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An overview of Burlington Northern’s 23rd Street locomotive facility in Denver, Colorado, on May 18, 1991, reveals some interesting sights. Power used on BN “beer run” trains from 31st Street Yard in Denver out to Coors in Golden is a trio of former Great Northern passenger-hauling SDP40s, Nos. 6398, 6397 and 6399, resting between runs at the facility. Ten EMD SD9s are gathered, along with a trio of Santa Fe SD40-2s. On the left is a group of GE B39-8 LMX units, mixed into some Cascade green EMD SD40-2s. In the middle of it all is BN ballast hopper No. 958347, white-lined and upside down. It seems like a weird location to scrap a car, and it looked like it had some ballast in it before it was turned over. Perhaps it was brought in for repair and derailed—but I have no idea how it ended up in its predicament. This place has changed (just a little bit…) since this photo.
It’s almost 9:00 p.m. on the evening of July 16, 1998, at Colorado’s Denver Union Station. Rio Grande EMD GP60s sit on one of the station tracks and are being used as protection power for the next day’s “Cheyenne Frontier Days Train” operated by the Union Pacific to the Wyoming capitol.
Denver's Alexander Shape @ eBento Event
Catwa Daniel Bento head
Stray Dog Sean skin applier
Belleza- Jake Mesh Body
GB::Koshikimono
Mandala Sakura Dynasty Katana
A Honeybee that I photographed at the Denver Botanical Gardens. I have been to quite a few botanical gardens but the Denver one was definitely the nicest one I have ever been too.
Hard to beat architecture in downtown Denver, Colorado, U.S.. Went out for a walk with the sun going down and got this abstract I liked. It is at the conjunction of three buildings: Denver Art Museum, Civic Center Cultural Complex, and Clyfford Still Museum.
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Beck provided preconstruction and construction services for the new, 13-story, 265-key hotel at the corner of 14th and Court Streets in Downtown Denver. The project, designed by Studio Gang, is a triangular layout and has an exterior skin designed to mimic aspen trees. The building includes a rooftop restaurant with beautiful city and mountain views. The Populus Hotel is the first carbon-positive hotel in the United States.
According to the designers and architects at Studio Gang, the texture and rhythm of the hotel’s sculptural façade is strongly tied to its function. At the base, the windows grow up to 30 feet in height to frame entrances and views into the lobby, restaurant, and amenity spaces. Each vertical scallop is the width of a hotel room, and its windows change in size in response to public and private spaces. The distinctive shapes are informed by studying the characteristic patterns found on Aspen trees (Populus tremuloides). As the trees grow, they shed their lower branches, leaving behind dark, eye-shaped marks on the papery bark of their trunks.
Upon entering their rooms, hotel guests are greeted with immersive views of the nearby State Capitol and Civic Center Park and the mountains beyond through the generous apertures. Made from glass-fiber reinforced concrete, the convex walls will shape the triangular building that slips between Colfax and Fourteenth Streets like a vessel easing through the sea.
Populus Hotel has been awarded the AGC ACE Award for Best Building Project Over $70 Million, earning the Gold Place distinction.
Jeppesen Terminal at Denver's airport. The peaked roof was designed to mimic snow-capped mountains and Native American teepees.
BNSF’s Hudson turn leaves Denver yard, passing through the Suncor energy plant with the Rocky Mountains in the background. BNSF 1656 is one of the cleanest green 40s left that hasn’t been molested by BNSF and their weird patching, yellow marks and AC units.
Mr. Llarence G. Brandenlung and his son
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Since adopting a "recreational marijuana" law, Colorado has seen a spurt in economic activity and a housing boom that has caused home prices to escalate rapidly. Entire subdivisions have popped up in the grasslands NE of Denver, since our visit last year.
A rapid influx of young professionals (like my daughter, son-in-law, and many of their friends) who hike, ski, bike, camp, fish, and enjoy the outdoors has also had a great effect on the Denver housing market.
This picture was taken from the grasslands of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR. A new subdivision of million-dollar homes, not there last year, is encroaching now on the eastern edge of the wildlife refuge.
The picture was taken on a very hazy day, then desaturated and blurred, except for the Denver skyline.
