Denver Mayor Mike Johnston speaks on the spiral staircase of the Populus Hotel during the grand opening of the hotel on Thursdya, Oct. 17, 2024. The new hotel is inspired by nature with a mission to bring nature back into our cities. (Jerilee Bennett, The Denver Gaze)
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston speaks on the spiral staircase of the Populus Hotel during the grand opening of the hotel on Thursdya, Oct. 17, 2024. The new hotel is inspired by nature with a mission to bring nature back into our cities. (Jerilee Bennett, The Denver Gaze)As in nature, there are hardly any straight lines at the Populus Hotel., including the grand staircase at the hotel entrance. the The new hotel is inspired by nature with a mission to bring nature back into our cities. Its grand opening was Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a400b0ac348f1407dc2709999dc38d3b?d=mm&r=g)The skyscrapers of Denver are reflected in the windows of the Populus Hotel. The windows are designed to be like the “eyes” on the aspen tree. The grand opening for the hotel was held on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a400b0ac348f1407dc2709999dc38d3b?d=mm&r=g)A man is silhouetted in one of the eye shaped windows of the Populus Hotel. The windows are designed to be like the “eyes” on the aspen tree. The grand opening for the hotel was on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a400b0ac348f1407dc2709999dc38d3b?d=mm&r=g)A reading room at the Populus Hotel. The grand opening for the hotel was held on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (Jerilee Bennett, The Denver Gaze)Nature inspires everything at the Populus Hotel, like these planters made from the trunk of a tree. The grand opening for the hotel was held on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a400b0ac348f1407dc2709999dc38d3b?d=mm&r=g)The terrace on the top floor at the Populus Hotel has gorgeous views of downtown Denver on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a400b0ac348f1407dc2709999dc38d3b?d=mm&r=g)The terrace on the top floor at the Populus Hotel has gorgeous views of downtown Denver on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (Jerilee Bennett, The Denver Gaze)A perfectly balanced tree branch or makes a lamp at the nature inspired Populus Hotel. ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a400b0ac348f1407dc2709999dc38d3b?d=mm&r=g)General manager George Prine speaks during the grand opening of the Populus Hotel on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (Jerilee Bennett, The Denver Gaze)A shower room in one of the suites at the new Populus Hotel on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a400b0ac348f1407dc2709999dc38d3b?d=mm&r=g)The large eye-shaped windows ring a corner room of the Populus Hotel. ([email protected]://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a400b0ac348f1407dc2709999dc38d3b?d=mm&r=g)Chef Blaise Colamarino makes pasta by hand at the Stellar Jay restaurant at the Populus Hotel on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (Jerilee Bennett, The Denver Gaze)