Kenny Be’s Yard Arteology: Landscape Broncotechture

The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments… Figure 36. North Denver: Welcome to the Broncomania District There are days when it seems that every resident in the city of Denver only owns four different shirts — one for each of the town’s professional sports teams — and they choose…

Kenny Be’s Yard Arteology: Inside out in Goldsmith

The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments… Figure 35: Goldsmith. Crafty thrifter turns table lamps into landscaping lights Goldsmith is a neighborhood that is easy to miss. East Evans, South Quebec, East Yale and Interstate 25 define the borders of this Southeast Denver neighborhood that is bisected by the…

Kenny Be: “I’d rather be gay than GLAAD”

Editor’s note: In this week’s cover story, longtime Westword cartoonist Kenny Be strikes back at GLAAD, which recently named Kenny the “worst” of July. Pick up a copy, or click through here to see the full cartoon…

Kenny Be’s Yard Arteology: Cornball bronze outbreak in Belcaro

The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments… Figure 34. Belcaro: Middle-aged lesbian children read book while Shelley Winters does a snail lift The Belcaro neighborhood takes its name from the Italian word that means beautiful and dear, and residents want to keep it that way. The entire neighborhood is…

Kenny Be’s Yard Arteology: The Sunnyside of North Denver

The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments…. Figure 33. Sunnyside: Old tool garden pavers Sunnyside is like the scrappy little sister of Highland. Though both neighborhoods grew up together on the “wrong side of the tracks” of early Denver, the two developed very different personalities. Highland was popular and…

Kenny Be’s Worst-Case Scenario: The Clyfford Still Museum and Restaurant

Requests for proposals are due today, September 4, 2009, for the restaurant concession in the McNichols building renovation plans at Civic Center. In my comic this week, I present an R.F.P for the Yum Yum Tree Museatum, an eating museum featuring Denver’s most infamous diners. It is actually an alternate…

Kenny Be’s Worst-Case Scenario: The Yum Yum Tree Museatum Atrium

The city of Denver needs your R.F.P., A.S.A.P.! Requests for proposals are due tomorrow, September 4, 2009, for the restaurant concession in the McNichols building renovation plans at Civic Center… My proposal is called the Yum Yum Tree, in honor of the city’s first food-court-style restaurant. It will be a…

Kenny Be’s Worst-Case Scenario: The Yum Yum Tree Museatum

The city of Denver needs your R.F.P. A.S.A.P.! Requests for Proposals are due this Friday, September 4, 2009, for the restaurant concession in the McNichols building renovation plans at Civic Center. My proposal is named the Yum Yum Tree, in honor of the city’s first food court-style restaurant. It will…

Kenny Be’s Yard Arteology: Mommybots make miniature in Stapleton

The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments…. Figure 32. Stapleton: Daring display of personality dangles on TV dish Stapleton is Denver’s newest neighborhood, and every detail, from family pharmaceutical profiles to pocket-park playground-equipment color, has been painstakingly planned to maximize the financial investments of all involved. This is less…