Re: “Historic preservation’s highs and lows in Denver, Boulder,” June 28 Vincent Carroll column.
Keith Painter’s historic Bosler House in NW Denver at 3209 West Fairview Place on Nov. 22, 2013. He has been battling Denver’s Landmark Preservation Commission over the future of the building, which was built in 1875. (Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post)
Denver has an abysmal record when it comes to preservation. When I stepped off the train in 1957, Denver was a gorgeous Victorian town. Capitol Hill was full of interesting architecture, relatively unmarred by the building of ugly apartment buildings, though this had begun. Downtown was amazing, full of historic buildings dating back to the early days of the Gold Rush. Much of that has gone.
We used to own an important Queen Anne house at 32nd Avenue and Osceola Street. It was built by a former mayor of Denver, and was the site for famed Dr. Mary Ford’s home and surgery for 50 years. The two men we sold it to tried to sell to a developer who was going to build an apartment block. After a hell of a fight, that was temporarily blocked, but not permanently.
Denver has no soul when it comes to preservation.
Alan Culpin, Denver
This letter was published in the July 3 edition.
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