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Denver Landmarks and Historic Districts

Author : Thomas J. Noel
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1607324229
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Denver Landmarks and Historic Districts written by Thomas J. Noel and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Timberline Book Denver Landmarks and Historic Districts, Second Edition is the newest, most thorough guide to Denver’s 51 historic districts and more than 331 individually landmarked properties. This lavishly illustrated volume celebrates Denver’s oldest banks, churches, clubs, hotels, libraries, schools, restaurants, mansions, and show homes. Denver is unusually fortunate to retain much of its significant architectural heritage. The Denver Landmark Preservation Commission (1967), Historic Denver, Inc. (1970), Colorado Preservation, Inc. (1984), and History Colorado (1879) have all worked to identify and preserve Denver buildings notable for architectural, geographical, or historical significance. Since the 1970s, Denver has designated more landmarks than any other US city of comparable size. Many of these landmarks, both well-known and obscure, are open to the public. These landmarks and districts have helped make Denver one of the healthiest and most attractive core cities in the United States, transforming what was once Skid Row into the Lower Downtown Historic District of million-dollar lofts and $7 craft beers. Entries include the Daniels & Fisher Tower, the Brown Palace Hotel, Red Rocks Outdoor Amphitheatre, Elitch Theatre, Fire Station No. 7, the Richthofen Castle, the Washington Park Boathouse and Pavilion, and the Capitol Hill, Five Points, and Highlands historic districts. Denver Landmarks and Historic Districts highlights the many officially designated buildings and neighborhoods of note. This crisply written guide serves as a great starting point for rubbernecking around Denver, whether by motor vehicle, by bicycle, or afoot.

The Baker Historic District

Author : Nancy L. Widmann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book The Baker Historic District written by Nancy L. Widmann and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Denver's Early Architecture

Author : James Bretz
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738580463
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Denver's Early Architecture written by James Bretz and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In spite of its relentless reputation as a "cow town," Denver has grown from a dusty prairie burg into a thriving metropolis nestled against the foothills of the great Rocky Mountains. Gold brought the area's first settlers in the 1850s, and mining camps sprouted up along the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River. The first rudimentary structures of canvas, mud, and logs were soon replaced with sturdy buildings made of brick, stone, and wood, in what is now affectionately referred to as "Lodo" or the lower downtown district. City growth worked its way uptown and to the east from this neighborhood of houses, hotels, shops, and commercial buildings, eventually encompassing Capitol Hill. Many well-known people worked and lived in downtown Denver and Capitol Hill, including the infamous Margaret "Molly" Brown of Titanic fame, railroad man David Moffat, merchant prince Charles Boettcher, druggist-turned-entrepreneur Walter Scott Cheesman, and Denver's notorious lovers, Horace Tabor and his wife "Baby Doe."

Historic Preservation and the Imagined West

Author : Judy Mattivi Morley
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700617604
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Historic Preservation and the Imagined West written by Judy Mattivi Morley and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2006-09-12 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stroll through Larimer Square in Denver or through Pioneer Square in Seattle and you feel that you're stepping into history while browsing the expensive boutiques and tourist shops. But are you? In this intriguing study of some of America's favorite places, Judy Morley takes a fresh look at adaptive reuse efforts in cities of the former frontier. Focusing on urban preservation resulting from the competing interests of architectural preservationists, city planners, chambers of commerce, and boosters, she shows how developers have often taken artistic license to refashion the western past into shopping centers and tourist traps-in ways that privilege an imagined "heritage" over a more complex history. Examining Old Town Albuquerque, Larimer Square and LoDo in Denver, and Pioneer Square and Pike Place Market in Seattle, Morley describes the creation and marketing of western heritage under the guise of historic preservation. She draws on extensive interviews, city council proceedings, and historic plats and photographs to construct a detailed picture of how these districts originally looked and were used, how they were renovated, and to what ends they were marketed. This is the first book to systematically address issues of historic preservation and western urban growth, examining the interplay of identity, preservation, and tourism. It identifies the economic, political, and social issues that transformed each historic district into a place that resonated with the popular imagination. Along the way, Morley exposes the ironies that have attracted criticism to historic districts, such as Old Town Albuquerque's celebration of Hispanic heritage-even though Hispanic residents were displaced during the renovation-or Larimer Square's hiding of its actual skid-row past beneath a veneer of more tourist-friendly history. But while critics charge that historic preservation often celebrates a sanitized past, Morley suggests that these locales offer both residents and visitors a window on a shared romantic history and a sense of belonging, serving as vital locations for community festivals, holiday events, and even public gatherings in times of tragedy. Historic Preservation and the Imagined West argues that, although these districts did not so much preserve history as create mythic identities for their cities, they have in their way reconciled the past with the needs of the future.

Historic Preservation & the Imagined West

Author : Judy Mattivi Morley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Historic Preservation & the Imagined West written by Judy Mattivi Morley and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She draws on extensive interviews, city council proceedings, and historic plats and photographs to construct a detailed picture of how these districts originally looked and were used, how they were renovated, and to what ends they were marketed."

