9NEWS' 1994 documentary on Colfax Avenue
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- Опубликовано: 7 ноя 2019
- Ahead of Gary Shapiro's retirement, he is looking back at some of the most memorable specials he did while at 9NEWS.
From Gary:
"Colfax Avenue has been called the longest main street in America. It’s actually Highway 40, which is how people traveled from the east coast to the west coast in this country before the Interstates were built.
Now it’s a quirky, artistic, classic, crime-riddled street, and there’s nothing else like it. Stretching from farm fields east of the metro area, Colfax takes us through Aurora, into Denver, past the State Capitol, through Lakewood and out to the foothills.
In between there is a lot of history, excitement, nostalgia and neon. Once again, I worked with some awesome photojournalists to document life and death on Colfax Avenue."
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I'm 37 years old and have been living around east and west Colfax for most of my life... I've woke up hungover in strange places and asked people where is Colfax because I knew I could find my way home through that street, lived in a shelter with my mom off of Sheridan & Colfax and got the chicken pox there, saw a man run through our neighbors yard and drop his gun while the police were chasing him on Colfax & Moline when I was in the 2nd grade back in the early 90's, and just last week some crazy fool threatened to stab me at Decatur/Colfax station if I didn't bum him a stogie... That avenue has taught me to be aware and also laugh at the crazy shit in life... Just remembered that my Grandpa died above a bar on east Colfax a little over 10 years ago... I don't know? It's taught me how to walk with confidence and about being humble as well... Sorry for the rant
thanks for the story
I miss old Denver
Me too. The 70s were awesome here...and esp in Boulder before the "others" arrived.
“Saw your mom on Colfax! How come she was waving at the cars?!”
😂😂
From about 2005 to about 2009 I was the RTD route 15 night owl operator, I could’ve and should’ve started a RUclips channel just based on my unusual experiences on Colfax Ave
God help you. That must have been hell.
If what you're saying is true, I was on you bus many of nights. I grew up on the 15 bus.
Do you remember Crippled Sean vs Big Worm?
I bought my first dog at a pet store on West Colfax in 1985. Someone else wanted him too, so I suggested we flip a quarter. I won!!!
28 years ago, what a trip. I grew up near Federal and Alameda, and I think inner city Denver kids from the 80’s and 90’s had a unique landscape to grow up in.
I started school at Beechcourt Elementary. Things were different back then
I went to West highschool and grew up in the same neighborhood. I grew up in the ghetto ghetto. I live in a mountain town now and don't miss it one bit. My schooling was next to worthless. It's getting BAD down there again. I went to school during the summer of violence. Kids were getting shot at school. It's sad to see the city I love go to hell again . This round of poverty and violence is going to be much worse!!!
@@luke144 Whats crazy now is that gang activity used to be limited to the inner city schools - but now kids out in the burbs are all thuggish - with easy access to guns - its a free for all.
I grew up in Denver, and the western slope in the 80s and 90s... So what do you mean landscape? I know how it was back then but now it's a lot better now in the 2020s.
@@silvrx-pz3ce I mostly mean that back in the 80's and 90's - Denver was coming up, but was still kind of a small city vibe. It was the same size, with less people. I went to Denver Public School, and went to a vocational school for high school, and I had friends from all parts of the city. It was just a different vibe, in a good way. I'm not complaining - I like to see the city grow.
All those kids and not an Iphone in sight...They know how to live right!!
I lived at 12th and York in 1990 then moved to 6th and Pearl Street in 91 to 98...Colfax was just up the street. Loved living in Capitol Hill during that time...
In the 90s I lived in Capitol Hill too with my partner and drove a bus part-time for RTD as well while going to Metro State. In fact in 1994 when this documentary was made, I was driving the route 16 on west Colfax and had some interesting passengers of all types. Capitol Hill was one of the best neighborhoods I lived in with a wide spectrum of people. My partner and I used to always have breakfast on the weekends at Swifts' Diner on the corner of 9th and Downing across from "Queen" Soopers and also at Pete's Kitchen. Unfortunately my partner passed away not too long ago, but the memories live on.
