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Denver City Council redistricting hearing: Paint the town by numbers

Location, location, location. For the past twenty years, I've lived in Denver City Council's District 9. But if the proposed redistricting is approved by council, my house at the edge of Highland will »

Cornel West steals the show at Auraria social-justice conference

After three days of panels on everything from feminism and film making to bicycles, banks and Burger King, the Art of Social Justice conference on the Auraria campus came to a close last night with a »

Reader: Highlight local artists, not LoDo retards

Not art.Sure, it was tacky -- but folks around town were talking about our Colorado Rockies fans without underwear series, wondering how, exactly, these baseball fans might have lost their undergarmen »

Photos: Purple line to mark Rockies opener perfect for LoDo drunks to walk

Big photos below.Today, the Colorado Rockies will open their 2012 campaign against the Houston Astros -- and to mark the occasion, Denver City Councilwoman Judy Montero and folks from Denver Public Wo »

LoDo parking on Rockies opening day: How high will costs rise?

1880s Union Station.​LoDo is one of Denver's great success stories. While other historic parts of downtown were literally wiped off the map by urban "renewal" in the '70s -- which turned Victori »

West Highland neighbors plan rally tonight to show displeasure over RedPeak development

​Feeling ignored, residents in West Highland have teamed up with No High Rises in West Highland to plan a rally tonight in Highland Square voicing their opposition to a trio of four- or five-sto »

P&L Printing expands with a new infoshop devoted to revolutionary and oppressed voices

​An outlet for radical and revolutionary expression for over thirty years, P&L Press will open its first public infoshop this week. Located in the Jefferson Park neighborhood near the space occu »

RedPeak: City council's Susan Shepherd won't fight controversial West Highland development

​Denver City Councilwoman Susan Shepherd will not take any action to stop a proposed development just north of 32nd Avenue and Lowell Boulevard that has neighbors fighting mad. Although she had »

Sports Authority sees the light, pulls plug on giant signs at football stadium

​From my window on the edge of Highland, I can see the headlights of all the cars racing by on I-25, the psychedelic Ferris wheel at Elitch's, the glowing signs of Xcel, the Sheraton, Century Li »

Anshutz Foundation pledge may finally lift Holly Square up from the ashes

Terrance Roberts at the Holly in 2010.​Early on May 18, 2008, a car full of Crips drove into Park Hill. They were were young gangbangers who'd just beefed with some Bloods in LoDo, and they were »

RedPeak releases Highland building renderings, woman tells her side of council member spat

Big photos below.​Neighbors around Highland Square will finally be able to see images of the proposed structures that are making them so mad. Today, RedPeak Properties released renderings for a »

RedPeak to share drawings of Highland development tonight, neighbors grow restless

​Tonight is the night RedPeak Properties will finally release its draft drawing of three five-story apartment buildings it plans to build near Highland Square that have caused so much neighborho »

Susan Shepherd and neighborhood association make moves in Highland development battle

​The controversy surrounding RedPeak Properties' proposed development near 32nd Avenue and Lowell Boulevard has been light on recent action and heavy on letters, motions and press releases. Give »

Over the Weekend: LoDo New Year's, Pretty Lights, closings and openings

Big photos below.​What a weekend -- and if you missed any of it, the Westword family of blogs (Cafe Society, Backbeat Online, Show and Tell and our slide show page) has you covered. Look below »

Union Station parking disappears: Lots of luck parking your car in LoDo in 2012!

Big photo below.​Still need to make a resolution for 2012? How about this: Don't try to park in LoDo. Now that RTD has chosen the Union Station Alliance to revamp the facility, the project to t »

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