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2 weeks ago |
westword.com | Alan Prendergast
On May 20, Denver officials announced the new-old name of the 16th Street Mall: 16th Street (as we predicted in the 2025 Best of Denver). Yes, the word "mall" is being dumped from this iconic, mile-long stretch of 16th Street that was once Denver's main drag, but became an urban, outdoor "mall" in October 1982. Forty-three years later, a $175 million renovation project is slated to be completed this fall, and celebrated a bit early with a bash May 31-June 1.
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Nov 30, 2024 |
westword.com | Alan Prendergast
This story was originally published in December 2014. Bad news often comes in the night. It arrives in a whirl of dread and confusion, like a drunk trying to get into the wrong house, shattering the pre-dawn silence and bursting our dreams. When Priscilla White answered the phone at her Boulder home at six in the morning on December 26, 1996, she knew that something terrible had happened. Why else would anyone be calling so early, the day after Christmas?
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Nov 12, 2024 |
westword.com | Alan Prendergast
Hays had taken command of the 10th just a few weeks earlier, right before the entire outfit shipped out to Naples, late arrivals to the stalled and seemingly endless Italian campaign against some of Hitler’s most resilient and battle-tested troops. Although they had been training for years in a special camp high in the Colorado Rockies, few members of the 10th had ever seen combat.
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Aug 13, 2024 |
westword.com | Alan Prendergast
On that life-changing morning — January 28, 2020, a Tuesday — Springsteen was at her home with her boyfriend, Jeremiah Axtell. An attorney and newly elected member of Lakewood’s city council, Springsteen was known for pushing growth caps and challenging well-connected development interests. She was also embroiled in a long-running dispute with the operators of a memory-care center across the street from her house over several matters, from alleged elder abuse to improper disposal of human waste.
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Jun 10, 2024 |
audiobooks.com | Alan Prendergast
At the height of the roaring 1920s, the ex-frontier town of Denver, Colorado, emerged from the postwar boom as the future of the American city. But the slick fa├žade of progress and opportunity masked a murky stew of organized crime, elaborate swindles, and widespread government corruption. Rookie district attorney Phillip Van Cise was already making national headlines for a new brand of law enforcement.
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