DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1970S From 1970 to 1979, approximately 8,000 single-family detached homes were built in Denver, the fewest number since the Depression-era 1930s. Despite the city’s territorial expansion through annexation and the construction of these new homes, more people moved out of the city than moved in during the 1970s. Denver lost population for the

first

DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1930S The 1930s was Denver’s eighth full decade as a city and one of its slowest from a home-building perspective. From 1930 to 1939, less than 6,000 single-family detached homes were built in Denver. Obviously, an overriding factor for this was the Great Depression. Only the 1980s saw fewer homes built in Denver in the 20th Century than the 1930s. DOWNTOWN DENVER HISTORIC DISTRICT Downtown Denver Historic District Photo Galleries Not to be confused with the Lower Downtown Historic District, the Downtown Denver Historic District was created in 2000 by the City of Denver as a non-contiguous historic district within the core Downtown area consisting of 43 buildings identified as architecturally or historically significant and worthy of DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1880S Single-family detached brick housing was the primary residential style in Denver in the 1880s and is still evident today. Good clay, cold winters and fireproof construction ordinances helped create a brick city. Denver homes in the Nineteenth-century typically occupied one or one and a half 25 by 125-foot lots with very small or non-existent

YIMBY DENVER

News, ideas, and commentary about urbanism in the Mile High City DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS—THOUGHTS FROM #cityforall April 22, 2019 was a very important day in Denver’s history. It’s the day when our City Council officially adopted Blueprint Denver, the document that will inform land use and transportation policies for the next 20 years. But in my mind, what

made

FORGOTTEN DENVER: THE TRAIN TO GOLDEN T-minus 4 days!! This Denver Tramway streetcar ran between Denver and Golden. Photo credit: RTD On the eve of the opening of the first completed line of RTD’s FasTracks transit expansion, it is a good time to pay homage to Denver’s storied history of streetcars and

interurbans.

DENVER’S HISTORIC INTER-OCEAN HOTEL Denver’s Historic Inter-Ocean Hotel. The Inter-Ocean Hotel, 1436 16th Street, graced the corner of 16th and Blake Streets for one hundred years. Opening to the public on October 29, 1873, the hotel was the creation of Denver pioneer Barney Ford—Colorado’s most prominent black businessman. William N. Byers, editor of the Rocky

Mountain

RINO INFRASTRUCTURE PART 8: 35TH STREET WOONERF 35th Street between Arkins Court and Wazee Street is a perfect candidate to be redesigned as a woonerf. First, it isn’t a through street for motor vehicle traffic; it’s only four blocks long and is blocked by the river on one end and railroad tracks on the other. Second and more critically, 35th Street is identified as a prime

east-west

NEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OPENS OVER I-25 BETWEEN COLORADO Queue a shiny, new pedestrian bridge! Reminiscent of the Highland Bridge, this new bridge over I-25 has a similar arched design with cable supports. On the Colorado Center side, ramps, for pedestrians and bicycles, lead up to the bridge. On the Virginia Village neighborhood side, there is both a long ramp and stair access. DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1970S From 1970 to 1979, approximately 8,000 single-family detached homes were built in Denver, the fewest number since the Depression-era 1930s. Despite the city’s territorial expansion through annexation and the construction of these new homes, more people moved out of the city than moved in during the 1970s. Denver lost population for the

first

DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1930S The 1930s was Denver’s eighth full decade as a city and one of its slowest from a home-building perspective. From 1930 to 1939, less than 6,000 single-family detached homes were built in Denver. Obviously, an overriding factor for this was the Great Depression. Only the 1980s saw fewer homes built in Denver in the 20th Century than the 1930s. DOWNTOWN DENVER HISTORIC DISTRICT Downtown Denver Historic District Photo Galleries Not to be confused with the Lower Downtown Historic District, the Downtown Denver Historic District was created in 2000 by the City of Denver as a non-contiguous historic district within the core Downtown area consisting of 43 buildings identified as architecturally or historically significant and worthy of DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1880S Single-family detached brick housing was the primary residential style in Denver in the 1880s and is still evident today. Good clay, cold winters and fireproof construction ordinances helped create a brick city. Denver homes in the Nineteenth-century typically occupied one or one and a half 25 by 125-foot lots with very small or non-existent

