The demolition of the low-rise portion of the former Qwest office tower at 1001 17th Street between Arapahoe and Curtis is essentially complete. I blogged about this project back on June 4, 2007.

Here’s a photo taken one week ago showing just a small section remaining of the 3-story structure that once covered one-half of Block 096:

It will be nice to see the new lobby/ground-floor retail project get under construction and how, once it’s finished, it improves the pedestrian experience along 17th Street.