Dan Wilson’s Blog

The DenverInfill Blog has some pictures of the Four Season’s mast going up and being attached, but I did snag one while it was still on the street walking to the bus the other day.

Interesting comments on DenverInfill. Very mixed opinions on the architectural design now that it is nearing completion. I will hold judgement until it is done, as I think the lighting after nightfall may make it impressive.

A neighbor posted these in the neighborhood group. Seems pretty close. I wonder if I have tornado insurance…

Robber leaves suspicious package at credit union – The Denver Post.

So a bank robber leaves a backpack, makes the Denver Post, and this is the image they include, with my added fail:

I just have to know: was that sign put up before, during, or after the bank robbery?

Playing with Google Map‘s feature, My Maps, I pinpointed my years living in Denver.

Bell Tower up for another review, developer interviewed by Westword. Not feeling the love for the Lower Downtown Design Review Board. The cash money:

WW: Why did the LDDRB reject the proposal?

BG: What happened with me is just a travesty as far as the development process goes. We had our meetings with the city planning department, where we laid out something very unusual as it relates to living space. And all they say for eleven months is it’s too massive, even though it would be the smallest residential tower built in Denver. It has less than half the footprint of One Lincoln Place.

Eleven months went by at a cost of a half-million dollars in design and modeling fees. Then they say to us, what’s causing this building to be so massive is your square footage is over by 18 percent. Within each unit would be a great deal of atrium space, which means one floor stacked on top of the next. So the planning department was going to count the free space in the atrium toward the 7,500-square-foot footprint. They wanted me to get rid of the two-story spaces. But you need to make it as iconic on the inside as it is on the outside.

After the first rejection, the first thing that came to mind was conflict of interests. Apartments face one of four ways, so 25% of these Lodo-ites sitting on the board has to lose their mountain view if the tower is built. I’m just saying.

[via Denver Infill]

Great roundup of what 2008 brought us downtown, and what to look forward to in 2009.

Ken is also doing a roundup of his top ten things to make downtown a better place. Interesting perspective so far.