Tag: Union Station
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Energy, excitement high for Nuggets season ahead of home opener
As the Denver Nuggets prepared for their home opener Saturday, hundreds of fans gathered outside Union Station celebrate the occasion. As Nuggets fans, many dressed in team paraphernalia, took turns shooting hoops, dancing to music and enjoying cold beverages at the team’s annual Can-I-Val Tip-Off event, some shared their excitement about the upcoming season. “They’re…
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Denver to haunt drivers by closing road near Union Station for ‘Spooky Wynkoopy’ Halloween festival
Drivers in Lower Downtown next week may be haunted by a Halloween-themed temporary road closure outside Union Station. Beginning Friday afternoon, the city will close the 1700 block of Wynkoop Street to cars for a week-long Halloween celebration called “Spooky Wynkoopy,” according to a Thursday news release from the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure. Drivers…
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Loft open Saturday is a block from Union Station, Dairy Block
At a moment when Denver has shined up its 16th Street mall as a centerpiece for what is hoped to be a downtown comeback, brokers Georgia Gallagher and Uschi Brunner have a loft to show Saturday that’s a block off the LoDo end of 16th Street, a quick walk from dining and galleries that never left downtown. At…
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RTD to adjust bus and rail routes for two construction projects
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Regional Transportation District will change a handful of transit routes at the end of August as it continues work on two downtown construction projects. With the agency continuing its work on both downtown Denver rail reconstruction and Downtown Boulder Station expansion, it will adjust…
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Larimer Square celebrates life of Denver preservationist Dana Crawford
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The sound of jazz music emanated several blocks from Larimer Square on Saturday afternoon, drawing Denverites to the historic city district. What they found was a celebration for the woman who made the city block the historic landmark it is today. Located in the very…
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As Rockies limp into All-Star break, loft has Coors view | ON THE HOME FRONT
Four years ago, when the Colorado Rockies owners opened their McGregor Square project across 20th Street from Coors Field, Lower Downtown had arrived at a good-news bad-news moment. The bad news was that the Rocks had already lost 51 games and were 18 games out of first place. The pandemic that shuttered the baseball season…
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Denver no stranger to budget deficits
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Like most major U.S. cities, Denver has experienced financial ups and downs over the past decade. Mayor Mike Johnston announced last week that the city is facing a $200 million budget deficit in 2026 and will need to enact furloughs that started Sunday, hiring freezes,…
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RTD E and H Line maintenance will affect schedules and routes starting Tuesday
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Maintenance on the Regional Transportation District’s E and H Lines from Tuesday through Thursday will disrupt transit riders between 4:30 a.m. and about noon each day. Normal schedules will return on Thursday, May 22. The repairs will eliminate the speed restrictions between Yale and Southmoor…
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Teen arrested in deadly shooting near Union Station was free on bond
The teen accused of shooting and killing a woman near Union Station in Denver was free on bond related to a separate shooting earlier this year in Aurora, where he’s accused of shooting a man in the leg, according to court documents obtained by 9NEWS. Jakiem Whitham is charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder…
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RTD sees improved safety at Union Station after security enhancements
The “Reclaim Union Station” strategy launched in 2022