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The Rocky
Mountains, a high country lake and even a
waterfall seemed like a great spot to make a
camp. A tent preferably needs a flat spot to
be pitched. I looked down and viewed
a perfectly flat asphalt parking lot; we
were in luck.
This mural is on the south side of a
building located at 788 South Broadway. This
view is directly between Broadway and
Lincoln streets at Ohio Street. Driving
North on Broadway, going under I-25, the road
curves hard to the right and turns into
Lincoln Street.
We gathered our camping equipment, lantern,
backpack, chair, stove and even some rocks.
I had pitched my tent in the Alps, Monterrey
Beach, the Kentucky Derby infield and now it
was urban camping in Denver.
My future
wife, a friend of hers, with her young baby
girl (in the tent), had now staked out our
campsite — a little noisy, but close to
restrooms and restaurants. Honking cars
zoomed by as they witnessed this silly
scene, we roasted hot dogs and warmed our
hands on the imaginary fire.
After 30
minutes of roughing it, we decided our
desire of a wonderful outdoor camping
experience had been full-filled and even
exceeded our expectations. We packed up,
climbed into the car and our
10 minute drive home was filled with
conversation of what a wild camping trip was
all about.
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Mayan Theatre restoration
project
110 Broadway
1986 |
The Mayan Theatre was built in
1930 and designed by the
architect Montana Hollis.
By 1986, the grand theatre was
still in reasonable condition
but needed some tender loving
care.
Landmark Theatres would purchase
the Mayan, restore it and begin
to feature art films.
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The balcony would be converted
into 3 small theatres; economic
times simply dictated the value
of having a total of 4 screens
instead of 1 screen.
Sometimes there are trade-offs
in life; the theatre possibly
would have been torn down if not
for this conversion.
The image above shows the process
of the disassembling demo of the
original marquee advertising the
featured movies.
Torch in hand, a worker is
removing parts of the marquee,
piece by piece, under the
supervision of the Friddell
Construction and Renovation
Company.
Later, the Mayan sign would be
completely removed for the
replacement of neon lighting and
re-painting.
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The image to the right was taken
from the building across the
street and is looking, at eye
level, at the Aztec figure
between the removal of the sign
and the re-installation.
This view shows an unobstructed
view that is now partially
covered by the sign after
re-installation. |
Between removal and restoration
of Mayan sign - from eye level
across the street.
1986 |
A true story
— my parents were viewing a movie at the
Mayan, when my Mother, pregnant with me, started
having labor pains. They went to the old
Presbyterian Hospital and I was born the
following morning (1955).
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the Denver section.
- Kim Allen |
