Subject: Union Station

• Downtown Denver Plan: Nix Vagrants and Parking Lots

  May 3, 2007

• Downtown Supermarket Planned

  June 5, 2007

• Weekend Update

  June 21, 2007

• Lowdown on LoDo

  June 24, 2008

• Street scenes from the DNC

  August 25, 2008

• Elvis 4 Obama

  August 28, 2008

• MSNBC at the DNC: all aboard for goofiness

  August 28, 2008

• Elvis 4 Obama

  August 28, 2008

• Union Station progress – and protest – continues

  September 9, 2008

• Mouthing Off

  December 10, 1998

• Tunnel of Love

  Lower Downtown Holiday Experience

  December 2, 1999

• Playing the name game with Union Station’s new public spaces

  November 5, 2008

• Letters to the Editor

  April 19, 2001

• Off Limits

  March 14, 2002

• Best Paving of the Way Toward the Future

  April 4, 2002

• Letters to the Editor

  September 26, 2002

• New architectural images released of Denver International Airport. Oh, wait, that's Denver Union Station.

  Courtesy of Skidmore Owings Merrill The proposed Union Station train shed While debate continues over the planned construction of two wing buildings in front of Denver's Union Station as part of the historic station's transformation into a new transit hub, some of the attention -- and debate -- may soon shift to the train shed to be built behind the station. Concept images recently released by project architect Skidmore Owings Merrill (SOM) depict a streamlined train-shed structure made of Tefl

  March 6, 2009

• Union Station Advocates weigh in -- mildly -- on proposed station architecture

  Courtesy of Skidmore Owings Merrill The proposed Union Station train shed As noted in the blog "New Architectural Images Released of Denver International Airport. Oh, Wait, That's Denver Union Station," the developers behind the ongoing Union Station project recently unveiled new architectural concepts for the transit hub -- including some ideas, espeically the train shed canopy, that seemed less than wonderful. Maybe it was because the proposed train shed's Teflon fabric seemed too reminiscent

  March 11, 2009

• Union Station developers move forward on controversial wing buildings

  Union Station Neighborhood Company One of the most contentious aspects of Union Station's ambitious redevelopment -- the construction of two modern wing buildings on either side of the historic station -- is poised to move forward. Yesterday, the Union Station Neighborhood Company, the master developers on the project, announced the selection of local architects Anderson Mason Dale and Semple Brown Design as joint designers for the buildings. The corresponding press release carefully avoids usi

  March 24, 2009

• ColoRail -- and its lawyers -- aim to derail current Union Station project

  Union Station Lately, the Union Station redevelopment plan has been cruising along nicely, with one political roadblock after another falling to the wayside. Last month, the citizen-based Open Space Initiative Group all but capitulated in its efforts to have the project's developers ditch plans to build two modern wing buildings on either side of the historic station. And last week, the union-backed FRESC organization, after long negotiations, agreed to back the Union Station plan in exchange f

  April 14, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, April 14 edition

  Things are looking a little Sketch-y. Thirsty? Today in Cafe Society: • Sketch introduces Wino Wednesdays. • Common Grounds left its liquor license behind in move. • The suit is slingin' Spud Bros. spuds! • Snarf's finally arrives in Denver. • Fear not, sleeved-blanketed drunks: The Denver Snuggie Pub Crawl is very much on. Today in Backbeat Online: • Record Store Day preview: Give the gift of Slayer. • Heavy Rotation, our top five spins for the week of April 6, 2009. • Dialed

  April 14, 2009

• Blowing the whistle on Union Station supporters

  October 2, 2008

• Family Style

  Will LoDo ever be more than a playground for big kids?

  May 16, 2002

• Happily Railroaded

  All aboard for summer fun.

  July 10, 2003

• Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind

  Union Station's past will have a major impact on its future.

  April 5, 2001

• Letters to the Editor

  Letters from the week of 8/21/2008

  August 21, 2008

• Union Station may become Denver's gateway again -- if it stays on track

  August 14, 2008

• Night & Day

  December 24 - 30, 1998

  December 24, 1998

• Train Gang

  The Ski Train is the way to get into the high country.

  January 3, 2008

• All Aboard

  December 21, 2006

• Club Scout

  Lotus

  April 7, 2005

• In Training

  All aboard for brunch at the ChopHouse.

  March 22, 2001

• State of the Union

  August 7, 1997

• HEIGHT MAKES RIGHT

  GROWING PAINS IN LODO: A FIGHT BREWS OVER NEW DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES.

  February 7, 1996

• BRICK BY BRICK

  August 31, 1994

• MALL ABOARD!

  STAID OLD UNION STATION FINDS ITSELF IN THE SWIRL OF LODO DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES.

