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Historic Denver News – Fall 2024

October 2024
The Fall 2024 edition of the Historic Denver News highlighted the history of women running for and holding elected office from Margaret Brown's time to present, a walk through Denver's oldest and creepiest cemetery, and the winners of Historic Denver's 2024 annual Awards.

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Historic Denver 54th Annual Gala & Awards Dinner

October 2024
Historic Denver’s 54th Annual Gala & Awards Dinner celebrates the individuals and preservation projects uniting Denver’s past with the 21st century. The 2024 awardees are nonprofit strategist and preservationist Sarah O. McCarthy, artist Ed Dwight, professor Dr. Nicki Gonzales, the University Park Historic District, Flora House Denver, Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church, Prodigy Coffeehouse and the adjacent split-level duplex built on the old Globeville Garage site, and Rino Art Park in the Five Points neighborhood. This year, we confer a brand-new award, the Infill Award, on the Curtis Park Row Homes — new-build construction located in the Curtis Park Historic District.

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Historic Denver News – Summer 2024

July 2024
The Summer 2024 edition of Historic Denver News uncovered a location tied to trans history in Denver beginning in the 1980s, how redlining policies shaped Five Points and other near northeast neighborhoods, and the unveiling of a new logo and branding.

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Historic Denver News – Spring 2024

April 2024
The Spring 2024 edition of Historic Denver News dove into the history of the Far East Center on Federal Boulevard and its connections to the Vietnam War, how Margaret Brown and Mother Jones each showed up for striking workers and their families before and after the Ludlow Massacre, and the story of the revered jazz club El Chapultepec, which shuttered at the end of 2020 after 87 years.

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Historic Denver News – Winter 2024

January 2024
The Winter 2024 edition of Historic Denver News shared Colorado art that tracked the rise and fall of mining boom towns across the state, interviews with visual artists who were mentored by and carry on the legacy of multi-disciplinary artist Bob Ragland, and the curious basement houses built underground throughout the Westwood neighborhood.

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Historic Denver’s 53rd Annual Gala & Awards Dinner


Historic Denver’s 53rd Annual Gala & Awards Dinner is the organization's largest event and fundraiser of the year is one of a few events granted the rare privilege of taking over the grand Atrium Lobby during the event cocktail portion. The 2023 awardees are Jerry Glick, the Honorable Elbra M. Wedgeworth, Gertie Grant, Raíces Brewing Company, Historic Berkeley Regis, St. Francis Warren Residences, the former Tom’s Diner, and York Street Yards.

The front cover of the Fall 2023 edition of Historic Denver News features an aerial view of Colfax Avenue looking west towards dowtown Denver at night. | , , , , , , ,

Historic Denver News – Fall 2023

October 2023
The Fall 2023 edition of the Historic Denver News included the history of the long and wicked Colfax Avenue, highlights from 30 years of Victorian Horrors at the Molly Brown House, and the winners of Historic Denver's 2023 Annual Awards.

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Historic Denver News – Summer 2023

July 2023
The Summer 2023 edition of Historic Denver News explored how the 1893 World's Fair impacted Denver then and now, plus a visit to the intriguing mid-century modern Cliff May homes found throughout Harvey Park.

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Historic Denver News – Spring 2023

March 2023
The Spring 2023 edition of the Historic Denver News included the 2023 Municipal Election candidate surveys, the story of a Japanese-American family who rebuilt their life after forced incarceration at Grenada Internment Camp, and a deep dive into the story of modernist architect Alan Golin Gass, who decided to landmark his home after seeing the destruction of other modernist structures.

A screengrab of the cover image of the Historic Denver News newspaper. The paper features the name and then a large black and white historic image of protestors carrying signs that say "Totalism Not Tokenism" and "Racial + Ethnic Balance in Grade Schools" as they march in front of the former Denver Pubic Schools administration building in January 1969. A headline underneath reads "50 Years After Keyes, a Once-Segregated Denver School Fights to Stay Integrated" | , , , , , , ,

Historic Denver News – Winter 2023

January 2023
The Historic Denver News Winter 2023 edition highlights the legal fight for integration in Denver Public Schools, written by guest contributor Melanie Asmar of Chalkbeat, stories from lesser-known Titanic survivors, and a deeper dive into the legacy of architect Richard Crowther — a pioneer in sustainable construction. Historic Denver works everyday to promote and protect Denver’s historic places and spaces to ensure a diverse, dynamic, and distinctive city — and that everyone should see themselves in the story of their city through its places.

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Dr. Renee Cousins King wins award for historic preservation

December 2022
Family, history, and community roots run deep for Dr. Renee Cousins King, a retired pediatrician who knows that buildings can be keepers of our stories. She is an associate clinical professor of pediatrics, an award-winning educator of medical students, and an accidental preservationist.

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Historic Denver’s 52nd Annual Dinner & Awards Program

October 2022
Historic Denver’s 52nd Annual Dinner & Awards Program honors individuals and projects that anchor our city’s culture and provide for a vibrant future. Dennis Humphries will be honored with the Keystone Award for lifetime achievement in historic preservation; Dr. Renee Cousins King will receive the Ann Love Award, which honors those who embody the spirit of one of Historic Denver’s founders, former Colorado First Lady Ann Love; and Polly Baca will be honored with the Molly Brown Award, created to honor a woman who demonstrates Margaret Brown’s commitment to community. Community Preservation Awards will be given to Denver Art Museum, Colburn Hotel, Emily Griffith Opportunity School/Slate Hotel, and Pancratia Hall. The Remix Award, bestowed for a project that successfully blends a historic building with a new development, goes to Benzina Italian restaurant for the clever preservation and adaptive reuse of a mid-century modern muffler shop on East Colfax.

A screengrab of the cover image of the Historic Denver News newspaper. The paper features the name and then a large black and white image of the former headquarters of the American Woodmen Insurance Company. A headline underneath reads "A Lifetime of Legacy for 2022 Award Winners" | , , , , , , ,

Historic Denver News – Fall 2022

October 2022
The Fall 2022 edition of the Historic Denver News covered the legacy of the incredible award winners of the 52nd Annual Dinner & Awards Program, a guest article on Denver author Mary Coyle Chase by an intern at the Molly Brown House representing the Diversity in the Arts Internship, and a church in the Sunnyside neighborhood that was a first home for both Quakers and Ukrainian Catholics in Colorado. Historic Denver works everyday to promote and protect Denver’s historic places and spaces to ensure a diverse, dynamic, and distinctive city — and that everyone should see themselves in the story of their city through its places.

A screengrab of the cover image of the Historic Denver News newspaper. The paper features the name and then a large black and white image of the former Elyria School. A headline underneath reads "Exploring Preservation Action in Old Elyria" | , , , , , , ,

Historic Denver News – Summer 2022

July 2022
The Summer 2022 edition of the Historic Denver News covered a community-led preservation effort in the Elyria neighborhood, a grant award for Black-owned gathering space and restaurant Welton Street Cafe, and a notice that Colorado's Chicano/a/x murals were added to the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 2022 list of the 11 Most Endangered Places in the country. Historic Denver works everyday to promote and protect Denver’s historic places and spaces to ensure a diverse, dynamic, and distinctive city — and that everyone should see themselves in the story of their city through its places.