You were far enough off the Colfax/E. 17th corridor to not hear the gunfire at night.
What a trip!!! I lived off Colfax and 16th, worked off Colfax and Wadsworth for years. Attended concerts at Ogden, Fillmore, and the Bluebird. Have meet tons of different people on Colfax.
I was born on Colfax (St Anthony's) good chance I might die on Colfax 🤣
Haha me too. Born at st Anthony’s in 94.
Haha! Me too 😂😂
You’re on borrowed time already! Lol
Amen brother
Sorry to hear that sir. That’s a damn shame. SMH.
Lmao 🤣 whenever I want to see strange shit I drive down Colfax. I have to say you can find good food there though 🤣
love me some Gyroz
Bourbon Grill 👌
I remember that Denver. I wonder how much of it has survived.
A lot of damage was done to the capitol and downtown area in the summer of 2020 with protests that took place.
@@ZachtheArvadite 100 damage
@@ZachtheArvadite Sad
@@ZachtheArvadite It’s not that bad actually. I live around there.
Well frankly if you liked Colfax to begin with the shitiness was part of the appeal
Young Gary Shapiro 😳
West Colfax is my most favorite street in the world.
It's still wild, big dude got on the bus at Harlan last night and proceeded to ask me and three other people if he took too much? I look up from my book and see that he is eating magic mushrooms from a king soopers bag! I say "yeah man, but you will be alright because I eat them often"
We used to cruise west Colfax in the eighties. loud fast cars. The view of it from lookout mountain at night though🤩🥰
WHOLE new WORLD on COLFAX AVENUE 2022
Wow what a blast from the past
For sure! They mentioned everything from crack whores to casa bonita...thats denver right there!
I...should not have watched this. Lost someone very dear to me (she was murdered) on Colfax around the time of this video...Loved Colfax in the early to mid 90s and grew to despise it. Fucked up thing? I still miss it.
I'm sorry Mark
@@fredharvey2720 Thank you.
I love my city
Great documentary!
I currently live on Colfax and it's sketchy sometimes. I don't go walking around, especially at night. Casa Bonita should be open again soon and I think that'll play a big role in making Colfax less scummy. Homelessness is pretty rampant here, I see plenty of people living in tents or pushing shopping carts full of stuff, plenty of police around, too. It's mostly because the housing market is becoming increasingly less affordable. Additionally, our population increased noticeably when recreational pot was legalized, we adopted a lot of residents from other parts of the country and that's had a pretty negative effect on the culture here. For better or more likely worse, Colorado has changed a lot since this documentary first aired.
Move to hawaii man
@@joie8465 And pay their prices? count me out, I'm living in a low income area for a reason, lol
I always lived near it from lipan to Sheridan. Went to Colfax Elementary, Lake junior high, then North😭😂. I left when they started the light rail on 11th Ave creek. Haven't seen what replaced st Anthonys yet Thanks for sharing glad I left . Denver's been stolen and mutilated . No more true Cinco de mayo Chicano rights version ...
Love the Fax, everyday for 10 years. sold tee's on the MALL and did pretty good, feeding trash diggers every chance i got. i met one old black woman that of course had matted hair and layered clothing. she was in terror of people, but i got closer and closer to her and finally she trusted me enough to tell me her name and in the past she was a lawyer, we ate a few times and i saw her not again. does anyone know PETE'S CAFE?
Wow:3 cuánta historia!❤
Me encanta, Amo a denver👽❤❤❤
Plenty of dispensaries now
I would pin 📍 this comment.
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Lived on or around Colfax in Capitol Hill all though the 90’s. Loved it, good times and bad.
I miss old denver
If you live close to Colfax you'll always find your way home with ease!
Yeah. Coldfax raised me. 5points.. good times
Same
Curtis park 5 points aka the nickel my stomping grounds
My family owned a vacuum store on East Colfax back in 1969. Back then Colorado was a red state, now it's a blue state. Last time I checked in 2013 our store was a recording studio, This video is thirty years old. Have things gotten better or worse? Based on what I have seen around the country in the past few years, I would say things have gotten worse on Colfax. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if many of the businesses shown in this video are gone now. I hope I'm wrong.
