Walking into Sprouts Farmers Market, a young woman, obviously a recent immigrant to our North Denver neighborhood, asked me if I knew what the old green frame building on the lot with the liquor store was. Yes, I told her. That's the old Elitch Theatre and when I was in high school, I worked as a stagehand for the summer theater seasons. The Elitch theatre was like the … [Read more...] about Grace Kelly Graced North Denver
Shaping Our Future by Remembering Our Past
5 questions to Consider Before Repealing the Gallagher Amendment
Then Senator Dennis Gallagher (circa 1982) Colorado's constitution gives our legislature the power to refer changes to the constitution for the people to consider at ballot times. Two thirds of the legislators have to vote to put a referred measure on the ballot for the people's consideration. That's exactly what Senator Ron Stewart and I did back in the early 1980's. … [Read more...] about 5 questions to Consider Before Repealing the Gallagher Amendment
Relating to the Stranger in the Pandemic: A Family History
For many years after my mother's family migrated north from their home downtown on the old Auraria campus, the Flahertys rented a small worker's cottage in North Denver at 2528 Hooker Street. It was just south of an unpaved city alley so the family got used to lots of local foot traffic. As the robin flies, that was a direct line from old St Dominic's church on West 25th … [Read more...] about Relating to the Stranger in the Pandemic: A Family History
Looking for Miracles in the Hood
Denver in 1895 experienced nothing as drastic as the current coronavirus epidemic. Denver citizens were still feeling the effects of the Silver Panic of 1893 and perhaps North Denver citizens argued over what color their fancy one horse carriages should be. I doubt that Edward Fox realized what would happen to upset the quiet peace of his north Denver block when he … [Read more...] about Looking for Miracles in the Hood
How a North Denver Saint Could Offer an Alternate to Columbus Day
Steve O'Dorisio, Adams County Commissioner, has family roots that run deep in North Denver. He has been talking to the angels asking the legislature to embrace a new subject in place of Columbus for commemoration of an Italian holiday, an immigrant saint and a humble nun, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. Fr. Hugh Guentner with Mother Cabrini Tom Noel, in his 1989 … [Read more...] about How a North Denver Saint Could Offer an Alternate to Columbus Day