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Room Service: Your Apartment Building is Also a Club at X Denver

Room Service: Your Apartment Building is Also a Club at X Denver

What 245 Square Feet for $1,385 Looks Like

What 245 Square Feet for $1,385 Looks Like

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Residents Urge Xcel to Get on Board With Vision for Retired Steam Plant on Platte

By Catie Cheshire
May 26, 2023

People who live near the Zuni Generating Plant along the South Platte River are worried Xcel Energy will knock it down instead of preserving it.
Building for the Future: Colorado's Most Endangered Places for 2023

By Patricia Calhoun
Feb 9, 2023

They range from the Far View Visitor Center to a crumbling adobe structure.
Y/OUR Denver Photography Exhibit Shows Beauty of Mile High Architecture

By Emily Ferguson
Jan 19, 2023

Buildings old and new.
Remembering Mary Voelz Chandler

By Michael Paglia
Jan 11, 2023

She was a cultural icon herself.
One River North Creating Canyon in RiNo

By Patricia Calhoun
Jan 10, 2023

MAD Architects has gone wild in RiNo
Five Things the HGTV Dream Home Winner Should Know About Morrison

By Emily Ferguson
Jan 1, 2023

From Julia Child to a famous kidnapping.
The Fight to Save Architect Richard Crowther's Amazing Home

By Michael Paglia
Oct 11, 2022

Three individuals have filed an application opposing demolition.
Richard Crowther's Home, a Lab for Architectural Ecology, Could Be Demolished

By Michael Paglia
Aug 17, 2022

He was green before it was fashionable.
Reach for the Sky: Three Denver Building Projects Raise Expectations

By Michael Paglia
Jun 1, 2022

Putting some pizzazz in the downtown skyline.
Rising to the Occasion: The Ten Best New Buildings in Denver

By Michael Paglia
May 31, 2022

Amidst all the construction crap, some cream rises to the top.
Past Imperfect: The Floor Show at History Colorado

By Patricia Calhoun
May 2, 2022

Evidence of the time machines has been wiped off the map.
Get in the Spirit: Thirteen of Denver’s Most Notorious Haunts

By Teague Bohlen
Oct 26, 2021

Where to spook out spirits.
An Impressive Array of Architecture Grew in Civic Center Park

By Michael Paglia
Oct 20, 2021

The Sie Welcome Center is just the latest addition.
The Denver Art Museum's Makeover Is a Towering Achievement

By Michael Paglia
Oct 19, 2021

The DAM got its money's worth.
Historic Denver Remains Unsinkable, Fifty Years After Molly Brown Save

By Patricia Calhoun
Mar 3, 2021

The organization has given us many reasons to be thankful.
Looking to the Future From Westword's New, Century-Old Home

By Patricia Calhoun
Sep 9, 2020

Last week, Westword celebrated — in what passes for a celebration these days — its 43rd anniversary in a new headquarters that’s a far cry from the space where we created our first weekly issue, which hit the streets on September 1, 1977. Our office then was on the second floor...
Reader: Taking Away the Character of the City, Again and Again...

By Westword Staff
Apr 19, 2020

A group wants to have Carmen Court declared historic.
Carmen Court, an Unofficial Denver Landmark, on Endangered List

By Michael Paglia
Apr 16, 2020

There goes the neighborhood!
We Were Wild Reimagines “The Hut” in a New Installation at Alto Gallery

By Susan Froyd
Oct 29, 2019

The collective We Were Wild turned the Hut, a house slated for demolition, into an art installation.
Ten of the Best New Buildings in Downtown Denver

By Michael Paglia
Oct 9, 2019

Most of this city's new buildings are junk. But there are some diamonds in the rough.

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