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Thunder in his pen: Pulitzer-prize winning Denver journalist Lou Kilzer dies at 73
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The journalism world lost a legend on Wednesday. Louis “Lou” Kilzer passed away at the age of 73. He died in his Colorado Springs home under hospice care surrounded by family. The two-time Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist carved a staggering resume throughout his over-41-year career, writing…
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The promise of an interstate highway through Denver in the 1960s tore apart community
On Sept. 12, 1964, hundreds crowded across freshly-painted highway stripes to watch the dedication of a new $12.5 million, 2.6-mile stretch of Interstate 70 designed to ease traffic congestion on what had been a four-lane street. City and state officials joined highway engineers as an enormous ribbon was cut and onlookers applauded the first ever…