YIMBY DENVER

News, ideas, and commentary about urbanism in the Mile High City DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS—THOUGHTS FROM #cityforall April 22, 2019 was a very important day in Denver’s history. It’s the day when our City Council officially adopted Blueprint Denver, the document that will inform land use and transportation policies for the next 20 years. But in my mind, what

made

FORGOTTEN DENVER: THE TRAIN TO GOLDEN T-minus 4 days!! This Denver Tramway streetcar ran between Denver and Golden. Photo credit: RTD On the eve of the opening of the first completed line of RTD’s FasTracks transit expansion, it is a good time to pay homage to Denver’s storied history of streetcars and

interurbans.

DENVER’S HISTORIC INTER-OCEAN HOTEL Denver’s Historic Inter-Ocean Hotel. The Inter-Ocean Hotel, 1436 16th Street, graced the corner of 16th and Blake Streets for one hundred years. Opening to the public on October 29, 1873, the hotel was the creation of Denver pioneer Barney Ford—Colorado’s most prominent black businessman. William N. Byers, editor of the Rocky

Mountain

RINO INFRASTRUCTURE PART 8: 35TH STREET WOONERF 35th Street between Arkins Court and Wazee Street is a perfect candidate to be redesigned as a woonerf. First, it isn’t a through street for motor vehicle traffic; it’s only four blocks long and is blocked by the river on one end and railroad tracks on the other. Second and more critically, 35th Street is identified as a prime

east-west

NEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OPENS OVER I-25 BETWEEN COLORADO Queue a shiny, new pedestrian bridge! Reminiscent of the Highland Bridge, this new bridge over I-25 has a similar arched design with cable supports. On the Colorado Center side, ramps, for pedestrians and bicycles, lead up to the bridge. On the Virginia Village neighborhood side, there is both a long ramp and stair access. DOWNTOWN DENVER HISTORIC DISTRICT Downtown Denver Historic District Photo Galleries Not to be confused with the Lower Downtown Historic District, the Downtown Denver Historic District was created in 2000 by the City of Denver as a non-contiguous historic district within the core Downtown area consisting of 43 buildings identified as architecturally or historically significant and worthy of DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1980S Welcome to the 1980s! This is the twelfth post in our series exploring the geographic and architectural attributes of Denver’s single-family homes. For previous installments, please use the links below: 1870s (plus series introduction) 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s The FORGOTTEN DENVER: THE TRAIN TO GOLDEN T-minus 4 days!! This Denver Tramway streetcar ran between Denver and Golden. Photo credit: RTD On the eve of the opening of the first completed line of RTD’s FasTracks transit expansion, it is a good time to pay homage to Denver’s storied history of streetcars and

interurbans.

URBANISM AND URBAN DESIGN: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE Urban design, on the other hand, moves beyond the study of space; it is the practice of actively shaping the city in a desired fashion. Urban designers improve the livability of cities by translating plans into physical strategies, establishing design criteria for development projects, designing the space between buildings, and arranging public DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1960S From 1960 to 1969, approximately 9,500 single-family detached homes were built in Denver, about one-third of the number built in the 1950s. During the 1960s, Denver’s population increased by 20,791, from 493,887 in 1960 to 514,678 in 1970, a 4.2% increase.

