Tag: Landmark
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Historic Denver executive director Annie Levinsky shifts to statewide focus at History Colorado
Annie Levinsky’s name has become synonymous with Denver historic preservation. Her 14 years of work as the executive director of Historic Denver Inc. literally shaped how many parts of the city look today and will look into the future. The 42-year-old Denver native will move on from the non-profit organization she’s served for 19 years…
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Longtime Denver developer Charlie Woolley not slowing down
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Longtime Denver developer Charlie Woolley may be getting a lifetime achievement award, but he’s not slowing down. The founder of St. Charles Town Company has become known for his crafty adaptive re-use projects with landmark buildings and an eye toward affordable housing. In fact, Woolley…
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Denver City Council denies Channel 7 building landmark status
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council voted unanimously late Monday not to designate the Channel 7 building at 123 E. Speer Blvd. a landmark. Though it’s likely the red, octagonal “brutalist” architecture-style building will be demolished to make room for an apartment building tower, the developer signed…
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Denver land use committee sends Channel 7 building landmark status to city council
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In a mostly procedural rubber stamp of the Denver Landmark Preservation Commission’s decision, Denver’s Land Use, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to send the issue of the Channel 7 building’s landmark status to the full city council. The council is scheduled to hear…
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Denverites recommend La Alma Lincoln Park neighborhood as historic cultural district
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One of Denver’s oldest residential neighborhoods and the site of extensive Chicano history, the La Alma Lincoln Park neighborhood, might become historically designated. Last month, residents in partnership with Historic Denver submitted an application to…
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Denver commission tags Channel 7 building with landmark status
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver’s Landmark Preservation Commission voted Tuesday to designate the 51-year-old Channel 7 building at 123 E. Speer Blvd. a landmark, preventing developers from razing the five-story Brutalist-style building. Commissioners voted 6-1 to recommend approval of the designation application and forwarded it to City Council’s Land…
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Denver’s Channel 7 looking for new digs; debate over its 51-year home just beginning
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If you’ve driven into downtown Denver north off I-25, and took Lincoln Street north, you’ve seen the red hulking Channel 7 building at 123 E. Speer Blvd. Millions of motorists have driven by since the brutalist architecture style building was erected in 1969. To many,…