Reader: Happy Goo Year! Maybe That “Jelly-Like Mass” Is Gentrification…

Over the years many people have predicted the destruction of Denver -- and we're not just talking about prudey-pants amateurs who argued that same-sex marriage signaled the end of the world, or that Amendment 64 equaled Armageddon. No, some professional prognosticators have also warned that Denver would be wiped off...
By Patricia CalhounJanuary 2, 2015
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Over the years many people have predicted the destruction of Denver — and we’re not just talking about prudey-pants amateurs who argued that same-sex marriage signaled the end of the world, or that Amendment 64 equaled Armageddon. No, some professional prognosticators have also warned that Denver would be wiped off the map: Monte Kim Miller, founder of Concerned Christians, for example, and the Amazing Criswell, who saw this city dissolving into goo. Somehow, Denver survived. Or did it?

See also: The Amazing Criswell Once Predicted the Destruction of Denver — Wrong Again!

Ed_Gruberman has these words of caution for the new year:

I dunno — if you interpret “a strange and terrible pressure from outer space” to be the influx of rich techies and cannabis entrepreneurs into Denver and “a jelly-like mass” to be gentrification, a lot of that prediction suddenly makes sense.

What do you think of the changes in Denver? What do you foresee for 2015?

Send tips to patricia.calhoun@westword.com.

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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.

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