Are used to ride my bike to Tropic Seas’, a pet store in Denver to look at the fish: Particularly the Piranhas. I lived near Boston & Colfax in Aurora in the early 80s.
Now... It's going to be so bad even Homeless Tents on streets be charged property tax.
I'm 33 from og Aurora 17th and Oakland. I remembered the old Dutch boy. I was a sun mart kid.
Imagine bumming during this time period. The greatest economic boom in human history. Unlike 2022 this was the time to make money.
Now they can do another documentary on the meth and fentanyl
30 years later, some things remain eerily the same. I hope one day that colfax can become a hub for good people, not just junkies.
Lol the crack spider had it worse
Where is the update??? Get Shapiro back on!
Depending on your opinion on Colfax it tells me alot about you. If it's all negative I probably won't associate with you. My family grew up off Colfax and you everything from college graduates and business owners to prison life . So look in the mirror before you judge.
Bet he’s thinking “Good. Now prove it. (Whiny little kid)”
Agreed
Yeah unfortunately, have and uncle and cousin who are doing mad time for the antics they did along that stretch between Quebec and Dayton... Other's who are doing great and thriving as well, my grandma is driving a bus and loving it, her son is in the military and also doing very well along with both of my parents... It's all about perspectives I guess?
I love W. Colfax. It's my shit.
I mean getting harassed by stupid meth addicts on the 15l every day gives me the right to say something It gets old fast enough of the excuses
Aaaaaaand that was the last you'd ever hear anything positive out of the media
I’m in Denver now from Memphis and this place is Buck wild . Beautiful women great paying jobs and all the drugs and alcohol you could ever want …. It’s definitely has that gold miner town vibe . Cops are easy bars are plentiful food if Devine . Great homes and Apts to choose from good shopping and the gambling is nice the city is entertain by all major league sports
Welcome!
Huh???? What you're describing is the Denver I met in the late 70s. What's going on now is NOTHING compared to the older better days. That's why many of us have left. (NM, I see you're from TN)
Inspirational music from Forrest Gump
Well while some of the places are gone not much has changed on Colfax.
Did you see all the hair on Gary?!
Fitzsimmons is not on colfax, montview & peoria
You can see it from there, or at least in times past.
All these people talking about Colfax, sorry you're about a mile off target. This is north Park Hill. 33rd & Holly, they show it in the video.
Sandy Colfax? no, that's Sandy Koufax. Colfax is different.
I ❤ LOVE The Music in this this piece..
Notice there aren't any fat people in this documentary. Sigh.
Fuck yeah.
Represent!
It’s awful how the media portrays some people groups.
Calvin...I will give you $100 to walk 2 miles on East Colfax anytime after 11:00 pm on a Friday night. You would never make it out alive.
Damn, so colfax was always bad😂😂
That's not true. This story tells about the mansions and influential people. Before interstate 70 was built Colfax was the main Street through Denver and the hotels were very nice and attracted movie stars and other celebrities.
@rocknroll7065 now those same motels are trap houses 😂
Author now and could so write a story in titled "Off Colfax"
14:01
It's the stuff old folks homes are made of.
Where are the balls today, 9News? Why don't you guys do a documentary on Colfax 28 years later....
Mexicans have taken over E Colfax. Fitzsimmons closed and Dutch Boy too. And homeless everywhere now, not just runaway kids. Yet I have fond memories hanging out at Civic Center Park when I was a hippie.
what's wrong with Mexicans? lmfao. u say that like it's a bad thing. "taken over". kinda like Europeans took over this land from the natives. fuck u.. lmfao
not sure you needed to make this racial, but okay Karen
Ok snowflake ❄️
If you went to East High, then you seen a boat load of shit on Colfax 😂
East Colfax is getting better. With the hospitals build and hotels and apartments not to mention new retail, Colfax is going to be great soon.
Which means the area is going to get more and more expensive
And the local history will be deleted to make more cookie cutter apartments and coffee shops. As much as they want to change it it will always be the same.
Lipstick on a pig
lol this documentary is so bleak
So is this city lol, welcome to the Midwest 🌧
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Colfax? More like clownfax