Tag: tejon street
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Pikes Peak or Bust Parade returns for 83rd year following cancellation scare
After a brief cancellation scare, the Pikes Peak or Bust Parade will return for its 83rd year on Saturday, welcoming the cowboys and cowgirls competing in the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo from July 14-18. A Colorado Springs summer staple, the downtown parade boasts a lineup of marching bands, floats and riders on horseback. In…
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Expanded Hill Climb Fan Fest expected to draw 35,000 to downtown Colorado Springs
More than 35,000 race fans are expected to gather in downtown Colorado Springs on Friday for the annual Fan Fest, a multi-block celebration before Sunday’s The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. This year, one of the city’s biggest street parties will be even bigger, spanning Tejon Street from Platte Avenue to Vermijo Avenue, event…
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36th Pride Festival to celebrate ‘queer joy’ in Colorado Springs
Explosions of color, outrageous outfits, Technicolor hairstyles and more will dominate the downtown landscape this weekend at the 36th annual Pikes Peak Pride Festival. Thousands of revelers from the Pikes Peak region and across the state are expected to visit Colorado Springs for the event, which celebrates not just the queer experience, but also the…
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LETTERS: Project shouldn’t be celebrated; clarity on license campaign
Project shouldn’t be celebrated The City of Colorado Springs is quite pleased with itself over the Tejon Street project. As a lifelong resident, I find what they have done far from something to be celebrated! Narrowing the single north-south traffic lanes solely to widen the sidewalks has created a big problem. With diagonally parked cars…
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Festival of Lights ready to light up Tejon Street downtown Saturday night
Thousands of people will line the streets of downtown Colorado Springs Saturday evening for the 41st Festival of Lights Parade. The parade will kick off at 5:50 p.m. with nearly 100 illuminated floats expected to participate. Participants will take the traditional route down Tejon Street, starting at East Boulder Street and concluding outside the Colorado…
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Festival of Lights Parade, Family Fun Day kick off holiday festivities
Tejon Street will be transformed from a busy thoroughfare to a magical holiday wonderland on Saturday as the 41st annual Festival of Lights Parade brings brightly colored floats, marching bands and Christmas joy to downtown Colorado Springs. “It’s a long-standing Colorado Springs tradition that brings families together,” said spokeswoman Abragail Arnold. “You get to see…
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Window display signals kickoff of Empty Stocking Fund campaign
The window display on the ground floor of The Gazette building, facing Tejon Street, decorated with Christmas trees, ornaments, garland and other winter adornments, is an early harbinger of the coming holiday season. But it also signals the upcoming Empty Stocking Fund campaign. “What we always want to do with this campaign is showcase the…
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Window display signals kickoff of Empty Stocking Fund campaign
The window display on the ground floor of The Gazette building, facing Tejon Street, decorated with Christmas trees, ornaments, garland and other winter adornments, is an early harbinger of the coming holiday season. But it also signals the upcoming Empty Stocking Fund campaign. “What we always want to do with this campaign is showcase the…
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Tejon Street block to close as phase 2 of revitalization project begins
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A second block of Tejon Street in downtown Colorado Springs will close after the Labor Day holiday as construction for the Tejon Street Revitalization project moves north. Tejon between Pikes Peak Avenue and East Kiowa Street, the final block of construction, will close Tuesday to…
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Tejon Street project’s first block almost set to reopen
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The block of Tejon Street in downtown Colorado Springs between Colorado and Pikes Peak avenues is expected to reopen fully later this month as crews complete the first phase of a multimillion-dollar road widening and improvement project. The city reopened the east side of the block…