Author: Bernadette Berdychowski
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Denver’s Brown Palace rated one of ‘most haunted’ hotels in U.S.
About five years ago, the Brown Palace Hotel and Spa’s historical tour guide, Matthew Webb, was heading toward the 10th floor when he heard a distinct whistle. “Nobody was there. And I’m just like: ‘Well, I know I heard it,’” Webb recalled. The historian later mentioned the strange occurrence to another coworker who had worked…
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Historic restaurant The Fort to be sold to former Elitch Gardens, River Mile owner
The Fort, Colorado’s historic restaurant and full-scale replica of an adobe fur-trading fort, has been in family hands since its opening in 1963. Soon, it’ll have a new owner. The restaurant listed on the National Register of Historic Places announced Friday that current owner Holly Arnold Kinney entered a purchase agreement with Revesco Properties, the…
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With new Michelin stars, Denver’s South Pearl Street ready to make the dining world its oyster
When Chef Toshi Kizaki first came to Denver’s South Pearl Street with his brother nearly 40 years ago, he recalled the for-rent sign he saw on a former Piggly Wiggly grocery store where they opened Sushi Den together. There was a gas station and auto repair shop on the street, a movie theater, a sandwich…
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La Vista Motel’s historic neon sign shines over East Colfax again
he retro neon sign advertising the historic La Vista Motel lit up for the first time in years over a stretch of East Colfax Avenue during a celebration Thursday night, adding to the glow of the Circle K gas station across the street corner. The new and improved La Vista Motel is nearly a month…
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Colorado business confidence continues to fall under Trump administration
An economic measurement tracking the sentiment of business leaders across Colorado continues to lean negative, according to a new report from the University of Colorado Boulder. The Leeds Business Confidence Index –- a measure of how business leaders across Colorado feel about the future of the national and state economy — declined ahead of the…
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Colorado business confidence continues to fall under Trump administration
An economic measurement tracking the sentiment of business leaders across Colorado continues to lean negative, according to a new report from the University of Colorado Boulder. The Leeds Business Confidence Index –- a measure of how business leaders across Colorado feel about the future of the national and state economy — declined ahead of the…
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Downtown Development Authority to buy Denver Pavilions mall for $37M
The Denver Downtown Development Authority (DDA) on Tuesday approved spending up to $45 million to purchase and upgrade the Denver Pavilions. $37 million of that will go toward purchasing the shopping mall on 16th Street at Glenarm Place, city officials and Mayor Mike Johnston announced. The mall is currently anchored by an H&M, a Lucky…
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FlatIron Crossing building entertainment district — and luring new stores
The FlatIron Crossing shopping mall in Broomfield off of U.S. Highway 36 features views of picturesque snow-capped mountains and now dirt mounds similar in shape to the peaks that inspired its name. The parking lots in front of the mall’s food court and Crate & Barrel store are an active construction site with work underway…
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Colorado-built Dream Chaser loses NASA missions, delayed again
The Dream Chaser, the long-awaited reusable spaceplane inspired by the Space Shuttle, could be chasing its own dreams for a little while longer. NASA announced on Thursday that it significantly changed the terms of the contract it awarded in 2016 to Louisville-based Sierra Space, the aerospace and defense company behind Dream Chaser. The company and…
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Colorado-built Dream Chaser loses NASA missions, delayed again
The Dream Chaser, the long-awaited reusable spaceplane inspired by the Space Shuttle, could be chasing its own dreams for a little while longer. NASA announced Thursday that it significantly changed the terms of the contract it awarded in 2016 to Louisville-based Sierra Space, the aerospace and defense company behind Dream Chaser. The company and the…