Today we are going to take a full tour around One City Block. As of today, the two south buildings have topped out with the brick facades starting to go up and the two north buildings are nearing completion.
First, let’s start out with the north buildings that will face 19th Avenue between Logan and Pennsylvania Street. The facades are mostly complete on both the buildings and you can clearly see the two buildings are very different in every aspect. These two buildings will also have ground floor retail along 19th Avenue which will contribute to the already established 2-block retail corridor along this street. I bumped up the resolution and quality of these photos a little so you can get a better look at the detail of these buildings. Make sure you click to zoom in!
Heading up to 18th Avenue, here are the south buildings which are topped out. Once again you can clearly see that each building has its own unique shape. Because of the hill between 18th and 19th Avenue, these buildings only rise four stories to match the elevations of the north buildings.
The south buildings will also be almost entirely covered in brick! Here is a glimpse of what the brickwork will look like on the 18th and Logan building.
The 18th and Pennsylvania building will be the most unique out of the four when it comes to the brick pattern. Here’s a glimpse of that brickwork.
The Uptown neighborhood still has a lot of parking lots, especially in this area. However, One City Block is getting rid of one of the biggest and ugliest while continuing a nice street wall along both 18th and 19th Avenue.
One City Block is expected to be complete by early fall which means the next time we visit this will be for its final update.
Hey Ryan, this is architecturally the best apartment project currently being built in Denver. Way to go, Red Peak!
I agree. Nicely done.
Not the biggest fan of the peaked roof but besides that I am a fan.
beautiful…my only concern is how it highlights the average design of the Post project (especially that barren, yellow octagon…) well done readpeak – more highrises please!
inspiration?
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Off topic, but any information about the developments along Welton Street? I’ve heard rumors about new housing at 23rd and Welton and 25th and Welton.
This project is special. I view it in person every week or so and it gets better each time. I wish Red Peak would do 100 more of these. I think the lesson is brick brick brick brick —- also curves curves — and tasteful compatible combinations of these elements. Unless I misread the signs, they will be leasing some very very large apartments as well. Red Peak needs to win some awards for this project – let’s invent one if none exists!!!!
I agree with all of these positive comments. To me, its not the fact that they used brick, it is the fact that they made the brick interesting with different colors, reliefs and courses. Brick can be incredibly boring if it is just a shear wall on a box building but if done right, it can look great. The bigger picture is that this project isn’t like all of the other apartment buildings going up in prime downtown areas. I like how it doesn’t look like one massive square box with poorly articulated facades that they want to label as “modern”. The developer and architect could have done the usual stamp design and probably would have made their money just because the demand is so high. But instead they spent a little more time, money and creativity and now have a superior building. Well done Red Peak, you just made 95% of the new apartment buildings going up look dated already!
Finally!!! No ultra modern big boxes. A developer and architect who took the extra step and expense to use brick, masonry etc. the brown brick building is my favorite. Great job taking into consideration the “downtown feel and look” of other historic buildings. Love the curved windows. Hope to see more like this and thrilled this is the same architect as the new United way building in Curtis park. I like Mel would also like to know about the parcel on 23th and Welton.
Wow, that first shot of the curved front sent me looking for old images Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Somebody on the design teams loves old stadiums. My apologies if someone has noted that earlier, but it really jumps out now that portion is finished. Love it!
The only thing I’m not that wild about is the stucco + brick sections. Guess you have to pay for it somewhere. Even though the overall quality varies along this stretch of 19th, it’s one of my favorite streches of development and when the trees really grow in, 19th is really going to look great.