Historic Denver & Colorado Preservation Inc. Issue Joint Letter on Colfax Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Station Shelters
Historic Denver and Colorado Preservation Inc. oppose the suggestion that there are no adverse effects to the historic character of the Colfax Corridor by the proposed BRT station shelter design. We urge the Federal Transit Administration, City and County of Denver, and the project team to revise the station shelter design to create a product that is sympathetic to the surrounding context and mitigates the potential adverse effects to the Colfax … Continue reading →
The home of Colorado’s first Black appellate judge is part of a historic landmark
By Anthony Cotton CPR News February 2, 2022 The steps leading up to the front porch at 780 Steele Street in Denver’s Congress Park neighborhood are an intricate maze of geometric shapes: blocks and wedges, twisting and rising from the street up to the front porch. Pretty to look at, but torturous to shovel. “The bane of my existence,” Raymond Jones II said. But eventually, winter’s agony melted into summer … Continue reading →