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Archive of entries posted on April 2009

Spire Crane Comes Down

Last week while I was in Indiana, the Spire‘s blue tower crane that has dominated the Denver skyline for the past year or so was dismantled, as the tower has reached its full height.

My friend Grant was kind enough to snap a picture of the crane’s dismantling for my benefit so, in case you missed it, I’m happy to share the photo with all of you. In this particular angle, the Four Seasons’ crane is in the background and the Embassy Suites’ crane is in the foreground:

There’s something geekily exciting about tower cranes, and it’s sort of sad when one goes away. However, we get a shiny new skyscraper in exchange so that’s a fair trade!


Infill Construction Photos–East of Downtown

While there may not be a lot of new projects being announced these days, we still have a number of infill projects that are under construction in the Downtown Denver area. Thanks again to Vicki for the photos, here’s a sampling of projects from the Uptown, Curtis Park-Five Points, City Park West, and Ballpark districts:

Urbans@Lawrence (26th and Lawrence):

Trellis (next door to the above Urbans project):

Traverse (25th and Champa):

2428 Champa (next door to Traverse):

Cornerstone Residences (Park Avenue and Curtis):

25th and Washington:

Chroma Townhomes (25th and Larimer):

Rocky Mountain Children’s Hospital (19th and High):

Uptown Apartments (19th and Clarkson):

Nice to see all that brick!

I know there are a few more infill projects under construction out there that I haven’t recently posted a photo of (or at all). If you’d like to contribute to DenverInfill, please email me your well-composed, higher-resolution photos or send me a link to where the photos reside on a photo-sharing account, and I’d be happy–and thankful–to post them. Please also include the project name/location too.