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Denver takes on Portland in the 2013 Cycling City Showdown

It's coming down to the wire. Everyone knows that Denver beats Portland when it comes to beer and weather -- but how do the two rate as bike cities? REI recently rolled out its 2013 Cycling City Showdown, and Denver has already beaten Washington, D.C., and Minneapolis -- now it faces that pallid P ... More >>

Colfax businesses in the dark over Greektown's blue-light special

Businesses along a stretch of East Colfax Avenue have been in the dark about why, well, they were still in the dark last week - months after a new lighting project had started on the street, as part of a package of city improvements to "create an enhanced transit corridor." The Colfax East project c ... More >>

Michael Hancock recommends spreading Better Denver bonds to Boettcher, Red Rocks and more

Back in 2007, Denver residents voted for an alphabet soup of nine civic improvements. While almost all of those bond-backed Better Denver projects are done (with signs to prove it), much of the money from G and H, earmarked for maintenance and construction of cultural facilities, including an update ... More >>

As Denver becomes a major bike city, can it put safety first?

See also: Dan Peterson, R.I.P.: Remembering hit-and-run victim who elevated bike-safety concerns

Sniagrab shoppers or urban campers -- their passion is in tents!

At this time last year, tents were already lined up outside the Sports Authority store at 10th and Broadway in anticipation of Sniagrab, the annual sale getting underway the Saturday prior to Labor Day. But that was before Occupy Denver popped up four blocks north on Broadway, and before the city pa ... More >>

Urban camping is permitted when it comes to bargain hunting

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 >>

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.

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?

Occupy Denver...Pavilions! H&M opens tomorrow, and you can camp overnight

​H&M opens at noon tomorrow in the Denver Pavilions, and eager shoppers who've already been waiting years to see this store are getting ready to get in line. While Occupy Denver has discovered that you cannot camp overnight in the city, tonight you can camp near the store. Occupy Denver Pavili ... More >>

Barack Obama and a blizzard hitting Denver today: It's Snobama!

​Obama! Snow! A flurry of announcements started coming in yesterday, all indicating that Denver is on a collision course with a made-for-TV disaster. President Barack Obama is coming to town for two fundraisers tonight, as well as one public appearance tomorrow, inspiring a number of official ... More >>

Tennyson Street: Merchants say mismanaged construction threatens their businesses

Big pic below.​To the average person, Tennyson Street between 38th and 44th avenues is an inconvenient mess of construction. To business owners, it's a badly mismanaged city project that threatens their livelihood. Over the last few years, the northwest Denver street has become flush with shop ... More >>

Denver's traffic-engineering staple, the Barnes Dance, gets national pub as it's set to end here

​Loved by walkers, loathed by drivers, the Barnes Dance -- the diagonal crosswalk system embraced by downtown Denver six decades ago -- will come to an end next month. But it's still being introduced in other cities, including a recent pilot project in Washington, DC.

Bill Vidal has said he won't run for mayor, but a petition aims to change his mind

Bill Vidal.​Mayor Bill Vidal made some noise yesterday -- without calling a press conference. It might have been hard to hear over the roaring of all those rescued lions (and the media hubbub), but his recording welcoming travelers to Denver is now live on the train at Denver International Air ... More >>

Will gourmet food trucks grind to a stop in 2011?

​If 2010 was the year that gourmet food trucks zoomed into Denver, 2011 will be the year that many get stuck in their tracks. Sean and Denon Moore, who own Cake Crumbs Bakery, put their two Denver Cupcake Trucks in park last month, frustrated by all the roadblocks the city had put in their pat ... More >>

Denver's meters may be smart, but they can also be dim

​How smart are Denver's new "smart" meters if they're so dim you can't read them at night? We could find out soon enough, if Denver City Council tonight passes the plan to allow all-night parking in parts of downtown -- parking that you'll have to pay for, according to new rules that will be p ... More >>

John Hickenlooper does the math, stays at City Hall until January

John Hickenlooper isn't turning his back on City Hall ​Even as John Hickenlooper was heading to the Capitol the day after the election to discuss his plans for the state, city employees were reading this e-mail from the governor-elect: "Many of you have already asked what happens now. As excit ... More >>

Get plucked! Denver beats PETA in game of chicken over McCruelty

​After a six-month battle to place its McCruelty statue -- a giant maimed chicken -- near the McDonald's on the 16th Street Mall, a fight that involved plenty of legal squawking, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has given up on Denver. City officials should be lovin' it. The Cit ... More >>

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

Richard Goodface, Duane Brown ID'd by Denver Police as city's great storm grate robbers

Large photos below.​You know times are tough when stealing heavy storm grates for their scrap value seems like a reasonable way to make money. But that's what the folks at the Denver Police Department think Richard Goodface and Duane Brown have been doing. They've both been booked on investiga ... More >>

Broadway is fixed! (For four blocks, anyway)

The first segment of a massive reconstruction project along the South Broadway Corridor was officially completed today, a four-block stretch from Arizona to Iowa avenues. Denver mayor John Hickenlooper, city council president Chris Nevitt and Denver Department of Public Works manager Bill Vidal wer ... More >>

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

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 >>

The Downtown Denver Partnership may not like Pinche Tacos, but it's looking for other new vendors

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

Storm clouds are gathering over the city's use of the Wastewater Enterprise Fund

A miniature "National Velvet" gets a rise out of its owners

Plots and Pans

There’s something fishy about this lukewarm salmon story.

Meltdown

Keep shoveling, Mayor Hickenlooper. Maybe things will clear up.

The Shrining

Fans remember Darrent Williams.

Urinetown

Oh, what a relief it is.

Off Limits

A growing concern

Off Limits

Brother, can you spare a dime?

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No parking zone

The Smile High City

Denver's next mayor could be whistling in the dark.

Off Limits

Zoom service

Park Place

The Oglesby Chronicles

A Fine Mess

The Children's Museum cites the city's parking division for a violation.

Best Key to the City

CashKey

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Bright lights, big city

Serious Bondage

The status of the neighborhood bond project bodes well for this year's crop of just-passed bond initiatives.

A Clean Sweep

Pulling a Fast One

A cluster of cities eager to cash in on photo-radar speed traps decides to sue the state.

What's on Tap?

High-Maintenance Man

Welton Street property owners have spent thousands to keep their district clean. So what do they have to show for it?

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