Denver, Colorado
HISTORY
Welcome to Denver, Colorado
The Mile High City.
Denver, Colorado is located in Denver, County at the confluence of the South Platte River & Cherry Creek and was named Denver to gain favor with Kansas' Territorial Governor James W. Denver in 1858.
PHOTOS
Sights Around Denver, Colorado
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Please Remember Your License Plate Number
Downtown Denver, Colorado is pock-marked with surface parking lots. Despite the presence of a robust multimodal public transportation system, there is no shortage of options when it comes down to finding a place to park.
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Caution Vehicles Entering Alley
You'll never see what you don't see on a philosophical level - so I always walk the alleys with my camera in hand. So while doing just that, I spotted this 'Caution Vehicles Entering Alley' sign in Denver, Colorado.
What kind of a vehicle is a caution vehicle, do you know?
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Behind The Old Bus Terminal Parking Building
The Old Bus Terminal Parking Garage in Denver, Colorado, once was used for parking city buses and parking up to 500 cars. Before the Garage's construction in 1929, buses would park curbside Downtown.
Today the entire building is used for parking cars.
Do you like parking in old parking garages?
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Paramount Theatre In Denver
The Paramount Theatre in Denver, Colorado, was built by architect Temple Buell in 1930. Buell, credited for establishing the Western Style of architecture, designed over 300 buildings in Colorado, and the Paramount is considered his finest work.
The Theatre features art deco inside and out and houses a one-of-a-kind Wurlitzer twin-console organ, one of two remaining twin-console organs in the United States. The other remaining twin-console organ is at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Have you been to the Paramount Theatre? If so, what did you go to see?
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Ogden Theatre
In Denver, Colorado, The Ogden Theatre opened in 1917 as a movie theater affiliated with Fox Theatres. The building received a remodel in 1970 that updated the marquee, lobby, and auditorium.
To save the theatre from demolition, Doug Kauffman from Nobody In Particular Presents purchased the theatre and converted it into a live music venue in 1993.
What are some of the most memorable concerts you've seen at the Ogden Theatre?
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Shelby's Bar
First opened as a funeral parlor in 1906, this building spent most of its life as The Pink Lady Bar in Denver, Colorado. The Pink Lady, a notorious clip joint, was converted into Shelby's, which intended to be an English pub in 1979.
As the legend goes, everyone mistook Shelby's for an Irish bar, and by 2016 Esquire Magazine featured the bar as one of America's 18 Best Bars. But unfortunately, when the last owners bought the bar, they didn't buy the land, and developers had put some big plans in motion in 2019.
The building was torn down and replaced with Denver's largest condo project since 2009, tentatively named Block 176. Going up would be two point-towers built on top of a nine-story base. The taller south tower would be 38 stories, while the north tower would be 32.
The Grill and Bar signs on the building had dated back to The Pink Lady days, and bartenders called 'last call' for the final time at Shelby's on June 23, 2019.
Did you ever go to The Pink Lady Bar or Shelby's Bar?
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2019 Stout Street
2019 Stout Street in Denver, Colorado, is also known as the Carson Press Building. The one-story brick building, built in 1913, features stone columns with Corinthian capitals, dentils, and relief torches on its facade.
Are you a fan of Classical architecture?
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Behind Bar Bar
Bar Bar, also known as Carioca Cafe, in Denver, Colorado, is one of the last of its kind, a cash-only dive bar.
Do you like dive bars?
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Queen and Fools Gold
Created by two different female artists as part of Crush Walls, these two murals once adorned the side of the Ramble Hotel in Denver, Colorado. On the left side is Lindee Zimmer's 'Queen,' and on the right is Nomad Clan's 'Fools Gold.'
On September 16, 2020, a new mural by El Mac replaced both works.
Do you like murals? If so, where have you seen some of your favorite ones?
