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Reader Response

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Reader: TRVE Brewing Closing Is a Huge Blow to Denver

By Westword ReadersJuly 6, 2025

The heavy-metal brewery opened on Broadway nearly fourteen years ago. The street has changed a lot since then.

Denver City Hall, aka the City and County Buidling.

Commentary: Denver’s Move to a Merit-Based System Is a Common-Sense Change for Layoffs

By Adam Phipps and Allegra "Happy" HaynesJuly 6, 2025

“Working as a public servant isn’t easy. It’s a calling, and it is a calling that should come with the assurance that merit and performance matter.”

Reader: The Harder You Make Parking, the Fewer People Will Come to Denver

Reader: The Harder You Make Parking, the Fewer People Will Come to Denver

By Westword ReadersJuly 6, 2025

Denver could become the second Colorado city to abolish minimum parking requirements.

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Reader: Instead of Wasting Money on Bike Lanes, How About Fixing the Roads?

By Westword ReadersJuly 5, 2025

The city surveyed residents before issuing its new Denver Moves: Bike Map, but they still have plenty to say about the new plan.

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Reader: Damn, New Apartments With a Bowling Alley, Here We Come

By Westword ReadersJune 29, 2025

The sale of the Lion’s Lair property inspires dire predictions about its future.

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Reader: Why Do All Discussions of ICE Get So Hot?

By Westword StaffJune 29, 2025

A hacked traffic message on Broadway became a real sign of the times this week.

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Reader: Looks Like Some Developer Has an Edifice Complex

Reader: Looks Like Some Developer Has an Edifice Complex

By Westword ReadersJune 29, 2025

Denver residents share observations about this wacky observation tower.

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Reader: It’s Past Time for the Monforts to Sell the Rockies

By Westword ReadersJune 22, 2025

A growing number of fans are calling on the family to sell their 64 percent controlling interest of the team.

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Reader: Denver Could Soon Be Nothing but Boring Chain Restaurants

By Westword ReadersJune 22, 2025

Denver diners chew over the Jovanina’s sign snafu and other business requirements in the city.

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Rigid Parking Minimums Increase Housing Costs: Making Denver Affordable Requires Flexibility

By Lukas HagenJune 22, 2025

A propoal heading to Denver City Council would help lower rents and home prices in an era of high building material costs and exorbitant interest rates.

Two homeless residents sit in their tent in Denver.

Reader: Denver’s Just Pushing Homelessness Into Other Towns

By Westword ReadersJune 21, 2025

Mayor Mike Johnston says the city is halfway to reaching his goal of solving unsheltered homelessness. Some readers disagree.

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell puts two thumbs up outside the courtroom where he's being sued for defamation

Reader: Mike Lindell Is His Own Worst Enemy

By Westword ReadersJune 15, 2025

While the jury’s out, the court of public opinion weighs in on the election-denying MyPillow exec.

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Reader: This City Has Turned Its Back on the Businesses That Made Denver Interesting

By Westword ReadersJune 15, 2025

Middleman and Misfit Snack Bar are just the latest spots to close on Colfax.

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Why Legalizing Immigrants Doesn’t Benefit the America We Know

By Okany RivasJune 15, 2025

“Legalizing us would mean admitting we deserve more. It would mean recognizing our humanity and our right to live without fear.”

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Sloan’s Lake Must Be Part of the Vibrant Denver Bond

By Ean Thomas TafoyaJune 14, 2025

“Show that Sloan’s Lake – and the people who care about it – are essential to our city’s future.”

railcars along a river

Supreme Court Changes the Game on Federal Environmental Reviews

By J.B. RuhlJune 8, 2025

On May 29, the Supreme Court – minus Justice Neil Gorsuch, who recused himself – decided the case of Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado.

apartment building in denver

Reader: Developers Destroyed Almost Everything That Was Fun, Interesting and Different in Denver

By Westword StaffJune 7, 2025

A recent report analyzed the city’s gentrification over the past five decades. Now residents join the discussion.

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Now More Than Ever, We Must Stand Together at Pride

By Kim SalvaggioJune 7, 2025

“Here’s what we can’t afford: division. Not now. Not when LGBTQ+ people – especially our trans youth – are under direct attack across the country.”

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Cars drive down a busy street

Why Not Close Santa Fe Drive to Traffic for Every First Friday Art Walk?

By Kristen FioreJune 4, 2025

It would be cool to attend First Friday without worrying about being hit by a car.

memorial flowers line a fence in the grass

Anti-Semitism in Our Backyard: Voice Media Group CEO, Westword Publisher Responds to Boulder Attack

By Chelsey Dequaine-JerabekJune 3, 2025

“Whether it’s naivete or manipulation, using ‘Free Palestine’ as a veil is total bullshit.”

protest at Capitol

Where Did Grassroots Power Go – and Can We Get It Back?

By Rodney BakerJune 1, 2025

Denver is still a place of creative, engaged people. What’s missing is the bridge between those people and the institutions that shape their lives.

dogs in cases

Reader: Dogs Are Loyal and Deserve Your Commitment for Their Lifetime

By Westword StaffMay 31, 2025

A record number of pets are being taken to the Denver Animal Shelter, and readers are responding in record numbers,

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