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“There are cranes all over this town,” marveled one recent visitor to Denver, who wasn’t talking about birds, but an even rarer sight during the economic doldrums: building cranes. Suddenly, you can spot them all over downtown.
With any luck — and a lot of planning — they’re helping to create structures that may one day be celebrated at the Mayor’s Design Awards, a program started under John Hickenlooper to “celebrate the growing number of Denver’s homeowners, small business owners and developers who have made design excellence a priority in their community.”
Today Denver has a new mayor, but the city’s commitment to good design remains. And tonight the winners of the seventh annual Mayor’s Design Awards will be revealed at 6 p.m. at the Mercury Cafe, a previous honoree, located at 2199 California Street. The ceremony is free and open; a reception will follow from 7 to 8 p.m., with snacks and a cash bar.
Last year’s honorees included buildings both old and new, ranging from the renovated Sage Building downtown to the Mackstaller Residence in Highland, the YesPleaseMore! pop-up store to the venerable Domo restaurant.
This year’s crop of winners are likely to be just as eclectic; for more information on the announcement ceremony, go to http://www.denvergov.org/MayorsDesignAwards/tabid/432441/Default.aspx>.
Wed., Oct. 26, 6-8 p.m., 2011
