HoustonianInColorado Posted August 6, 2005 Share Posted August 6, 2005 OK, I took a bunch of photos in Denver today. Thought I'd share some of them. Enjoy! Denver's Union Station Denver's ABC affiliate, KMGH-TV on Speer Blvd & Lincoln. Notice the 100 degree temperature on their thermometer. Colorado's Gold Domed State Capitol The City and County of Denver Building. Notice the bird flying above it. I didn't know I caught in in the photo until I got home. This photo is facing west, so the Rocky Mountains are out there behind the building, but you can't see them in this photo. The Capitol is behind me to my east when taking this shot. Downtown Denver from near the State Capitol (from the South) Downtown Denver from near Coors Field (from the NorthWest) The Main Denver Library building The main entrance to Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies. A castle-like mansion in the Cherry Creek district off Speer Boulevard, across from the Denver Country Club. NOTE ADDED 8/7: Scroll down. I added 10 more pics today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 It all looks so.... clean. And cartoony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 And boring.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonianInColorado Posted August 7, 2005 Author Share Posted August 7, 2005 It all looks so.... clean. And cartoony.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Clean...yeah, a lot of Denver is clean. But cartoony? What part looks like a cartoon? hahaI purposely didn't take pictures of the homeless folk sleeping under the trees around the Capitol area. They don't add much to the aesthetics of the place. The Library building is a real mish mash of pieces. It is supposedly pretty avant garde, but I think it is just kind of strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasboy Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 People, Denver is not boring. The downtown is actually what most of us on this forum want for Houston. HoustonianInColorado these are nice pictures but you and I know that they do not do Downtown Denver justice. Thanks for the shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 They are very clean shots, but I think the city is beautiful. Thanks for sharing your pictures.And even though it said 100 degrees it still looked like a cool, crisp day from those photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonianInColorado Posted August 7, 2005 Author Share Posted August 7, 2005 Here are some more of my photos from yesterday: Main entrance to Cherry Creek Mall. Although much, much smaller than The Galleria in Houston, CCM contains many upscale stores of a similar vein. Apparently Piggly Wiggly once operated in Denver. Here is an old warehouse with their name on the building. One corner of the ING Building diagonally across from the Denver Public Library. Colorado History Museum located directly across from the library. KDVR-TV Fox 31 Studios on Speer Boulevard. An old building across from Union Station downtown. Look carefully in the second story windows and you may see people getting their hair styled in the salon located there. Sports bars across from Coors Field The "Electric Razor Building", called that because of its shape. This is located to the west of I-25 in Greenwood Village, a southern suburb. The electric wires are part of the TREX (TRansportation EXpansion) project to widen I-25 and extend light rail. They are to power the commuter trains. I think this is Denver's only trenched freeway, a stretch of I-25 south of Downtown. This is still being redone as part of TREX. I would compare it to the Southwest Freeway between Shepherd & Downtown Houston, although not trenched as deep. There are several identical new bridges like this one for Downing St. that connect the neighborhoods on both sides. Notice the narrower third passageway on the right. That is where light rail is going. Once construction is finished, this will be a nice stretch of highway. Just to make a Houston connection, here is Landry's Seafood Restaurant on the East side of I-25 south of the Denver Technological Center. I took this by pointing my camera out the window while driving, and am very surprised it came out. Although it is along I-25, there are no feeders on Denver's freeways, so you have to exit before or after you get there and find the city streets that lead back to the other side of it, in this case, Clinton St. I wonder how this hurts businesses visible from the highway, but not easily accessible. The same situation exists, only worse, for Denver's only Pappas restaurant, Pappadeaux, located a couple of miles north of Landry's and on the west side of the highway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonianInColorado Posted August 7, 2005 Author Share Posted August 7, 2005 All of these were taken with a Gateway DC-T50 Digital camera and scaled down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasboy Posted August 7, 2005 Share Posted August 7, 2005 Thanks for the pics. Do you have any pics of the 16th Street Pedestrian mall and vicinity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonianInColorado Posted August 8, 2005 Author Share Posted August 8, 2005 Thanks for the pics. Do you have any pics of the 16th Street Pedestrian mall and vicinity? <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I didn't take any this weekend. On my next trip downtown I will try for the 16th St. Mall, The Brown Palace, The Molly Brown House and the U.S. Mint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YakuzaIce Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Nice pics, not many people though. Granted most of them aren't of the street. Also it is Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Out of everything on this thread, HiC, I appreciate the update info on the I-25 South. I'd seen pictures of construction some months back and wanted to know more about the freeway design. Surprised to hear that it's Denver's only trenched freeway, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blender Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 And boring....I grew up in a suburb of Houston and moved to Denver a little over three years ago. Denver is anything but boring. But if what you mean by boring is a clean city where people care about their surroundings, then I'll take it.Unlike what you may think, though, the sidewalks are not rolled up at night. Many people live downtown and there is always something going on (art festivals, outdoor concerts, crazy people doing what they do best) every night of the week. The weather is condusive for going outside almost year-round, so there are always people walking up and down the 16th Street Pedestrian Mall which includes many restaurants, stores, clubs, bars, and entertainment venues like Lucky Strike Lanes and an AMC Theater. And like every other major city, Denver has its share of problems its working to resolve.Anyway, I think you get the idea. Denver has one of the best downtowns I've seen. If you want to learn more about Denver, check out www.denverinfill.com or www.denver.org. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CE_ugh Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 I remember driving down I-25 before construction. Those old bridges were really low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 WHAT ?! No pictures of the MINT, or did I miss that one ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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