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Friday, May 1, 2009 View From The 20th Street Viaduct2
The viaduct, 30 feet above the ground, offered a great perspective to survey the area. The view of vacant land, randomly filled warehouses and distant viaducts looked bleak and very tired. The buildings were strong, with beautiful brick, and ready to greet a new era. Because we can, let's jump over a large steel railing of the viaduct, and down to the dirt. We are now standing in the area adjacent to the now Fado's Pub and the Sing Sing Bar, and almost in the exact spot of the wonderful sculpture "Evolution of the Ball" by Lonnie Hanzon. We walk left on the dirt and through sparse low weeds across the field to the Rocky Mountain Warehouse, then occupied by the Avenrich Furniture Company at Wazee Street and 19th Street. The Westword Newspaper offices were next door, and across the street, the huge front face of the Icehouse building. Once walking into the building to view the partial interior demo, I ran into the owner of O.K Enterprises, Jerry Orbin, an old friend, that was doing the demo. So we are very fortunate that all of these buildings have been renovated and add to our experience of creating a city proud of it's architectural heritage.
For additional images and
commentary, please refer
to the Viaducts section.
Buckfifty.org graciously
invited me to contribute to
their site. I have 3 posts, "Under the Viaducts",
"Truckers Implosion" and "Photographing Denver
1984- 1992". Also contributed brochure for
posts on the Rainbow Music Hall and
Do you have a story on Denver? You can send it to
buckfifty.org. For additional images and commentary, please refer to my blog post on The River North. - Kim Allen |
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