Tag: Federico Peña
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Can Colorado emerge from COVID into a new Roaring Twenties? | Vince Bzdek
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In 2019, U.S. News ranked Colorado‘s economy No. 1 in the nation, driven by 2.3% job growth compared to a 1.2% national average, a 2.5% unemployment rate, and 4.87% growth in personal income per person. Ah, those were the days. The upheaval brought on by…
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DIA adds new sculpture to public art collection
Denver International Airport announced Friday the newest addition to its public art collection, a sculpture dedicated to Federico Peña, former Denver mayor, U.S. Secretary of Transportation and U.S. Secretary of Energy. The sculpture, “Luminous Wind,” was created by artists Laura Haddad and Thomas Drugan from environmentally activated materials including prismatic clear acrylic rods and stainless…
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Denver International Airport boasts worthy art collection of permanent, temporary pieces
Extraordinary art likely isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think about an airport. Perhaps it’s time to shift your paradigm. Consider Denver International Airport, already a work of art from a distance, with its skyrocketing roof peaks that evoke a white-capped mountain range. With a permanent collection of more than 30…
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YESTERYEAR: Lamm threatens veto if GOP draws extremely favorable congressional maps
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thirty-five Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … House Majority Leader Ron Strahle’s congressional redistricting plan was already drawing veto threats from Gov. Dick Lamm, who swore he would never accept a Republican-drawn map that guaranteed the GOP five safe seats with just…