Reader: All aboard for a Frasca food hall at Union Station!

The RTD board won't decide which of two competing partnerships will redevelop Union Station until next Tuesday, but the Union Station Neighborhood Co. upped the ante this week by revealing that the market/food hall it's proposed to put in the historic space would be run by none other than the...

By Patricia Calhoun

December 9, 2011

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The RTD board won't decide which of two competing partnerships will redevelop Union Station until next Tuesday, but the Union Station Neighborhood Co. upped the ante this week by revealing that the market/food hall it's proposed to put in the historic space would be run by none other than the founders of Frasca Food and Wine.

All aboard!

Says Doughboy:

The Sage Hospitality/Crawford plan for Union Station is a travesty! In order to jam a hotel into that space, they have to drop a new ceiling into the beautful hallways, change the roof lines and punch in several elevator shafts. It will the ruin the entire historic character of the building, and the hotel doesn't even make any economic sense!

Love the idea of a Frasca market/restaurant space on the ground floor which entirely protects the beauty and history of Union Station. It's an idea that we should all get behind.

What would you like to see in Union Station? Speak up...quickly.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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