As the hot days in Denver start to wane, I will be returning, with Sam, to photograph the street corners in this project. Sam and I photographed Wazee Street last September when the weather was really delightful. I would like to conduct a few oral history interviews this year with business/building owners, longtime Denver residents, […]
OK, so why did I do this project in the first place? I had already been photographing the railroad yards in Denver, 1976-78. Yes, the “Central Platte Valley,” the current location of Elitch’s, the Pepsi Center, Confluence Park, etc. Once called “Rice Yard,” owned by the Colorado and Southern Railroad (taken over by the Burlington […]