DENVER | Main Development Thread #6

[EngiNerd]

http://303magazine.com/2016/07/prospect-park-renamed-union

On Friday, July 15, the residents of what was formerly Prospect Park will host a ribbon cutting ceremony for their neighborhood’s new name. Residents of the area defined by 20th Street, Park Avenue West and Wewatta Street chose “Union Station North” by popular vote earlier this month. Their recently erected sign, located on the corner of 20th Street and Park Avenue West, mimics the iconic train station with tangerine-hued letters. The resemblance is intentional because, much like the creators of the original marquee, the residents of Union Station North hope the change will act as a harbinger for revitalization:

[Cirrus]

I think they mean UsNo.

[RyanD]

Originally Posted by Cirrus

I think they mean UsNo.

That sounds like a ghetto NIMBY group.

Our stance on development in this neighborhood, ummm UsNO!

[Stonemans_rowJ]

Originally Posted by Cirrus

I think they mean UsNo.

A lot of people who live there didn't even know it was called Prospect Park! Too funny

I think most people will keep referring to it as Lodo

[The Dirt]

I bet something like NoDUS might catch on.

[PLANSIT]

UNo.

"There is only one."

[PLANSIT]

Lot of stuff coming in for 9th+CO:

Site Address and Description
1000 N Colorado Blvd - 2016PM0000404 - 9th & Colorado - Block 1

Site Address and Description
1000 N Colorado Blvd - 2016PM0000405 - 9th & Colorado - Block 2

Site Address and Description
1000 N Colorado Blvd - 2016PM0000406 - 9th & Colorado - Block 4

Site Address and Description
1000 N Colorado Blvd - 2016PM0000407 - 9th & Colorado - Block 5

Site Address and Description
1000 N Colorado Blvd - 2016PM0000408 - 9th & Colorado - Block 8

Block 7 looks to be under construction.

[Curtis Park]

Originally Posted by EngiNerd

http://303magazine.com/2016/07/prospect-park-renamed-union

I bet none of them know they are all technically living in Five Points.

[Stonemans_rowJ]

https://www.youtube.com/embed/2tEhKhZkE94

Insane!

[RyanD]

^ No safety gear and showing your face to the world when you're probably not supposed to be up there. What a moron.

[The Dirt]

The dude sounds Russian.

[PLANSIT]

Originally Posted by RyanD

^ No safety gear and showing your face to the world when you're probably not supposed to be up there. What a moron.

This is a worldwide phenomenon.

Just one of a zillion examples:

http://www.theatlantic.com/international...mbed-a-2-073-foot-tower-in-china/283825/

[RyanD]

^ I know it is. I've seen tons of examples in Denver too.

Here's a (hazy) pano I recently took from the new Halcyon Hotel in Cherry Creek aka 245 Columbine.

Also a full inside look is on DenverInfill.

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[mhays]

Pretty good odds of getting arrested doing that, for good reason. What a dumbass.

[EngiNerd]

Great pic Ryan! Haze is all we know how to do in Denver anymore it seems like.

[Dogpatch]

Agree. Great pic. That Cap Hill/Golden Triangle skyline ain't bad from that angle!

[Robert.hampton]

Originally Posted by EngiNerd

Great pic Ryan! Haze is all we know how to do in Denver anymore it seems like.

"Anymore"? Ha! Either you haven't been here long or quickly forget the past. The haze isn't half as bad as it was 30 years ago

[lumos]

Denver Union Station has been activated

I am sure that most of you know but since June there has been a farmers' market in the Plaza in front of Union Station each Saturday morning. It is a genuine farmers' market with many stalls manned by enthusiastic local producers and it is true wonderful. Fab fruit and veg, sheeps cheese from the mountains, artisanal bread, coffee, jams, olives herb and flowers and much more. The place is just hopping, kids and parents in the fountains, street performers, the new beer plaza open. It is a great addition to downtown.

When walking back I saw that Confluence is losing the northern tower crane as the short building has topped out, leaving 14 more floors to go on the Southern building. The light 'stone' cladding is appearing on the North elevation of the 'hotel-formerly-know-as-Kimpton' and is looking smart. And finally Holland is starting work on the plot at 19th and Little Raven tomorrow.

[TakeFive]

Originally Posted by corey

I truly like Gensler's airport hotel a lot better than Calatrava's design. I guess I just like clean looking buildings. I hate the chicken bone flourishes on the roof and frankly the over use of white in SC's design. I'm glad he bailed on the project.

I agree with you and so does Nick.

"Denver’s airport additions aims high..."
June 23, 2016 By NICK CECCHI - Architects Newspaper aka ArchPaper

In the transit center and associated hotel, Gensler’s steady hand has provided Denver with a handsome, if unexceptional, addition to the airport. Few designs, including Calatrava’s original proposal, could match the tectonic celebration that is the original Fentress Architects–designed terminal.

However, Gensler carefully crafted a piece of architecture that is deferential to the unique and timelessly beautiful structure, while humbly presenting its own attractive qualities. From the catenary swoop of the Westin roof to the well-executed structural canopies interpenetrating it, this is a project that aspires to deliver great design in spite of the city’s traditionally conservative approach to architecture.

It's an interesting and quite readable piece - only a bit geeky.

Ryan Gobuty/Courtesy Gensler via ArchPaper

The transit Center was the motivation and he has mixed feelings about that; doesn't much care for the Landscape /sigh. He also make general references to Denver that generally reflect what you'd expect an architect to say.

[TakeFive]

Originally Posted by DUPio

I'm not nearly as in-the-know as many of you guys so maybe you can shed some light on why Aurora is the way it is. I don't understand why the area around Anschutz hasn't even started gentrification, I would think there would be plenty of people wanting to live closer to the campus to shorten the commute.

These things take time and lets face it over the last 5 years downtown Denver has sucked up most of the development oxygen. Still 5 years is a relatively short period of time over the longer haul.

Bye Bye Boll-e-Ana
"Colfax and Peoria makeover underway in Aurora"
July 8, 2016 By Brandon Johansson - Aurora Biz

Over just the last few months, the bustling intersection near the Anschutz Medical Campus has seen a flurry of activity

AURORA | The bustling intersection of East Colfax Avenue and Peoria Street will hardly resemble its hard-scrabble reputation in a few years.

Already long gone is the old Boll-e-Ana Motel west of Peoria, and several other longtime, dilapidated fixtures nearby are about to meet with a demolition crew.

“If I left today and came back five years from now I wouldn’t recognize that intersection,” said Ward I City Councilwoman Sally Mounier, who represents the area. “I just wouldn’t.”

So what specifically at you looking at?

The Conoco station that sat for years at the northwest corner of Peoria and Colfax is gone, set to be replaced by a new 7-Eleven. To the south, an old gas station and ethnic market is gone and will be replaced by a Family Dollar store at East 14th Avenue and Peoria.

A block south, at 13th and Peoria, phase 2 of the massive Edgepoint apartment complex is under construction. The old sprawling building that used to house an Auto Zone on the southeast corner is vacant and fenced off... And, Mounier said, the iconic Nick’s Liquors building on the southwest corner is under contract and will soon be redeveloped.

And that's just at Peoria and Colfax; there's more.

But today, with not only several projects along Peoria, but new hotels and apartments popping up on Colfax a few blocks further east, Mounier said the long-desired building boom has started in earnest.

While more dense development is modest at this point these projects do reflect positive investment into that part of town.