  February 23, 1994

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, May 14 edition

  Open wide... Love bites. Today in Cafe Society: • Zpizza to open z doors in Greenwood Village. • Uncork at Four Mile Historic Park tonight. • Get a job! Jesse Morreale's job fair. • Our Weekly Bread: Jersey Mike's. • Drinking with Pete at Union Station. • The Maker's Mark Mint Julep: Delicious, and straight from the bottle how we like. • Giovanni's Italian Cafe rises from the ashes in a new location. • (Udi's) Nuggets on the Rachel Ray Show. Today in Backbeat Online: • Last

  May 14, 2009

• ColoRail to announce Union Station lawsuit

  Colorado Rail Passenger Association (ColoRail) plans to file a federal lawsuit to halt implementation of the proposed redevelopment plan for Denver Union Station. The all-volunteer advocacy organization says the proposed plan is "short on transportation services that were committed to in the earlier planning processes and published documents. Specific concerns include the lack of expansion capacity for future transportation services, including planned passenger rail on the I-70 and Front Range

  May 15, 2009

• Wake-Up Call: All aboard for a wonky week

  I'm looking over the Platte Valley at the sliver of the "Travel by Train" sign I can still on Union Station through pricy lofts and office buildings constructed over the last few years. And some day there will be a lot more of them, if current plans for the revelopment of Union Station play out -- plans that would have the light-rail terminus blocks away from the station, giving travelers a hefty walk, but also giving developers some golden opportunities. But first, they'll have to get the cr

  May 18, 2009

• 18th Street Pedestrian Bridge under construction

  Oz Architecture As the Central Platte Valley and the Highlands have become increasingly active neighborhoods, city planners have developed a series of distinctive pedestrian bridges in the area to help foot traffic overcome the rail lines, river and highway that lie underfoot. So far that's included the Millennium Bridge, the Platte River Pedestrian Bridge and the Highland Bridge -- and now the final installment, the 18th Street Pedestrian Bridge, is under construction. The span will stretch

  June 11, 2009

• The plans for Union Station could be off-track

  July 16, 2009

• From the week of August 6, 2009

  August 6, 2009

• Beers and Brewhahas: Union Station vs. government agencies, developers and civic groups

  ​If the president can do it, so can everyone else. What Colorado needs now are more sudsy sit-downs. Here's an example (see our previous pairings here and here): Dispute: Union Station vs. government agencies, developers and civic groups Beer: Wynkoop Brewing Company's Light Rail Ale C'mon, folks. Union Station is a Denver treasure and it's just across the street from one of the most revered breweries in town. Can't we all get on board? It might help if the parties with an interest in th

  August 6, 2009

• Denver Blogs: Child, please

  A Flickr photo.​Our daily round-up of local bloggage. If you don't want to know what Bengals bloggers think about this week's Broncos-Bengals game, then you need to kiss the baby. (Mile High Report) The future of Union Station, visualized. (Denver Egotist) Who are Denver's biggest sports stiffs? Well, that's up to you.... (Denver Stiffs)

  September 8, 2009

• Union Station redevelopment consumes some of LoDo's best free parking

  View Larger Map Big news on the transportation front: The long-awaited redevelopment of Union Station into a new transportation hub got underway yesterday. Sure, it's just some preliminary work on utility lines, but considering the lengthy and convoluted back story to the redevelopment, just the fact that shovels are finally hitting the dirt is reason enough to celebrate. The accomplishment comes with a sacrifice, however. The construction will apparently block off the northbound lanes of Wewat

  September 10, 2009

• Rocktober derails Union Station gala -- temporarily

  The Denver Public LibraryThe original Mizpah Arch​Everything was in place for one of the biggest social events of the season. Union Station was primed to host "A Night in Old Union Station," a swanky, Victorian-themed gala, on October 15, with tickets set at $40 to $200 to raise money for a replica of the long-gone Mizpah (Welcome) Arch as part of Union Station's ambitious redevelopment. Then, however, came the party crashers -- the Colorado Rockies.

  October 7, 2009

• Just how threatened is the Union Station redevelopment project?

  ​A Denver Post story today noted that an unprecedented attempt to score up to $320 million in loans from two federal agencies in order to bankroll the still woefully underfunded Union Station redevelopment could be on the rocks because the project's managers haven't been able to get a favorable rating on the project's debt or provide assurance that the commercial development around the station will justify the ambitious transit work. The Post story notes the muddle "could mean that constru

  October 27, 2009

• Welcome Back, Mizpah

  November 5, 2009

• Denver Blogs: The Million Baby Crawl (probably) won't be as horrifying as it sounds

  A Flickr photo"How many more miles to go, mom?"​Local blogs need love, too. The Mile High Mamas are demanding stronger protection against household toxins via an event called "The Million Baby Crawl." Hope somebody invests in a whole lotta kneepads... 5280's Michael de Yoanna tries to figure out what lit up Denver's sky last night. And no, it wasn't Balloon Boy with a blowtorch. Denver Infill would love for you to attend tomorrow's "A Night in Union Station" gala, to raise funds for the

  November 10, 2009

• Union Station shindig blows the roof off the depot

  The Denver Public Library Western History and Geneology's Digital Image Catalog.This was sort of what the party looked like... but with more color.​For a while last night during "A Night in Old Union Station," a swanky fundraising shindig that took over Denver's central depot, the grand old railroad station resembled what it must have been like during its heyday 80 years ago. Roughly 850 people packed the station's elaborately decorated great hall and balconies, surely the largest number

  November 12, 2009