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1951-2000

Sixteenth Street Mall

The mall was designed by the internationally renowned architectural firm I.M. Pei & Partners of New York. The main features of I.M. Pei’s design include polychromatic patterned granite pavers, wide sidewalks, and a central tree-lined corridor. The mall opened on...

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Neon Signs of Colfax

Neon Signs of Colfax are vivid reminders of the avenue’s past life as the “Gateway to the Rockies.” During the mid-twentieth century, brightly lit and elaborately designed signs lined Colfax as motels, restaurants, lounges, and roadside businesses competed for the...

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Red Mountain Mining District

The Red Mountain Project was launched in 1998 in an effort to preserve threatened historic landscapes and structures along the San Juan Skyway and in and around Red Mountain Pass. Dating back to 1874, this scenic, National Register-designated mining district covers...

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Hangar 61

Constructed in 1959 within the former Stapleton International Airport complex, this unique 9,400 square foot cement structure is an example of how sophisticated engineering can make an innovative architectural design a reality. This barrel-vaulted, thin-shelled...

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Genesee Park Interchange

The Genesee Park Interchange in Jefferson County is a 1970 continuous steel box girder bridge carrying US 40 over I-70. Known as the “Picture Bridge,” it is significant as Colorado’s first continuous steel box girder bridge and a preservation-priority historic bridge.

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Fourth Street Commercial District

Several of the buildings that anchor the 4th Street Business District date to the town’s incorporation date of 1874. Serving as the trade and business center for much of the historic San Luis Valley, Saguache represents both in history and in architectural...

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Currigan Exhibition Hall

The Currigan Exhibition Hall long stood as one of Denver’s precedent-setting works of modern architecture. Upon its completion in 1969, Currigan boasted 100,000 square feet of column-free exhibition space, was the world’s largest rigid space frame, and was...

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