The Wyman Historic District

Author : Diane Wilk
Publisher : Historic Denver Guides
ISBN 13 : 9780914248057
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book The Wyman Historic District written by Diane Wilk and published by Historic Denver Guides. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Lower Downtown Historic District

Author : Barbara Gibson
Publisher : Historic Denver Guides
ISBN 13 : 9780914248071
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book The Lower Downtown Historic District written by Barbara Gibson and published by Historic Denver Guides. This book was released on 1995 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Telluride Historic District

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Telluride Historic District written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Vanished Denver Landmarks

Author : Mark A. Barnhouse
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9781540250032
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Vanished Denver Landmarks written by Mark A. Barnhouse and published by History Press. This book was released on 2021-10-11 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its 1858 birth, the Mile High City has undergone continuous change, with each successive generation putting its stamp on Denver's architectural character. Along the way, landmarks initially considered first class were later deemed disposable by those who had different visions of what Denver should be. Beloved buildings like the Tabor Grand Opera House, the Windsor Hotel and the Republic Building vanished. Historian Mark A. Barnhouse revisits these lost treasures along with the lesser known and rarely explored, including an apartment building dubbed Denver's Bohemia, the humble abode of one of the early twentieth century's most successful novelists and the opulent mansion of a man who gave Denver three consecutive baseball championships.

Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District, Colorado

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Georgetown-Silver Plume Historic District, Colorado written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Colorado

Author : Thomas J. Noel
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806153539
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Colorado written by Thomas J. Noel and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2015-05-29 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a thoroughly revised edition of the Historical Atlas of Colorado, which was coauthored by Tom Noel and published in 1994. Chock-full of the best and latest information on Colorado, this new edition features thirty new chapters, updated text, more than 100 color maps and 100 color photos, and a best-of listing of Colorado authors and books, as well as a guide to hundreds of tourist attractions. Colorado received its name (Spanish for “red”) after much debate and many possibilities, including Idaho (an “Indian” name meaning “gem of the mountains” later discovered to be a fabrication) and Yampa (Ute for “bear”). Noel includes other little-known but significant facts about the state, from its status as first state in the Union to elect women to its legislature, to its controversial “highest state” designation, elevated by the 2013 legalization of recreational cannabis. Noel and cartographer Carol Zuber-Mallison map and describe Colorado’s spectacular geography and its fascinating past. The book’s eight parts survey natural Colorado, from rivers and mountains to dinosaurs and mammals; history, from prehistoric peoples to twenty-first-century Color-oddities; mining and manufacturing, from the gold rush to alternative energy sources; agriculture, including wineries and brewpubs; transportation, from stagecoach lines to light rail; modern Colorado, from the New Deal to the present (including politics, history, and information on lynchings, executions, and prisons); recreation, covering not only hiking and skiing but also literary locales and Colorado in the movies; and tourism, encompassing historic landmarks, museums, and even cemeteries. In short, this book has information—and surprises—that anyone interested in Colorado will relish.

Side by Side

Author : Witter Cofield Historic District (Denver, Colo.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780964582408
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Side by Side written by Witter Cofield Historic District (Denver, Colo.) and published by . This book was released on 1995-11 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Country Club Heritage

Author : Alice Millett Bakemeier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780965957410
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (574 download)

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Download or read book Country Club Heritage written by Alice Millett Bakemeier and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lost Denver

Author : Amy Zimmer
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 1910496596
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Lost Denver written by Amy Zimmer and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Astonishing images of vanished Denver, from old hotels and movie houses to streetcars to sports stadiumsThere has been much change in Denver since the first settlers built a small town on the south side of Cherry Creek and named it Auraria. Streetcar suburbs emerged and were annexed into the city of Denver; skyscrapers rose and were replaced by even bigger skyscrapers. The streetcars disappeared. Denver's baseball team, the Bears, played out of Broadway Park, then Bears Stadium, which became Mile High Stadium and then a parking lot for Sports Authority Field. The city has lost many of its grand Victorian buildings. The grand Richardsonian Romanesque Denver Club is gone, along with the Tabor Block and Tabor Opera House. The theater district on Curtis Street has been transformed, while the Denver Urban Renewal Authority (DURA) has targeted whole districts for wholesale change. Lost Denver looks at the many aspects of the city that have disappeared over the last 150 years—the old hotels and movie houses, the civic buildings no longer fit for purpose, the old bridges, cemeteries, and parks that have been changed out of all recognition, and the city districts that didn't fit in with the Skyline Renewal Project.

History Lover's Guide to Denver, A

Author : Mark Barnhouse
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467142123
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book History Lover's Guide to Denver, A written by Mark Barnhouse and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in an unlikely spot where dry prairies meet formidable mountains, Denver overcame its doubtful beginning to become the largest and most important city within a thousand miles. This tour of the Queen City of the Plains goes beyond travel guidebooks to explore its fascinating historical sites in detail. Tour the grand Victorian home where the unsinkable Molly Brown lived prior to her Titanic voyage. Visit the Brown Palace Hotel suite that President Dwight and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower used as the "Summer White House." Pay respects at the mountaintop grave of the greatest showman of the nineteenth century, Colonel William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. From the jazzy Rossonian lounge where Ella scatted and Basie swung to gleaming twenty-first-century art museums, author Mark A. Barnhouse traces the Mile High City's story through its historical legacy.

Economic Impact of Historic District Designation

Author : National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780891334088
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Economic Impact of Historic District Designation written by National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rediscovering Northwest Denver

Author : Ruth Eloise Wiberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780870813726
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Rediscovering Northwest Denver written by Ruth Eloise Wiberg and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rediscovering Northwest Denver is a chatty, enjoyable read that tells of the tycoons and entrepreneurs whose fine Victorian homes still dot the area, and of the immigrants from various European cultures who clung together for comfort in the face of prejudice.