Read all about it here. I think the important thing going forward is to educate legislators on these buildings. My understanding is the buildings didn’t “fit into their plan” but if a victorian or other historic structure was in the way, they would change the plan.
According to Shannon Stanbro,
Denver is in immediate danger of losing two Victor Hornbein/ Ed White Usonian buildings. No matter where you live, please email City Council this afternoon and tell them why Preservation Matters! Tomorrow will be too late…
Contact the Denver City council!
More information on the buildings that are involved can be found in a [...]
I’m putting this on both of my blogs since I think this looks amazing! I really don’t watch enough great documentaries!
Herb & Dorothy Selected Clip #1 from Herb & Dorothy on Vimeo.
So, I was surfing cool retro mid-century stuff and found this awesome group on Flickr:
Mid Century Home Brochures and Ephemera – a little tasty sampler:
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Thanks to my friend Sarah for this one – here’s a great way to see Disney “Mid-Century” style wise! :
And my second “find” is this great site on how to date bottles. I found a ton of old bottles in the back stoop of my last house when we took it out – glass shampoo [...]
This is the most fabulous trailer ever:
Be sure to pop over and read the story. It’s awesome (we can all dream can’t we?).
If you read my post on green windows you might be interested in the following .pdf (it’s a powerpoint turned into a .pdf). I had the guy who did the presentation to our Neighborhood Association send it to me and I think it has some excellent points.
For something put out by the energy company, I [...]
The tour will be held on Saturday, June 6th from 10 am to 4 pm and Sunday, June 7th from 12 pm to 4 pm. Tour headquarters and ticket sales are located at Carson Elementary School, 5420 E. 1st Avenue. Tickets are $12 (Historic Denver, Inc. members), $15 (non-members). Buy your tickets in advance online [...]
