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Reclaiming the Baker neighborhood, by blocks and Inches

Yesterday's picture in the Denver Post real estate section of the new Curt Fentress architecture firm headquarters/Watermark sales office, in the historic Chittenden Mansion on West Fourth Avenue just off Broadway, brought back memories of a much earlier attempt to label the Baker neighborhood as one of Denver's hippest.Close to...
By Patricia CalhounFebruary 16, 2009
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Yesterday’s picture in the Denver Post real estate section of the new Curt Fentress architecture firm headquarters/Watermark sales office, in the historic Chittenden Mansion on West Fourth Avenue just off Broadway, brought back memories of a much earlier attempt to label the Baker neighborhood as one of Denver’s hippest.

Close to thirty years ago, this lovely, circa 1901 building, housed Inches, a fushiony, noodle-bowly restaurant that was way ahead of its time in both concept and location. Inches didn’t last long, but it’s good to see that its former home is once again being used — although we wouldn’t mind seeing the return of Inches in the definitely now-hip Baker neighborhood.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com
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