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News, ideas, and commentary about urbanism in the Mile High City CIVIC CENTER PARK: THE EVOLUTION OF A GRAND PUBLIC SPACE In 2012, Denver’s Civic Center Park became the city’s first National Historic Landmark.It has a lot to brag about. Built under Mayor Robert W. Speer (yes, that Speer), the park offers pristine structures and plenty of green space in an iconic location at the heart of downtown right next to the Colorado Capitol and the City and County of Denver building. RINO INFRASTRUCTURE PART 8: 35TH STREET WOONERF 35th Street between Arkins Court and Wazee Street is a perfect candidate to be redesigned as a woonerf. First, it isn’t a through street for motor vehicle traffic; it’s only four blocks long and is blocked by the river on one end and railroad tracks on the other. Second and more critically, 35th Street is identified as a prime

east-west

17TH AND WYNKOOP: DOWNTOWN’S MOST IMPORTANT PEDESTRIAN With the 2014 opening of the Denver Union Station project, it seems like the epicenter of Downtown shifted dramatically to the northwest. In many ways, Union Station now feels like the heart of Downtown, and this is before next year's launch of RTD's new rail lines and the completion of almost a dozen more infill developments in the area. LEARN TO LOVE THE BUS WITH A MAP OF RTD’S BEST ROUTES Learn to love the bus with a map of RTD’s best routes. Do you know which RTD bus routes come often enough to take without worrying about a timetable? This new map illustrates exactly that, by adding bus routes that come at least every 15 minutes all day to the well-known FasTracks rail map. Denver rail and frequent bus map, by Dan Malouff. DOWNTOWN DENVER HISTORIC DISTRICT Downtown Denver Historic District Photo Galleries Not to be confused with the Lower Downtown Historic District, the Downtown Denver Historic District was created in 2000 by the City of Denver as a non-contiguous historic district within the core Downtown area consisting of 43 buildings identified as architecturally or historically significant and worthy of DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1950S Combined, the number of single-family detached homes built in Denver in the 1940s and 1950s—representing just 13% of the city’s 153-year existence—constitutes almost 37% of the city’s existing single-family detached housing stock. During the 1950s, Denver’s population increased by about 78,000, from 415,786 in 1950 to 493,887

in 1960

DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1970S From 1970 to 1979, approximately 8,000 single-family detached homes were built in Denver, the fewest number since the Depression-era 1930s. Despite the city’s territorial expansion through annexation and the construction of these new homes, more people moved out of the city than moved in during the 1970s. Denver lost population for the

first

DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1880S Single-family detached brick housing was the primary residential style in Denver in the 1880s and is still evident today. Good clay, cold winters and fireproof construction ordinances helped create a brick city. Denver homes in the Nineteenth-century typically occupied one or one and a half 25 by 125-foot lots with very small or non-existent DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1890S The 1890s was the city’s fourth full decade of existence. From that decade, about 5,900 single-family homes are still in existence today, comprising about 70% of Denver’s surviving Nineteenth century housing stock. As Mark notes below, the city experienced in this decade the worst economic crisis in its history: the Silver Crash of

1893.

DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1940S 1910s. 1920s. 1930s. The 1940s was Denver’s ninth full decade as a city and its second busiest from a home-building perspective. From 1940 to 1949, over 16,000 single-family detached homes were built in Denver. While few homes were built during the first half of the decade due to World War II, the second half of the decade represented a time FORGOTTEN DENVER: THE TRAIN TO GOLDEN T-minus 4 days!! This Denver Tramway streetcar ran between Denver and Golden. Photo credit: RTD On the eve of the opening of the first completed line of RTD’s FasTracks transit expansion, it is a good time to pay homage to Denver’s storied history of streetcars and

interurbans.

