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Denver Department of Public Works

  • 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

    November 9, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    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.

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    PETA's anti-McDonald's McCruelty campaign flies the coop, and Denver should be lovin' it

    ​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 and wing-flapping, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has given up on Denver. The city should be lovin' it.

  • News

    October 21, 2010

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

    ​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 and wing-flapping, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has given up on Denver. The city should be lovin' it.

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    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 >>

  • News

    July 15, 2010

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

    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 >>

  • 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

    May 27, 2010

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

    ​"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

    June 11, 2009

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

    ​"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 16, 2009

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

    ​"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 4, 2008

    Blankety-Blank

    ​"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

    November 29, 2007

    Plots and Pans

    There’s something fishy about this lukewarm salmon story.

  • News

    March 8, 2007

    Meltdown

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

  • News

    January 25, 2007

    The Shrining

    Fans remember Darrent Williams.

  • Culture

    December 7, 2006

    Urinetown

    Oh, what a relief it is.

  • News

    April 29, 2004

    Off Limits

    A growing concern

  • News

    November 6, 2003

    Off Limits

    Brother, can you spare a dime?

  • News

    May 8, 2003

    Off Limits

    No parking zone

  • News

    February 20, 2003

    The Smile High City

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

  • News

    December 26, 2002

    The 2002 Hall of Shame

    Let the blame game begin!

  • News

    October 3, 2002

    No-Tell Hotel

    Practicing trickle-down economics can get sticky.

  • News

    September 5, 2002

    Off Limits

    Zoom service

  • News

    July 25, 2002

    Park Place

    The Oglesby Chronicles

  • News

    June 13, 2002

    A Fine Mess

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

  • Goods & Services

    April 4, 2002

    Best Key to the City

    CashKey

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Off Limits

    Bright lights, big city

  • News

    November 11, 1999

    Serious Bondage

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

  • News

    February 4, 1999

    A Clean Sweep

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

  • News

    September 3, 1998

    Pulling a Fast One

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

  • News

    June 4, 1998

    What's on Tap?

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

  • News

    June 4, 1998

    High-Maintenance Man

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

  • News

    July 26, 1995

    OFF LIMITS

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

  • News

    October 19, 1994

    OFF LIMITS

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

  • News

    September 14, 1994

    CAN'T WE ALL GET ALONG?

    NOT WITHOUT "FACILITATORS," WHO ARE GETTING IN TOUCH WITH PLENTY OF TAXPAYER MONEY.

  • News

    July 27, 1994

    OFF LIMITS

    NOT WITHOUT "FACILITATORS," WHO ARE GETTING IN TOUCH WITH PLENTY OF TAXPAYER MONEY.

  • News

    June 22, 1994

    THE TRUCK STOPS HERE

    NOT WITHOUT "FACILITATORS," WHO ARE GETTING IN TOUCH WITH PLENTY OF TAXPAYER MONEY.

  • News

    June 8, 1994

    LETTERS

    NOT WITHOUT "FACILITATORS," WHO ARE GETTING IN TOUCH WITH PLENTY OF TAXPAYER MONEY.

  • News

    June 1, 1994

    A PIECE OF WORK

    NOT WITHOUT "FACILITATORS," WHO ARE GETTING IN TOUCH WITH PLENTY OF TAXPAYER MONEY.

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