When Summer Attacks! - Denver, Part One

[denveraztec]

Here are some random shots I took of walks I went on throughout the city of Denver and some of the local street fairs and celebrations.

Moon setting at City Park:







Dawn from my balcony:







Denver Daisy:





Holy Transfiguration Orthodox Church in Commerce City



Washington Park:



Colorado National Bank Building on 17th Street:









Glass House:









Six Flaggs Elitche’s Downtown:





Highlands Festival:



Pridefest:



Art League Student Art Fair:





















People’s Fair:







One of the Cycle Sluts at Pridefest:





Larimer Square:









Benny’s before the patio addition:









Nuclia Waste, the triple nipple radioactive glamazon:











Bikes are wildly popular in the fittest city in the U.S.









Twisted Sol tattoo parlor:



Belvedere:







City Park:



Nina Montaldo (aka James):















Cherry Creek:



Sloan’s Lake:









Larimer chalk art festival:



My high school, Denver West:



Cotton Candy, what a hot mess:







Lakeside Amusement Park, only deco amusement park from the 1920s that is still standing:

















Daisy Duke Wanna Be, not a bad attempt:



Dog Torture:





Ah Beer!



Ah Tudor!



One of several Denver castles:







City Park:





Prado:











Where is that Denver Snow!





Pridefest/Greek Amphitheater:





Second Empire Victorian, rare in this part of the country:



Even rarer, Vernacular Stick from the mid 1800s:



Typical Denver Street outside downtown:























Mo’s:









Civic Center Park:











Saint John’s Cathedral:



Denver has the second most Victorian homes outside San Francisco:















16th Street Mall:



Ah shots!





























A ‘panties/lingerie ’ booth at the Highlands Festival, wonder what he is thinking?





Carnegie Library on Federal Blvd.:



Sunken Gardens:



Thank you for looking and Part Two will be up shortly. Hope you enjoyed!

Denver Threads:
Historic Denver Public Schools;
Golden Triangle and the Denver Art Museum;
Lower Downtown (LoDo) and the Museum of Contemporary Art;
First Night Art Walk along Santa Fe Drive;
Historic Halloween Part 1;
Historic Halloween Part 2;
Summer 2007;
Taste of Colorado Festival;

Colorado Threads:
Air Force Academy and Garden of the Gods
Breckenridge Snow Sculpture Contest;
Boulder, Colorado - The Old and the New of Pearl Street


Other Cities:
Phoenix Part 1;
Phoenix Part 2;
Santa Fe, New Mexico;
Fort Worth, Texas;
Dallas, Texas

[Top Of The Park]

I was at the Student's League Art Expo too and Benny's is one of my 4 favorite mexican food restaurants. But you captured it all my man!

[Exiled_Boulderite]

I miss Denver so much Sadly my American wife doesn't want to move back to the US any time soon.

[flar]

Awesome shots, great colour. I wish summer would step up its attack here.

[JackStraw]

Holy shit Denveraztec! I love your threads, I recongnized majority of your shots. I am going probably comment more tonight when I have time to actually study the photos. It sucks looking at them at work with internet explorer at the bottom of your screen.

[TinChelseaNYC]

That was wonderful! What a great looking city. Looks very livable to me. I've unfortunately never visited. THANKS for whetting my appetite!

[jomaled]

Hi DenverAz,

Fantastic thread!!! I am so proud to live in this great and beautiful city. Your photos are da bomb. Now I have some idea where you live...he he he...

[10101000]

Great pictures, thank you for posting. Wonderful job.

[BG918]

You have a great view! If I move back to Denver I would want a place with a view, maybe one of those condo towers overlooking Cheesman Park and the skyline/mountains. Where was this??

[PHX31]

It was all going so well until The Prado showed up!

J/K... another great thread by denveraztec!

[denveraztec]

That you all for the commpliments and comments!

Originally Posted by Top Of The Park

I was at the Student's League Art Expo too and Benny's is one of my 4 favorite mexican food restaurants. But you captured it all my man!

Good and inexpensive art at the art expo, those students don't realize their talent yet! I live two blocks from Benny's and have to watch out that I am not there too often or I will resemble a walking burrito.

Originally Posted by Exiled_Boulderite

I miss Denver so much Sadly my American wife doesn't want to move back to the US any time soon.

I will post more for you to reminise but wow, I could live in London for a few years. I might miss the blue skies and would have to return.

Originally Posted by flar

Awesome shots, great colour. I wish summer would step up its attack here.

Coming from you, that is a great compliment, thank you!

Originally Posted by TinChelseaNYC

That was wonderful! What a great looking city. Looks very livable to me. I've unfortunately never visited. THANKS for whetting my appetite!

