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saturday vignette: morning coffee
That first shot of caffeine or the news? The scene at Aviano Coffee, 244 Detroit Street in Cherry Creek North.
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why I’m experimenting with black & white photography
I’ve mentioned previously that a few of the benefits of this blog is that it drives me to improve my writing and photography. I like that. I also desire to do more than simply document the city. I want to reflect the city as I see it and to do that completely I need to also communicate emotion. This is why if you’ve followed me for...
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saturday vignette: Denver Millennium Bridge
Sometimes it seems that time just evaporates. Fifteen years have passed since the millennium. Denver memorialized the beginning of the twenty-first century by building this iconic pedestrian bridge connecting Lower Downtown or LoDo to the Riverfront Park area. Eventually, the city installed two more bridges across Interstate 25 and the South Platte River so that now pedestrians can safely walk from the bustling Highland neighborhood into downtown....
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a Denver sunrise worth stopping for
I could name a hundred or more reasons why I choose to commute by bicycle. Near the top of the list is how easy it is for me to stop and truly appreciate some of the sights I see along the way. Just before I left out the door this morning my wife says to me, “Hey, Chris, here’s something to take a photo...
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saturday vignette: another Fox Theater – LA style
I love the flamboyant architecture of the historic Fox Theaters. Probably because the buildings are architectural. Unlike today’s bland, utilitarian multiplexes. I saw this one, the Fox Westwood Village Theater, last month on a trip to Los Angeles. The theater, built in 1931 and located on the city’s westside, is a mash-up of Spanish Mission and Art Deco styles. Fun. The weather was beautiful...
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old buildings amidst change
I’ve been to Washington, DC, quite a bit recently. I like the “District” and have a lot of fond memories from when we lived there. I did my architectural apprenticeship in the city and worked on a lot of facade renovation projects. New skin, entrance lobby, elevator cabs and floor lobbies – repeat. Eventually, I had enough and needed to leave. While I never accepted the then common excuse (I’ve...
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if I lived in New Orleans…
I’d want to live in the Warehouse District. It’s Sunday morning and I’m waiting in Denver International Airport for a flight to New Orleans. It is 29 degrees (-1.6C) outside. That’s warm given the cold, snowy weather we’ve had over the past week. I’m looking forward to the forecasted 75 degrees (23.9C) there, even if it’s just for a day. More so than the weather,...
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people and the rebirth of Union Station
Denver, for all its efforts to improve its transportation options (and the city’s light-rail network in particular has grown dramatically from five miles of track in the early 1990s to a projected 122 miles by 2020 or so), is still, like many medium-sized American cities, oriented toward the automobile. It is no surprise then that Union Station, the city’s transportation hub from the long-gone American railroad...
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saturday vignette: the gnarled pines of cheesman park
I always like riding through Denver’s Cheesman Park especially on such a beautiful day as this. Generally, I use the western drive. For many, the most striking part of the park is the 1908 Walter Scott Cheesman Pavilion along the eastern drive. It is a beautiful building and very common backdrop for wedding photos and such. I, however, prefer the vast lawn that makes up...
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saturday vignette: an afternoon in Washington, DC
My wife and I recently stayed overnight in Washington, DC. Neither of us had visited the city much since we lived there for about five years many years ago. This post chronicles my last visit. As my wife knows, when you vacation with me in a city it’s time to put on your walking shoes. She’s not forgotten the time she walked the tread off a new...