Denver: 2014 Megathread - Page 3

Mezter · #41 Posted **May 31, 2014, 1:00 AM**

Love this thread!

RyanD · #42 Posted **May 31, 2014, 7:44 PM**

It's been a while! My camera broke, I moved, and worked on another time-lapse project (coming soon). I recently got my camera back from repair so I was just messing around this week seeing if everything was in working order. Here's a small update!

Denver - Spring 2014 by Ryan Dravitz on Flickr

RyanD · #43 Posted **May 31, 2014, 8:21 PM**

Also worth a HUGE mention: the Denver Union Station transit center is now open! This includes the commuter rail platform (with service starting in 2016) along with the underground bus terminal. Here are some photos from grand opening.

I was able to get some rooftop access!

Denver Union Station by Ryan Dravitz on Flickr

Danny · #44 Posted **May 31, 2014, 9:41 PM**

Great shots, Ryan!

I think your camera works really fine after the repair. We can observe it watching all these fabulous pictures. Your first shots in this thread about Denver´s skyline are awesome. I like the brilliant colours and the sharpness you got on them.

Denver Union Station makes an impressive work of art. I love it. Congrats to Denver for this spectacular public transit center.

Congrats and greetings from Madrid, Spain.

Good luck with your new time-lapse project!

RyanD · #45 Posted **Aug 13, 2014, 2:51 PM**

It's been a while! Here's some of what I've been doing this summer!

Starting off with the glorious Union Station!

IMG_7160 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7175 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

Under the Canopy by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7318 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7317 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7327 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7449 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7455 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7457 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7466 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7467 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7472 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7473 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7475 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7477 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7482 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7483 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7486 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7492 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7494 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7496 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7506 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

IMG_7508 by RyanDravitz, on Flickr

Danny · #46 Posted **Aug 13, 2014, 9:09 PM**

Great job! We love to see Denver again. Spectacular night shots, Ryan!

Union Station is beautiful by night.

We hope to see more soon.

Congrats and greetings from Madrid, Spain.

ChiTownCity · #47 Posted **Aug 13, 2014, 10:01 PM**

Love those night shots with the water display!!

Nexis4Jersey · #48 Posted **Aug 13, 2014, 10:14 PM**

Impressive shots of Union Station.

destroycreate · #49 Posted **Aug 14, 2014, 2:52 AM**

Denver really is one of those cities that comes to mind and you just think only positive things. Overall, it's just such a nice, clean, organized, and all around pleasant city. Seems relatively crime free and very clean. One of the best mid-sized American cities by far, in my opinion. Why it isn't growing faster or exploding like Austin or other cities like that is really surprising to me.

KevinFromTexas · #50 Posted **Aug 14, 2014, 6:18 AM**

Great pics and thread. I always enjoy seeing some Denver.

chris08876 · #51 Posted **Aug 14, 2014, 1:27 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by destroycreate

Denver really is one of those cities that comes to mind and you just think only positive things. Overall, it's just such a nice, clean, organized, and all around pleasant city. Seems relatively crime free and very clean. One of the best mid-sized American cities by far, in my opinion. Why it isn't growing faster or exploding like Austin or other cities like that is really surprising to me.

I agree 100%. Thats what I was thinking when browsing through the thread.

mr1138 · #52 Posted **Aug 14, 2014, 3:02 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by destroycreate

Denver really is one of those cities that comes to mind and you just think only positive things. Overall, it's just such a nice, clean, organized, and all around pleasant city. Seems relatively crime free and very clean. One of the best mid-sized American cities by far, in my opinion. Why it isn't growing faster or exploding like Austin or other cities like that is really surprising to me.

Thanks for the kind words about my favorite city. I'm not sure I'd agree with the assessment that it isn't growing quickly though... just take a look at this post from the Denverinfill blog. And this table from the same post...

As Ken writes in his blog, that's "7,500 new housing units in a 3.5-year timeframe." And this is just downtown. I'm not sure how this compares to the other cities like Austin (Wikipedia's MSA table shows a 6% growth rate from 2010-2013 as compared to 9.7% for Austin in the same period). No other MSA on that list comes even close to a 9% growth rate, so I'd say Austin may be an exception. 6% in that time frame seems like a pretty robust growth rate to me!

Wheelingman04 · #53 Posted **Sep 9, 2014, 2:35 PM**

Astounding photos of a very outstanding city!

boden · #54 Posted **Sep 10, 2014, 2:24 AM**

Cool panos.

Surrealplaces · #55 Posted **Sep 12, 2014, 7:53 PM**

Nice photo tour!

Surrealplaces · #56 Posted **Sep 12, 2014, 7:59 PM**

I would say Denver is growing at a strong pace. Anytime you have 3800 units u/c in a downtown area, that's very good growth. Most of us here in Calgary consider our market to be exploding and we have slightly less u/c ( 3700 units) in the core area.

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Originally Posted by mr1138

Thanks for the kind words about my favorite city. I'm not sure I'd agree with the assessment that it isn't growing quickly though... just take a look at this post from the Denverinfill blog. And this table from the same post...

As Ken writes in his blog, that's "7,500 new housing units in a 3.5-year timeframe." And this is just downtown. I'm not sure how this compares to the other cities like Austin (Wikipedia's MSA table shows a 6% growth rate from 2010-2013 as compared to 9.7% for Austin in the same period). No other MSA on that list comes even close to a 9% growth rate, so I'd say Austin may be an exception. 6% in that time frame seems like a pretty robust growth rate to me!