There was a lot of demolition going on this weekend in Downtown Denver in anticipation of several new urban infill projects poised to start construction. Let’s take a look:

Denver Four Seasons Hotel & Residences (Block 074): As reported a few days ago, the official groundbreaking ceremony will happen Monday, September 24. This weekend, the parking lot was being dismantled:

1755 Blake (Block 021): The small two-story building sitting near the corner of 18th and Blake–the one ultimately ruled not-historic-enough by the Lower Downtown Design Review Board–is now history. It, along with the surrounding parking lot, was demolished this weekend:

1800 Larimer (Block 066): The demolition of the low-scale medical office complex and Japanese restaurant that occupied the site continued this weekend. All that is left is the rubble:

Makovsky Project (Block 162): It didn’t take long after the old Bank of Denver building was demolished before the old Republic Hotel building next door at 15th and California started coming down. By Sunday afternoon, it was already half gone:

Fontius Building (Block 162): No, the Fontius isn’t being demolished. The 1923 structure at 16th and Welton is part of the Downtown Denver Historic District and certainly worthy of preservation, no matter how dilapidated the interior. But, that didn’t stop an errant driver from crashing into the Welton side of the building this weekend! As if Evan Makovsky didn’t already have enough things to do at the Fontius, now he has this to fix too:

Coincidently, I have a photo of the inside of the building right where the car crashed. It was one of the photos I didn’t bother to post as part of my Inside the Fontius special feature, but I might as well post it now: