Trucks return to Civic Center Park for Mayor Speer's birthday party today

A century ago, Mayor Robert Speer saw big things ahead for Civic Center Park, which he predicted "will do more than anything else to advertise Denver -- attract the tourist, health and home seekers, stimulate civic pride and encourage prosperity to abide with us." He didn't say anything about Occupy...

By Patricia Calhoun

December 16, 2011

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A century ago, Mayor Robert Speer saw big things ahead for Civic Center Park, which he predicted "will do more than anything else to advertise Denver -- attract the tourist, health and home seekers, stimulate civic pride and encourage prosperity to abide with us."

He didn't say anything about Occupy Denver, but otherwise his predictions were very prescient. And today, the Civic Center Conservancy is throwing a 156th birthday party for Speer in the park that he made possible.

The party will be a variation on Civic Center Eats, the twice-a-week lunchtime eat-meet-and-greet that the Conservancy hosted in the park this past summer.

For today's party, several of the most popular trucks at Civic Center Eats -- CrockSpot, Denver Cupcake Truck, Mikes 2 Kitchen and Lost Coffee -- will be back in the park from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, selling everything from soup to sandwiches to cupcakes and coffee.

Stop by, grab some lunch, see the sights and celebrate the park that Mayor Speer built.

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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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