1662: THE WORLD’S FIRST PUBLIC BUS The National Building Museum tweeted this morning “Mathematician Blaise Pascal organized the first public bus line in 1662.” Neat! But awfully vague. I went looking for more details, and found them in a 2008 article from Wired, which explains: “The system started with seven horse-drawn vehicles running along regular routes.Each coach could carry six or eight passengers. NEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OPENS OVER I-25 BETWEEN COLORADO Queue a shiny, new pedestrian bridge! Reminiscent of the Highland Bridge, this new bridge over I-25 has a similar arched design with cable supports. On the Colorado Center side, ramps, for pedestrians and bicycles, lead up to the bridge. On the Virginia Village neighborhood side, there is both a long ramp and stair access. 17TH AND WYNKOOP: DOWNTOWN’S MOST IMPORTANT PEDESTRIAN With the 2014 opening of the Denver Union Station project, it seems like the epicenter of Downtown shifted dramatically to the northwest. In many ways, Union Station now feels like the heart of Downtown, and this is before next year's launch of RTD's new rail lines and the completion of almost a dozen more infill developments in the area. DOWNTOWN DENVER HISTORIC DISTRICT Downtown Denver Historic District Photo Galleries Not to be confused with the Lower Downtown Historic District, the Downtown Denver Historic District was created in 2000 by the City of Denver as a non-contiguous historic district within the core Downtown area consisting of 43 buildings identified as architecturally or historically significant and worthy of DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1950S Combined, the number of single-family detached homes built in Denver in the 1940s and 1950s—representing just 13% of the city’s 153-year existence—constitutes almost 37% of the city’s existing single-family detached housing stock. During the 1950s, Denver’s population increased by about 78,000, from 415,786 in 1950 to 493,887

in 1960

DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1970S From 1970 to 1979, approximately 8,000 single-family detached homes were built in Denver, the fewest number since the Depression-era 1930s. Despite the city’s territorial expansion through annexation and the construction of these new homes, more people moved out of the city than moved in during the 1970s. Denver lost population for the

first

DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1880S Single-family detached brick housing was the primary residential style in Denver in the 1880s and is still evident today. Good clay, cold winters and fireproof construction ordinances helped create a brick city. Denver homes in the Nineteenth-century typically occupied one or one and a half 25 by 125-foot lots with very small or non-existent DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1890S The 1890s was the city’s fourth full decade of existence. From that decade, about 5,900 single-family homes are still in existence today, comprising about 70% of Denver’s surviving Nineteenth century housing stock. As Mark notes below, the city experienced in this decade the worst economic crisis in its history: the Silver Crash of

1893.

DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1940S 1910s. 1920s. 1930s. The 1940s was Denver’s ninth full decade as a city and its second busiest from a home-building perspective. From 1940 to 1949, over 16,000 single-family detached homes were built in Denver. While few homes were built during the first half of the decade due to World War II, the second half of the decade represented a time FORGOTTEN DENVER: THE TRAIN TO GOLDEN T-minus 4 days!! This Denver Tramway streetcar ran between Denver and Golden. Photo credit: RTD On the eve of the opening of the first completed line of RTD’s FasTracks transit expansion, it is a good time to pay homage to Denver’s storied history of streetcars and

interurbans.

1662: THE WORLD’S FIRST PUBLIC BUS The National Building Museum tweeted this morning “Mathematician Blaise Pascal organized the first public bus line in 1662.” Neat! But awfully vague. I went looking for more details, and found them in a 2008 article from Wired, which explains: “The system started with seven horse-drawn vehicles running along regular routes.Each coach could carry six or eight passengers. NEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OPENS OVER I-25 BETWEEN COLORADO Queue a shiny, new pedestrian bridge! Reminiscent of the Highland Bridge, this new bridge over I-25 has a similar arched design with cable supports. On the Colorado Center side, ramps, for pedestrians and bicycles, lead up to the bridge. On the Virginia Village neighborhood side, there is both a long ramp and stair access. 17TH AND WYNKOOP: DOWNTOWN’S MOST IMPORTANT PEDESTRIAN With the 2014 opening of the Denver Union Station project, it seems like the epicenter of Downtown shifted dramatically to the northwest. In many ways, Union Station now feels like the heart of Downtown, and this is before next year's launch of RTD's new rail lines and the completion of almost a dozen more infill developments in the area.

