Slides of Denver #2 1970's 1974-1976 picture slideshow of city building and skyline
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2015
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This is part 2, still a fraction of the slides I have.
From Wiki: "After World War II, oil and gas companies opened offices in Denver because of its proximity to the mountains and the energy fields contained within. As the price of oil and gas rose during the 1970s energy crisis these companies fueled a skyscraper boom in the downtown area. A second office core was opened in the suburban Denver Tech Center to accommodate the increasing demand for office space. Many original downtown saloons and old buildings were renovated and revitalized. While many other cities at the time were threatened by crime and bankruptcy Denver was actively growing and renewing its downtown."
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My dad was the head chef at the Brown Palace Hotel back in the 70's. So crazy to see these photos. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Colorado day hiker
Hay Colorado day hiker I knew that headcheif at Brown Palace hotel back in late 70s early 80s if it's the same person he's a good man he was a friend of mine
I've watched these slideshows several times and can't tell you how much they meant. I was 23 when I moved to Denver in 1974. My first address was the Antlers Hotel-a rundown hotel that was VERY cheap (about $10 a WEEK). haven't been able to find a photo until now. Oddly enough the Antlers had another hotel in Colorado Springs that was not rundown (and still exists). The Gin Mill was a skid row bar near Broadway and Stout that had, um, a very interesting clientele. The place must have dated back to the 1920s or earlier. When I went there in 1974 a glass of beer was about 25 cents. I remember I saw "Ladies and gentleman the rolling stones" at the Denham- I think it was the only theatre that showed it in town. Yeah I remember this period when downtown was full of that unforgettable smell of old buildings being torn down. Why so many pictures of the Colony Lounge and the Brown Palace? The Cory Hotel-not a bad hotel at all. At the corner of Broadway and Colfax was Jerry's News and Books, next door was jerry's records(later on Colfax) and next to that was funky gay bar the Door which was a favorite of mine back then. I love your slides-do you have any of King Sooper's on 9th and Corona when there was a cheese store next door(the big cheese) and they tried having a diner (King's Kitchen)? Photos of the inside of the Satire Lounge in the 1970s when they had this ancient upholstery on the booths? The paintings on the booths of the Punch Bowl (supposedly done by an American Indian artist of note)? I would be guessing that you lived in Capitol Hill back then. I left Denver in 83 for New Orleans, I live in St Pete now. Thanks for sharing these and hope you will post more.
Robert Meier The Colorado Springs Antlers had no connection to the Antlers in Downtown Denver :)
Completely forgot about the Roosevelt Grill, another restaurant my dad (Anthony Goss - "Tony") was a cook at. I can remember on the side of the building, 17th & California street I think it was, there was a lift that took supplies down to the main kitchen and my dad would let us kids ride it down with him. Great memories.
this was my hometown where i was born and raised and worked and traveled and walked these streets that i miss so much. thank you , i really appreciate these slides. awesome. i am homesick now
My late aunt moved from Chicago to Denver in 1958 when she was 19 years old and she told me “It was the ninth of March and it was 43 degrees outside with a slight breeze coming in from the south”; and people were slack jawed at her not wearing a jacket and she quipped “Chicago winters are a whole other story” She turns 85 in August.
Sorry for your loss, and also happy early birthday celebrations to her! This made me smile (born and raised in Denver)
Just ask me about old Denver. I've been here since 1963. May D& F dept. store with an ice skating rink facing 16th Street. Top of the Rockies restaurant in the Security Life Building. Englewood, Cinderella City mall. Buckingham Square mall on Havana St. The old Forney Museum where REI is now. Denver Wax Museum on Bannock Street. Elitch Gardens at 38th & Tennyson streets. Denver Rockets ABA basketball at the Auditorium Arena. McNichols Arena next to Mile High Stadium and 94th Air Squadron restaurant behind a runway fence at Stapleton Airport just to name a few. Great days behind us.
Robert Lamb I remember going to the wax museum on Bannock Street as part of a school field trip when I was in the second grade in 1976. I think that same building later housed the original location of The Children’s Museum before it moved to its current location off the Platte River in 1984.
I miss old Denver so much
All these pictures just go to show that Denver really was a cow town in the 1970s. I moved here with my family in September 1973 when I was almost 6 and it really was a sharp contrast to Chicago, which was and still is a very big city. There was no public transportation system, no light rail, no Major League Baseball team, and there were only 5 channels on TV. Larimer Square was a big thing at the time these pictures were taken because it had been renovated from what used to be Denver’s skid row with empty and dilapidated buildings. About six months before we moved here, we stayed at the Radisson Hotel (now named The Warwick Hotel), and at that time, the top floor of the building housed the Playboy Club.
Looked a lot cleaner. Cool pics
It looks emptier, and they are demolishing older buildings, looks depressing
Seeing downtown as a wasteland of parking lots is a mindfuck!
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It would be nice to slow the slide show down so we could actually enoy the views better.
set the playback speed in the settings
AT 0:15 Capitol Mortuary "Chapel of the Chimes" 1331 Sherman St.
I have seen that before, and also recognize the street name.
You should do slide shows of colorado springs from back in the 1970s and before that would be cool .
1:31 2:23 where is that? it looks familiar being a denver native myself
70s Denver looks depressing, it's so empty, older buildings are being torn down, and Colorado was poor, and Denver was also seeing a population decline. So many parking lots :/
Yeah. Better than how it is now though.
I love it, no traffic and homeless be then
lots of demolishing of brick to be replaced with inferior materials sad.
I love it, no traffic and homeless be then