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A thread 🧵 of car-centric uses on E Colfax Avenue and their acreage. Working on a blog post about this. 1 acre surface parking lot at NE corner of Lincoln St and Colfax. 1/2 acre of tucked-under parking that leads to a surface lot behind NE corner of Grant St and Colfax.
NEW: Gov Jared Polis (D) is dropping his plan for a $28.5M pedestrian bridge at the State Capitol, acknowledging overwhelming public opposition to his idea. #copolitics 9news.com/article/news/p…
Gov Jared Polis (D-CO) waved a pair of handcuffs, telling me he'll chain himself to the Capitol to prevent his own pedestrian bridge project, which he's distancing himself from after 94% of online survey respondents said they didn't want it. #copolitics
Polis responds: “I will stop those bulldozers if I have to do it in person." Warner: "But they were your bulldozers." Polis: "I didn't have any bulldozers." All this is happening 2 months after Polis rolled out grand plans for the $20M+ walkway. denverite.com/2025/07/22/mon…
Elk Creek Fire is the lead agency for the #WhiteHawkFire. Erratic winds have calmed at the moment giving firefighters an opportunity for better suppression efforts. Current size up is 1.8 acres. @dcsheriff has made eight bucket drops so far and they are still at it! Firefighters…
#WhiteHawkFire burning on a mountainside approx 1/2 mile north of the North Fork of the South Platte River, and a 1/4 west of Foxton Rd. It is burning in a remote area. No evacuations at this time. @ElkCreekFire has ordered the @dcsheriff helicopter. #COFire
I just heard that Cap City Tavern is closing this Sunday, July 27th! Woah! westword.com/restaurants/de…
‘The end of the line is with me’: Family sells Colfax property after a century businessden.com/2025/07/22/the…
The move will require another Colorado sports team to change its name, however. westword.com/news/denver-na…
Cap Hill Lutheran church exploring apartments on its property trib.al/zsTYTIq
Union Ave & S Niagara St (+ Layton & S Newport) #Denver 80237 Two 22-story towers on 3.3 acre site brings new grocery store and residential podium with them. BIG development for S Denver—634 homes (846 beds) w/ 781 veh & 125 bike parking spots. Rids the streets of two slip lanes!
Office real estate wide open in Denver as vacancy rate hits 36 percent cpr.org/2025/07/18/den…
Went to the Rockies yesterday with a group, all of us walked or biked to the game. We were at Illegal Pete’s for burritos before most people unlocked their cars, and even after taking time for a burrito + marg I’m sure I beat them home!
Why did we build our stadiums around the most inefficient form of transportation?
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PROPOSED Julian St & W 5th Ave, #Denver 80204 10 rowhomes right by Barnum Park replace 1 SU home on large lot, each w/ garage parking. Close to Knox Ct bus stop and 6th Avenue. 1 new home must be income-restricted bc of EHA, cool stuff. Rendering made with AI.
3 days left to vote on the proposed 150th walkway at the State Capitol! Should Colorado build a walkway at our Capitol? Vote at co150walkway.com/feedback Voting will close at midnight on July 21, 2025.
The Mile High Table will bring 5,280 people together on the Auraria Campus. westword.com/restaurants/de…
Sometimes there are small townhome/rowhome projects I want to cover on Buildup, but I feel like people don’t get the exciting possibilities without a rendering. How would using AI to create a rendering of these proposals feel to you as a reader/follower?
.@JustinWingerter and I talked to @CityCastDenver about our Denver Broncos reporting, which shows the team has zeroed in on a new stadium at Burnham Yard, a shuttered state-owned railyard in central Denver denver.citycast.fm/podcasts/insid…
The House is preparing to vote on the measure, and it looks like dark days ahead for local public radio and television. westword.com/news/congress-…