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Bike to the Future—My New Year’s Wish for Bike Sharing in Denver. With the exit of B-Cycle from the bike-sharing community and a request for proposal to be sent out for a new vendor to replace it, it is time to look to the future when it comes to bikeshare. In the year 2020, what does a successful bike-sharing system look like? DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1880S Single-family detached brick housing was the primary residential style in Denver in the 1880s and is still evident today. Good clay, cold winters and fireproof construction ordinances helped create a brick city. Denver homes in the Nineteenth-century typically occupied one or one and a half 25 by 125-foot lots with very small or non-existent 17TH AND WYNKOOP: DOWNTOWN’S MOST IMPORTANT PEDESTRIAN With the 2014 opening of the Denver Union Station project, it seems like the epicenter of Downtown shifted dramatically to the northwest. In many ways, Union Station now feels like the heart of Downtown, and this is before next year's launch of RTD's new rail lines and the completion of almost a dozen more infill developments in the area. DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1940S 1910s. 1920s. 1930s. The 1940s was Denver’s ninth full decade as a city and its second busiest from a home-building perspective. From 1940 to 1949, over 16,000 single-family detached homes were built in Denver. While few homes were built during the first half of the decade due to World War II, the second half of the decade represented a time DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS—THOUGHTS FROM #cityforall April 22, 2019 was a very important day in Denver’s history. It’s the day when our City Council officially adopted Blueprint Denver, the document that will inform land use and transportation policies for the next 20 years. But in my mind, what

made

WALKING IN DENVER PART 1: WHOSE SIDEWALK IS IT ANYWAY Happiness: On the brighter side, a recent Gallup-Healthways report found that cities that promote active living have happy and healthier residents overall. Denver’s well-being score ranked 13th among major U.S. metros. Sidewalks and safe places for people to walk (or run, or push a stroller) are a fundamental piece of the active living puzzle, opening up doors to walking as transportation DENVER’S HISTORIC INTER-OCEAN HOTEL Denver’s Historic Inter-Ocean Hotel. The Inter-Ocean Hotel, 1436 16th Street, graced the corner of 16th and Blake Streets for one hundred years. Opening to the public on October 29, 1873, the hotel was the creation of Denver pioneer Barney Ford—Colorado’s most prominent black businessman. William N. Byers, editor of the Rocky

Mountain

FORGOTTEN DENVER: THE TRAIN TO GOLDEN T-minus 4 days!! This Denver Tramway streetcar ran between Denver and Golden. Photo credit: RTD On the eve of the opening of the first completed line of RTD’s FasTracks transit expansion, it is a good time to pay homage to Denver’s storied history of streetcars and

interurbans.

RINO INFRASTRUCTURE PART 8: 35TH STREET WOONERF 35th Street between Arkins Court and Wazee Street is a perfect candidate to be redesigned as a woonerf. First, it isn’t a through street for motor vehicle traffic; it’s only four blocks long and is blocked by the river on one end and railroad tracks on the other. Second and more critically, 35th Street is identified as a prime

east-west

GOODBYE MARKET STREET STATION! Goodbye Market Street Station! With the new Denver Union Station Transit Center now open, it is time to say goodbye to Market Street Station. The 30-year old station has served many transit riders including myself and I’m sure many of you have memories using this station throughout its legacy. Today we are here to say goodbye and

take a look

DENVERURBANISM BLOG

Bike to the Future—My New Year’s Wish for Bike Sharing in Denver. With the exit of B-Cycle from the bike-sharing community and a request for proposal to be sent out for a new vendor to replace it, it is time to look to the future when it comes to bikeshare. In the year 2020, what does a successful bike-sharing system look like? DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1950S Combined, the number of single-family detached homes built in Denver in the 1940s and 1950s—representing just 13% of the city’s 153-year existence—constitutes almost 37% of the city’s existing single-family detached housing stock. During the 1950s, Denver’s population increased by about 78,000, from 415,786 in 1950 to 493,887

