Maybe, I guess, but unlikely. But in fairness to them, we are not going to realistically build 4-sided buildings. I'm okay with them having garbage on the alley. The south-facing angle is a little tougher to justify.

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Originally Posted by Denver

Funny how your tone about the project changes from DI to Skyscrapers.

Hahahahaha.

RyanD · #**2417** Posted **Jan 19, 2015, 5:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by Denver

I did not even see it from that side. I only caught a glimpse as I was driving down 14th. That does look pretty bad. I was thinking it would come out looking cheaper than it did. Funny how your tone about the project changes from DI to Skyscrapers.

That's because DI needs to remain neutral. It's infill news. We all like unbiased news in this world and there isn't enough of it!

SSP, however, is a discussion board where we are all biased people. Looking at these pictures a few hours later, I just shake my head... I don't know if I hate anything more than blank walls. The Platform is fine because that's guaranteed to be covered up within a year or so. This... No.. No no no no no no no.

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Hahahahaha.

TakeFive · #**2418** Posted **Jan 19, 2015, 8:10 AM**

Y'all should really try to keep up. Kate Upton recently signed on to be the new Hyatt Lady. Look for a really big poster/mural of Kate on that wall.

I don't mind this. It's not like there's a dead space along the sidewalk. I think it looks just fine.

EngiNerd · #**2419** Posted **Jan 19, 2015, 3:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by Denver

I did not even see it from that side. I only caught a glimpse as I was driving down 14th. That does look pretty bad. I was thinking it would come out looking cheaper than it did. Funny how your tone about the project changes from DI to Skyscrapers.

Embassy suites and the Hilton Garden Inn both have ugly blank walls as well on the side towards where another building is built, this one just happens to be taller and stands out more...and the problem is if a building does get placed next door, it is unlikely it will be as tall as the Hyatt House/Place, so that blank wall will probably never be completely covered up. Hopefully they put a huge mural or advert on that wall.

Stonemans_rowJ · #**2420** Posted **Jan 19, 2015, 3:44 PM**

Just read a .pdf that HUNI put out from a survey they sent out to about 6000 households, with a 7% return rate.

The comments highlighted on the .pdf pretty much were all negative about parking, development, character, gentrification, etc.

Can Lohi secede from West Highland? seriously, those attitudes are so lame.

Ironically, they want more small business like flower shops and grocery. So, more business, but no more people, and you need to keep parking available for them right out front even though they live within walking distance.

*rant over*