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LoDo District

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Did you guess 1833 Market Street as the answer to yesterday's question? If so, you are correct! Thanks for playing along!

Summary
Rooftop view of the R. Hardesty Manufacturing Company warehouse at 1833 Market Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs on the two and three-story buildings read: "Can Tanks," "Culverts," "Irrigation Supplies," "Sheet Metal Works," "Steam Laundry," "The R. Hardesty Manufacturing Co.," and "Culvert Factory."

09/19/2024

Happy ! Do you know the location of this week’s photo? (Photo credit: Denver Public Library)

09/18/2024

🌕 Did you guys catch that full harvest super moon last night? Absolutely incredible! (Photo credit: Bill Brahmstedt)

09/13/2024

🍔🌭 Thank you to our friends at the Colorado Rockies for hosting an excellent BBQ at the Barth Hotel and for providing the burgers and hot dogs for the residents! What a wonderful way to celebrate National Assisted Living Week! Senior Housing Options, Inc.

09/13/2024

Did you guess 1448 Larimer Street as the answer to yesterday's question? If so, you are correct! Thanks for playing along!

Date
1869-1879
Summary
View of Duhem Brothers studio at 1448 Larimer Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows a brick building with stone trim, storefronts, and signs: "Duhem Bros. Photo. Art Gallery." A display case contains photographs; a wagon has lettering: "Stop This Photographer and Get a Picture of Your Dwelling or Business House."

09/10/2024

🌎 We have just two cleanups left in 2024! The remaining dates for 2024 are Friday, October 4th and Friday, November 1st! Each cleanup runs from 9AM to 10AM. Come help us keep our community beautiful and welcoming!

09/08/2024

🧡🏈💙 Go Denver Broncos! Best wishes on a successful season!

09/06/2024

Did you guess 1953 Larimer Street as the answer to yesterday's question? If so, you are correct! Thanks for playing along!

Summary
View of New Mexico Inn at 1949 and Akebono Restaurant at 1953 Larimer street in downtown Denver, Colorado. Signs on the buildings read: Sukiyaki TEmpure Akebono," "Coors," "American Mexican Food," "2 Jumbo Beers 25," "1 Small Beer 10."

09/02/2024

🇺🇸 Happy Labor Day from your friends in LoDo!

08/30/2024

Did you guess 1660 Market (corner of 17th & Market) as the answer to yesterday's question? If so, you are correct! Thanks for playing along!

Date
1979

Constructed in 1884 by William R. Gorsline, it was later sold to Charles B. Kountze, one of the founders of the Colorado National Bank. In all probability it at one time had a large stamped-tin cornice.

08/29/2024

Welcome to LoDo!

08/29/2024

The block is open!

08/29/2024

It’s so great that the 16th Street Mall project is nearing completion on our end! The future is bright in LoDo!

08/29/2024

16th Street Mall Opening Block Party!

08/23/2024

Did you guess the Barclay Apartments at 17th & Larimer as the answer to yesterday's question? If so, you are correct! Thanks for playing along!

Date
1950 Jun. 20

Summary
View of the side of the Barclay Apartments in the Barclay Block at 17th (Seventeenth) and Larimer Streets in downtown Denver, Colorado. Shows a five-story Italianate style building with pediments and arched windows. Sign painted on the side of the building reads: "Barclay Apts. Reasonable. Steam Heat. Elevator. 1755 Larimer." Faded sign on the same side reads: "Colorado College of Dental [S]urgery." Other signs read: "Tub Loans. Money to Loan" and "David R. Stanley Co." A man and child lean from a third story window.

08/09/2024

Did you guess Larimer Street & 16th Street as the answer to yesterday's question? If so, you are correct! Thanks for playing along!

Date 1979

Summary
Photo during or around 1979. Thorney Lieberman was the principal photographer for the architectural firm of I.M. Pei and Partners (1971-1991). Images taken by him document 16th Street, Denver, Colo. before the creation of the 16th Street Transit Mall, more commonly known as the 16th Street Mall.

08/08/2024

Happy ! Do you know the location of this week’s photo? (Photo credit: Denver Public Library

08/07/2024

Joanne Salzman: A Lodo Pioneer With an Unconventional Touch

Joanne Salzman: A Lodo Pioneer With an Unconventional Touch When my parents Manny and Joanne Salzman were thinking about changing up their lives in the mid-1970s, Manny liked the idea of growing apples, and they toured a few orchards. ...

08/02/2024

Did you guess Market Street between 15th and 16th as the answer to yesterday's question? If so, you are correct! Thanks for playing along!

Date Unknown

Summary
View of Market Street, in Denver, Colorado; shows automobile traffic, trucks, warehouse buildings, a man with a crate, and advertising signs: "Seattle Fish Co.," "Sunkist," "Amato & Sons," and "Katz Fruit Co." Silhouettes of men are on a clothes store awning.

07/28/2024

Thank you to all who attended our summer Happy Hour event this past week! A huge thanks to our generous hosts Little Finch! The food was excellent and a great time was had by all!

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About LoDo District

Prior to European exploration of the area, Native Americans, particularly the Arapaho tribe, established encampments along the South Platte River near or in what is now LoDo. In 1858, after the discovery of gold in the river, General William Larimer founded Denver by putting down cottonwood logs in the center of a square mile plot that would eventually be the current LoDo neighborhood, making LoDo both the original city of Denver, as well as its oldest neighborhood. Then, like now, LoDo was a bustling and sometimes wild area known for its saloons and brothels. During the Sand Creek Massacre, it was LoDo where the heads of the slaughtered Arapaho tribe were paraded in victory.

As Denver grew, city leaders realized a railroad was needed to keep Denver a strong city, especially when the transcontinental railroad bypassed Denver for Cheyenne, Wyoming. In 1870, after much cajoling from town leaders, residents passed bonds that brought a 106-mile rail spur from Cheyenne. This and later train lines ended up in the Central Platte Valley, adjacent to LoDo. Union Station became the place most people traveled into the city and LoDo would be the first part of the city they would see. This section eventually became Denver's Chinatown from the 1870s to the 1880s, only to be torn down by race riots.

By the mid-twentieth century, what was once a thriving business area had become a skid row. As highways and airports diminished the dominance of passenger railroad transportation, the importance of Union Station, LoDo's most prominent building, waned.

The Lower Downtown Historic District, known as LoDo, was created by the enactment of a zoning ordinance by Denver City Council in March 1988. The resolution's intent was to encourage historic preservation and to promote economic and social vitality in Denver's founding neighborhood at a time when it still held significant historic and architectural value. The status granted by this special designation provided protection to the community's archivable resources and to the 127 contributing historic structures that remained after roughly 20% of Lower Downtown's buildings had been demolished through DURA policies in the 1960s and 1970s. LoDo's historic district ordinance includes zoning that restricts building height and encourages mixed-use development. It stipulates strict design guidelines for rehabilitation and new construction.