in 1960

DOWNTOWN DENVER HISTORIC DISTRICT Downtown Denver Historic District Photo Galleries Not to be confused with the Lower Downtown Historic District, the Downtown Denver Historic District was created in 2000 by the City of Denver as a non-contiguous historic district within the core Downtown area consisting of 43 buildings identified as architecturally or historically significant and worthy of DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1930S The 1930s was Denver’s eighth full decade as a city and one of its slowest from a home-building perspective. From 1930 to 1939, less than 6,000 single-family detached homes were built in Denver. Obviously, an overriding factor for this was the Great Depression. Only the 1980s saw fewer homes built in Denver in the 20th Century than the 1930s. DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1880S Single-family detached brick housing was the primary residential style in Denver in the 1880s and is still evident today. Good clay, cold winters and fireproof construction ordinances helped create a brick city. Denver homes in the Nineteenth-century typically occupied one or one and a half 25 by 125-foot lots with very small or non-existent DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1980S Welcome to the 1980s! This is the twelfth post in our series exploring the geographic and architectural attributes of Denver’s single-family homes. For previous installments, please use the links below: 1870s (plus series introduction) 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s The THE HISTORY OF DENVER’S STREETCARS AND THEIR ROUTES Looking at ridership itself, it peaked in 1910, with 87,819,000 passengers. At the time, 3,000 automobiles were present in the city. By 1928, the number of private automobiles had increased to 78,000 and streetcar ridership declined by 59%. The late 1920s and early ’30s marked the beginning of the conversion of many rail routes to bus

routes

URBANISM AND URBAN DESIGN: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE Urban design, on the other hand, moves beyond the study of space; it is the practice of actively shaping the city in a desired fashion. Urban designers improve the livability of cities by translating plans into physical strategies, establishing design criteria for development projects, designing the space between buildings, and arranging public NEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OPENS OVER I-25 BETWEEN COLORADO Queue a shiny, new pedestrian bridge! Reminiscent of the Highland Bridge, this new bridge over I-25 has a similar arched design with cable supports. On the Colorado Center side, ramps, for pedestrians and bicycles, lead up to the bridge. On the Virginia Village neighborhood side, there is both a long ramp and stair access. COMPLYING WITH RTD’S RAIL TICKET VALIDATION SYSTEM IS A Complying with RTD’s Rail Ticket Validation System is a Hassle. If, like me, you use one of the various card-based RTD pass options, then the process of using it with any of the city’s rail options should bother you. Currently, fare payment for rail is a two-step process that requires you to validate your RTD pass at a kiosk on or near the

DENVERURBANISM BLOG

Bike to the Future—My New Year’s Wish for Bike Sharing in Denver. With the exit of B-Cycle from the bike-sharing community and a request for proposal to be sent out for a new vendor to replace it, it is time to look to the future when it comes to bikeshare. In the year 2020, what does a successful bike-sharing system look like? DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1950S Combined, the number of single-family detached homes built in Denver in the 1940s and 1950s—representing just 13% of the city’s 153-year existence—constitutes almost 37% of the city’s existing single-family detached housing stock. During the 1950s, Denver’s population increased by about 78,000, from 415,786 in 1950 to 493,887

