Downtown Denver’s newest tower-in-the-making is beginning to get exciting. Not only has a lot of vertical progress been made, but we can now get a peek at the glass facade starting to go in.
Here are four images around the base showing the dark blue glass. Most of the base, including the parking podium, will be clad in this blue glass.
By our count, from the photos below, the tower is now up 15 stories with 15 more to go. This will have quite the impact not only on 15th Street, but on the skyline as well.
The next milestone for Block 162 will be when the concrete core tops out. This will give us a good gauge on the final height of the building.
I love the growth ! That lot on 15th St. has been empty for years!
AWESOME
Great to see new development especially when it comes to office towers.
Hopefully these projects are developed in 2020.
1900 Lawrence St. 30 stories
17 th and California 30 stories
The old cottrell’s building 28 stories
New Hotel on Block 162 38 stories
Denver Bus Station redevelopment two office towers.
Maybe Tabor Tower 2 lets hope
Hopefully these projects get off the ground.
Denver skyline would definitely change.
From parking lot to tower—with even more parking!?
In all seriousness, I’m stoked to see this lot get filled in. I think it’s been over 15 years since that lil dive bar/venue (who’s name evades me at the moment) was torn down for a proposed high rise.
Another project that we were promised, but ultimately fizzled out was for a few mid-rise buildings behind the Pavillions. In all, there are only a few of those flat lots left in the few surrounding blocks with any momentum/interest for the foreseeable future.
15th Street Tavern. That place was a special part of my punk-rock 20’s. I miss it.
At one point near the end though, the owner tried to shut it down so a bartender (or maybe it was a couple bartenders) bought it to try to keep it alive but wasn’t sure if she could pull it off, so it’s likely it would still be gone today even if it never got torn down.
Yeah, RIP 15th St Tavern. Only caught the tail end of it, due to not being old enough, but the talent that came through there was really remarkable. Love the efficient utilization of downtown property, but lament the slow decline in independently promoted music. As Denver grows, it needs to maintain space for its cultural institutions.
The music scene seems to be on the radar…
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/denver-live-music-scene-colorado-938171/
National acts touring through town in corporate music venues is not a local music scene.
There’s a reason the entire internet has been making fun of this article for two days.
As a proud Denverite, I have to say, that article is downright humiliating. It makes it sound like the bulk of Denver’s music scene consists of hippie jam band crap. Clearly the writer has never actually visited Denver but has a certain characterization in mind that goes along with the whole “Amsterdam of the West” narrative. A prerequisite for writing such an article should be to actually visit Denver – preferably during UMS – so one could have an actual idea of what Denver’s music scene is like. This article did nothing but damage Denver’s reputation.
Don’t forget about the Chez Thuy Hoa on the corner! There was also a liquor store on California St, and a garage for the carriages that horses used to draw on 16th Street.
Yeah it’ll be quite an impact on 15th, by adding 900 parking spaces with drivers constantly trying to get in and out of the garage.
What has all of the above hiss and booing have to do with DenverInfill? Don’t turn this site into another fuss match by immature communicators.