DID YOU KNOW
Englewood’s movie studio
Tuileries Amusement Park was developed in the 3400 block of South Broadway in Englewood in 1906. The park featured a roller-rink, a Japanese tea garden, a ballpark, two motorcycle tracks, a dance pavilion and a theater that featured vaudeville shows. Tuileries closed in 1912.
In 1917, the National Film Co. purchased the Tuileries and used the dance floor for a movie studio. Englewood’s central location and accessibility to several rail routes made it a good place for shipping films.
The film company was sold in 1923 to Alexander Industries, which began making advertising films. To speed up delivery of its films, the company began producing the Eagle Rock biplane.
Fire broke out in 1928 in the Alexander Film and Aircraft Co., resulting in 11 deaths. After the fire, the factory was closed, and the property reverted to its original owner, Jacob C. Jones. The main building later became the Englewood City Hall, fire and police headquarters, and the library. The building was demolished decades ago.
Source: city of Englewood (www.englewoodgov.org/home/index.asp?page=45)
REGIONAL NOTES
PARKER
Town celebrates art donation
The town of Parker will show off “Peace Harmony Joy Love,” an abstract painting donated by local artist Tadashi Hayakawa, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 25.
The free reception will be at the Mainstreet Center at 19650 E. Mainstreet.
Hayakawa’s piece will hang permanently in the Mainstreet Center’s auditorium. It represents people of all ethnic and geographic heritages living in harmony, said Hayakawa, who also donated a collection of books and furniture to the center.
AURORA
Help navigating Medicare plan
Medicare’s new prescription drug coverage plan will be discussed from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 27 at the Aurora Senior Center, 30 Del Mar Circle.
Representatives will be available to provide information on how to enroll and how to find additional help to pay for prescription drug coverage. The fair is presented by the city’s Morning Star Adult Day Program. For more information, call 303-361-0898.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
TV ads become tool in tower fight
The battle over a “super broadcast tower” proposed on Lookout Mountain hit the airwaves recently with ads paid for by Denver’s major TV stations.
The ads appear on channels, 4, 7, 9 and 20, all members of the Lake Cedar Group that’s in favor of the tower.
The ads say the TV stations have brought benefits through the years, “but now, a small group of people is preventing us from bringing you the benefits of free, over-the-air HDTV.”
Lake Cedar Group spokesman Marv Rockford said Tuesday that the ads are intended to educate viewers about the city of Golden’s blockage of high-definition signals in the metro area.
A meeting between the Lake Cedar Group and the city is set for Jan. 26.
“Needless to say, we’re a little dismayed that they told us they were willing to negotiate and launched a major television ad campaign against us concurrently,” said city spokeswoman Sabrina Henderson.
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