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Ann Williams

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Smart meters: There's still time to send in your stupid parking stories

    Parking at Smart meters can be stupid. After encountering two dumb problems in the space of a few hours downtown, we asked people to submit their most stupid parking story -- for the chance of winning a $50 Smart card to the city's meters. But anyone looking for parking on 14th Street will soon get ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    Denver's Smart meters make looking for open spots a zero-sum game

    With the city facing a $94 million shortfall in its 2013 budget, every penny counts. As part of the pilot project that recently installed sensors in 500 parking places downtown, Denver is now zeroing out its Smart meter the moment a car pulls out. And keeping the change.

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2012

    Smart meters in downtown Denver could outwit scofflaws in pilot project

    Like colorful spring flowers, red-bagged meters are popping up all over downtown. They're part of a pilot program testing just how smart Denver's Smart meters really are. Are they smart enough to know when you attempt to plug a meter? Are they smart enough to rat you out?

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Overnight parking: City employees who implemented plan win accolades, a 5281 Award

    Last year, the city powers-that-be changed the rules to allow overnight parking downtown. But the much-celebrated change came with an equally frustrating dose of confusion, as explained in our cover story, "Feed Me." Now, the team of city employees who helped sort out that confusion has won a Denver ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Park Hill neighbors mourn end of era of handmade street sweeping signs

    The culprit.​Two days of the month, eight months of the year, for almost twenty years, Rich Giannotti hauled out his handmade signs -- "NO PARKING TODAY STREET SWEEPING" -- and posted them on one side or the other of the 1700 block of Grape Street, a block that had successfully defied the City ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    John Hickenlooper hits first obstacle to becoming governor

    John Hickenlooper.​Next Tuesday morning, John Hickenlooper will resign his post as Denver mayor, a job he's held almost eight years, but is giving up to become Colorado governor, and walk out of the City and County Building and across Civic Center Park towards the State Capitol -- right into a ... More >>

  • News

    October 21, 2010

    Off Limits: When one boot on your vehicle just won't do, try two

    John Hickenlooper.​Next Tuesday morning, John Hickenlooper will resign his post as Denver mayor, a job he's held almost eight years, but is giving up to become Colorado governor, and walk out of the City and County Building and across Civic Center Park towards the State Capitol -- right into a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Graffiti bombs add grooviness to the 20th Street bridge: Kenny Be's Sign Language

    White-lined lane arrows point to high design.​ The 20th Street bridge connects the ultra-hip Highland neighborhood directly to the Denver Skate Park. Every street sign between Central and Little Raven Streets has become a canvas for the pedestrian designers who seem to be sending secret messag ... More >>

  • News

    July 15, 2010

    PETA flaps its legal wings and appeals Denver's ban of McCruelty

    White-lined lane arrows point to high design.​ The 20th Street bridge connects the ultra-hip Highland neighborhood directly to the Denver Skate Park. Every street sign between Central and Little Raven Streets has become a canvas for the pedestrian designers who seem to be sending secret messag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    PETA, out to pluck Denver, files appeal on McCruelty

    ​"Not a peep," said spokeswoman Ann Williams when I asked last week if the Denver Department of Public Works had heard anything from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals after the city declared that displaying PETA's "McCruelty," a 250-pound statue of a bloodied and bandaged chicke ... More >>

  • News

    April 22, 2010

    Phelps-a-Thon at Boulder High School pays it forward

    ​"Not a peep," said spokeswoman Ann Williams when I asked last week if the Denver Department of Public Works had heard anything from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals after the city declared that displaying PETA's "McCruelty," a 250-pound statue of a bloodied and bandaged chicke ... More >>

  • News

    April 8, 2010

    You'll be stir-crazy after spending the night in Denver's new jail

    ​"Not a peep," said spokeswoman Ann Williams when I asked last week if the Denver Department of Public Works had heard anything from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals after the city declared that displaying PETA's "McCruelty," a 250-pound statue of a bloodied and bandaged chicke ... More >>

  • News

    December 3, 2009

    The Northwest Denver Toy Library gets the lead out

    ​"Not a peep," said spokeswoman Ann Williams when I asked last week if the Denver Department of Public Works had heard anything from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals after the city declared that displaying PETA's "McCruelty," a 250-pound statue of a bloodied and bandaged chicke ... More >>

  • News

    March 19, 2009

    Is there pork in Denver's parking operation?

    ​"Not a peep," said spokeswoman Ann Williams when I asked last week if the Denver Department of Public Works had heard anything from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals after the city declared that displaying PETA's "McCruelty," a 250-pound statue of a bloodied and bandaged chicke ... More >>

  • News

    September 11, 2008

    Denver discovers the difference between art and vandalism

    ​"Not a peep," said spokeswoman Ann Williams when I asked last week if the Denver Department of Public Works had heard anything from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals after the city declared that displaying PETA's "McCruelty," a 250-pound statue of a bloodied and bandaged chicke ... More >>

  • News

    February 21, 2008

    The Magnet Mafia Sticks to Street Art

    Matt Feeney and Harrison Nealey have a new way for artists to stick it to the city.

  • News

    January 25, 2007

    The Shrining

    Fans remember Darrent Williams.

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2007

    The Shrining

    Fans remember Darrent Williams.

  • Music

    May 18, 2006

    Tool Time

    Tool puts all the emphasis on the music.

  • Calendar

    May 29, 2003

    Creative Solutions

    Tool puts all the emphasis on the music.

  • Music

    January 23, 1997

    Feedback

    Tool puts all the emphasis on the music.

  • News

    February 15, 1995

    WOULD YOU BUY A USED RESTAURANT FROM THIS WOMAN?

    Tool puts all the emphasis on the music.

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