Took this one at the Union Station in Denver, CO. This rickshaw taxi had the awesome lights when I took the picture, so I was lucky enough to capture it. Used Lightroom to bolden up the colors and light trails.
As many opine for the days when the Bozeman Local ran like clockwork and with clean power, no doubt people such as Mark Hemphill yearn for when the MRL #405 plied the rails as DRGW #3047. Although the tonnage on this day won't make a dent in the speed, even with a 1.9% grade ahead, the #405 undoubtedly saw mountain territory in its previous life. The #3047 was one of 22 GP35's delivered to the DRGW between 1964/65. Like most of the GP35 fleet, it lasted just about 28 years, being retired in Dec 1993 along with 17 others. An interesting note is that all 22 GP35's were made to be trailing unit only in 1972, removing cab seats, toilets and radios. I am unsure if this lasted until their retirement or if they were made lead qualified again at some point. Thanks to utahrails.net for the great details! Its an interesting note that by now the #405 has spent close to or more time on the Montana Rail Link than it did the Denver and Rio Grande Western. Time marches on!
May 9, 2023: Departing Denver International Airport at sunset following a 60-minute delay due to lightning strikes in the area.
Union Pacific's daily Salt Lake City - Denver manifest pulls into Helper, Utah for a crew change on Nov. 21, 2008. On the right, a set of helper engines await their next assignment.
The Frederic C. Hamilton Building of the Denver Art Museum is certainly a marvel of abstract architecture. Walking from 12th Avenue, northwards on the red brick pavement, a less seen aspect of this angular wonder can be observed. In the strong Colorado sunlight, a strong contrast worked rather well with black and white.
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The Paramount Theatre is a concert venue in Denver, Colorado, located on Glenarm Place, near Denver's famous 16th Street Mall. The venue has a seating capacity of 1,870 but is a popular destination for large acts looking for a smaller concert setting. With spelling as Paramount Theater, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
The Paramount opened in 1930 as a movie theatre, part of the Paramount-Publix Theatre Circuit, the exhibition arm of Paramount Pictures. The theatre itself was designed by the Chicago architectural firm of Rapp and Rapp, with decorations by designer Vincent Mondo, murals by Louis Grell of Chicago. The original main entry to the theatre was at 519 16th Street, where an entrance lobby was cut through an existing commercial and office building.
The three-story office and commercial building featuring what was then the theatre's secondary entrance on Glenarm Place, now the main entrance, was designed by the local architect Temple H. Buell. Buell's design is a modernized, art deco interpretation of the Gothic style, executed largely in cast concrete and white terra cotta.
For several decades the Paramount enjoyed success as one of the premier movie houses in the Rocky Mountain region. Then, like other large movie theatres, its patronage declined as population and commerce dispersed into new suburban areas. By 1978, it was the last movie palace left in Denver and started hosting opera with a production of Madama Butterfly in October 1978 by the Denver Opera Company. The venue has survived and evolved and now plays host to numerous concert and performance acts. The theatre was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and the city of Denver recognized it as a historic landmark in 1988. Eight years later, Sinbad performed his HBO comedy special "Son of a Preacher Man" here.
(source: Wikipedia)
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The City of Denver is getting close to wrapping up a major revitalization of this iconic corridor. Since most of the project has been completed, locals and visitors alike now have more sitting and shaded areas, greenery, play structures for children, public gathering spots, art installations and what are dubbed as "moments of joy" that encourage people to smile and take pictures.
Free shuttle buses, dubbed the 16th Street Free Ride, travel up and down the street, stopping on every corner. Hop on and hop off as the shuttles come and go every five minutes and make everything downtown easy to reach.
The street is the spine that connects all of downtown, from the city's transportation hub and a locals' favorite hangout, Denver Union Station, at one end to Civic Center Park and the Colorado State Capitol at the other. And just off 16th Street, you'll find major attractions like the Denver Performing Arts Complex within the Denver Theatre District and the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (MCA Denver).
It's also easy to get to Larimer Square, Denver’s urban shopping district where Victorian buildings house specialty boutiques and unique chef-driven restaurants. And only three blocks from 16th Street is McGregor Square, which boasts a baseball-themed hotel, chef-driven food hall, shops, restaurants, bars and a large outdoor plaza.
(source: www.denver.org/things-to-do/attractions/16th-street-mall/)