Tag: Dana Crawford
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Several Colorado businesses, buildings to be honored at Dana Crawford Awards
Evans School owners transformed an abandoned Denver schoolhouse into a vibrant, multi-functional eatery and gathering place — something the woman who helped save and transform Larimer Square would surely have appreciated. Organizations such as Denver’s Evans School and Watkins Stained Glass will be recognized at the 42nd annual Dana Crawford Awards for their outstanding contributions to Colorado’s architectural and archaeological history. Hosted by Colorado…
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Denver celebrates life of famed preservationist Dana Crawford at Union Station
Family, friends, colleagues and prominent officials celebrated the life of Crawford under the famous roof she led to be rebuilt.
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Hundreds to memorialize Dana Crawford, Denver’s famed preservationist, at Union Station Sunday
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More than 500 people have registered to attend the memorial event for famous Denver preservationist Dana Crawford on Sunday at Union Station. Business and government leaders are expected to pay their respects in the station’s Great Hall — fitting as she was a key member of the team that redeveloped it 13 years ago and opened the…
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Denver preservationist Dana Crawford dies
Famed Denver preservationist Dana Crawford, credited for the rebirth of Denver’s Larimer Square and instrumental in the redevelopment of Union Station, died Thursday night. She was 93. Born in Salina, Kansas, Crawford came to Denver in 1954 and immediately fell in love with the city, telling the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame: “Colorado people are…
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Ghost of Christmas Past: As Larimer Square’s holiday allure slips, retailers hope for better years ahead
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As the holidays arrived in the year 1965, a sort of Christmas miracle happened on Larimer Street in downtown Denver: On a block that had slid from being the bustling core of a gold rush town, to a skid row lined with rundown bars and…