It is just the right amount of city. It is very livable and most of the pics are outside the downtown area. Worth a visit here and within 30 minutes you can drive into the wilderness of the Rocky Mountains. I will always love NYC but as I age, this pace of life becomes easier on many aspects. However, I am greatly looking forward to more of your NYC tours!

Originally Posted by jomaled

Hi DenverAz,

Fantastic thread!!! I am so proud to live in this great and beautiful city. Your photos are da bomb. Now I have some idea where you live...he he he...

Much agree, we are fortunate. Now that you know the proximity of my condo, no stalking the alleys!

Originally Posted by BG918

You have a great view! If I move back to Denver I would want a place with a view, maybe one of those condo towers overlooking Cheesman Park and the skyline/mountains.
A friend of mine lives just east of the park and has spectacular views, I will shoot some pics there soon. He is going to sell it, and make a fortune.

Where was this??

This was at the Waterworks Car Wash off of Broadway.

Originally Posted by PHX31

It was all going so well until The Prado showed up!

J/K... another great thread by denveraztec!

It looks better in person, but glad they didn't follow the renderings exactly because it was covered with at least 30 statues. It would have resemble Tammy Faye Baker - just trying too hard to look pretty.

[MitchCPC]

Denver...\my first and only love

[pausgree]

Great pictures! Denver is very diverse in summertime, and I appreciate your eclectic taste in photographing beer, girls' behinds, classic cars and stately old mansions. Are most of these older homes in the Governor's Park area? And, is THIS monster a single residence?

[denveraztec]

Hey Pausgree, Denver is diverse and I need to get shots of some of the more cultural events like Juneteen, MLK Marade (march/parade - which I believe is the largest in the country), Cinco de Mayo, Saint Patrick's Day Parade, the Pan Asian Dragon Boat races, etc.

Governor's Park is where many of these are just because they were on my walking routes when I am home. However, we have mansions in all of our 38 established historic districts/neighborhoods. We are not know for our spectacular skyscrapers, which most are somewhat bland and from the 80's. We are know for the low level structures and homes and the large amount of them. The monster in the picture below is a single family residence in the Denver Country Club neighborhood, it boarders Governor's Park, Congress Park and Capitol Hill. It is 3 miles southeast of downtown. My favorite castles are in Capitol Hill, Bonnie Brae and Belcaro neighborhoods.

Denver socialites really tried to outdo one another in the late 1800s and earl 1900s with everything from their homes to their schools and churches, and often along cultural lines. Mineral production was the draw for the wealthy around the world, and many breweries wanted Rocky Mountain spring water for their beer. We are still the largest beer producing state in the country. Many of those families are still here and prospering. Oprah is renting one of these castles for the Democratic National Convention from a brewery family for $50,000 for four days. I will post more as we take great pride in them and thank God many of them are protected by our historical and lankmark societies. I stumble across new old mansions and homes all the time. Many are on private drives but the last picture below is one I just found last week, after being here my whole life. It is a single family homes as well.

Originally Posted by pausgree

Great pictures! Denver is very diverse in summertime, and I appreciate your eclectic taste in photographing beer, girls' behinds, classic cars and stately old mansions. Are most of these older homes in the Governor's Park area? And, is THIS monster a single residence?

The Phipps Mansion in the Bonnie Brae neighborhood is also a gem!

[dktshb]

Wonderful well rounded tour. Denver's true gems are pretty much everything but its skyline. Great neighborhoods, wonderful parks, spectacular homes and pretty much anything built from the last decades of the 1800's thru the 1950's and then the city seemed to have lost its way (like many in America) for a few decades only to get back on the right track in the 1990's. Your threads are always enjoyable and educational. Thanks for another awesome thread.

[kcexpress69]

Wow!! Excellent tour, Denveraztec!! It's great to see some of the culture life outside the downtown area!! You know how much I love those old houses!!

[jomaled]

Hi Aztec,

Speaking of alleys, I am in the midst of taking photos of the by-ways and alleyways of our great city. One can always find something lurking there! Perhaps people will see the skanky side of Denver...or...nevermind...... Walked around LoDo tonight. I guess a lot of the conventioneers and the press have started to descend onto the town since the district was PACKED to the gunwhales with partygoers, even more than the usual. Bring 'em on, I say!

[denveraztec]

Yes, the whole city is jammed with tourist, but great for the economy. I am only having trouble with those that are driving down the wrong way on the the tons of one way streets here. The last time the DNC was here was in 1908, one hundred years ago. The nice thing is that I haven't really noticed any rush to make the city look any better, tons of security practices, but the city always looks great in the summer. I am, however, not looking forward to the motorcades and street closures, but will take the money they spend as a trade off!

[Strange Meat]

Great thread.

Twisted Sol, a half block away. Love it.

They had a great sign up for 4th of July "We are closed for the 4th because we love our country, margaritas, and Jesus. Thank you for understanding."