in 1960

DOWNTOWN DENVER HISTORIC DISTRICT Downtown Denver Historic District Photo Galleries Not to be confused with the Lower Downtown Historic District, the Downtown Denver Historic District was created in 2000 by the City of Denver as a non-contiguous historic district within the core Downtown area consisting of 43 buildings identified as architecturally or historically significant and worthy of DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1930S The 1930s was Denver’s eighth full decade as a city and one of its slowest from a home-building perspective. From 1930 to 1939, less than 6,000 single-family detached homes were built in Denver. Obviously, an overriding factor for this was the Great Depression. Only the 1980s saw fewer homes built in Denver in the 20th Century than the 1930s. DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1880S Single-family detached brick housing was the primary residential style in Denver in the 1880s and is still evident today. Good clay, cold winters and fireproof construction ordinances helped create a brick city. Denver homes in the Nineteenth-century typically occupied one or one and a half 25 by 125-foot lots with very small or non-existent DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1980S Welcome to the 1980s! This is the twelfth post in our series exploring the geographic and architectural attributes of Denver’s single-family homes. For previous installments, please use the links below: 1870s (plus series introduction) 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s The THE HISTORY OF DENVER’S STREETCARS AND THEIR ROUTES Looking at ridership itself, it peaked in 1910, with 87,819,000 passengers. At the time, 3,000 automobiles were present in the city. By 1928, the number of private automobiles had increased to 78,000 and streetcar ridership declined by 59%. The late 1920s and early ’30s marked the beginning of the conversion of many rail routes to bus

routes

URBANISM AND URBAN DESIGN: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE Urban design, on the other hand, moves beyond the study of space; it is the practice of actively shaping the city in a desired fashion. Urban designers improve the livability of cities by translating plans into physical strategies, establishing design criteria for development projects, designing the space between buildings, and arranging public NEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OPENS OVER I-25 BETWEEN COLORADO Queue a shiny, new pedestrian bridge! Reminiscent of the Highland Bridge, this new bridge over I-25 has a similar arched design with cable supports. On the Colorado Center side, ramps, for pedestrians and bicycles, lead up to the bridge. On the Virginia Village neighborhood side, there is both a long ramp and stair access. COMPLYING WITH RTD’S RAIL TICKET VALIDATION SYSTEM IS A Complying with RTD’s Rail Ticket Validation System is a Hassle. If, like me, you use one of the various card-based RTD pass options, then the process of using it with any of the city’s rail options should bother you. Currently, fare payment for rail is a two-step process that requires you to validate your RTD pass at a kiosk on or near the

DENVERURBANISM BLOG

Bike to the Future—My New Year’s Wish for Bike Sharing in Denver. With the exit of B-Cycle from the bike-sharing community and a request for proposal to be sent out for a new vendor to replace it, it is time to look to the future when it comes to bikeshare. In the year 2020, what does a successful bike-sharing system look like? DENVER HOMES BY DECADE PROJECT Denver Homes By Decade Project In 2012, DenverUrbanism launched an ambitious project to document the geographical and architectural attributes of Denver's 128,000-plus single-family detached homes—decade by decade. Our collaboration with local urban photographer and armchair-architect Mark Zakrzewski resulted in a 15-post series featuring over 30 maps, a variety of special exhibits

and

DENVER’S RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS—WHO ARE THEY FOR Denver’s vision of inclusivity and affordability can only come true if we allow our neighborhoods to become complete with housing options. The 1–4 unit structures fill the “missing middle” housing gap allowing residents who cannot afford or don’t want to live in a single-family home or a high-rise apartment to live near the urban

core.

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News, ideas, and commentary about urbanism in the Mile High City DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1970S From 1970 to 1979, approximately 8,000 single-family detached homes were built in Denver, the fewest number since the Depression-era 1930s. Despite the city’s territorial expansion through annexation and the construction of these new homes, more people moved out of the city than moved in during the 1970s. Denver lost population for the

first

DENVER’S HISTORIC INTER-OCEAN HOTEL Denver’s Historic Inter-Ocean Hotel. The Inter-Ocean Hotel, 1436 16th Street, graced the corner of 16th and Blake Streets for one hundred years. Opening to the public on October 29, 1873, the hotel was the creation of Denver pioneer Barney Ford—Colorado’s most prominent black businessman. William N. Byers, editor of the Rocky

Mountain

DENVER’S SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES BY DECADE: 1890S The 1890s was the city’s fourth full decade of existence. From that decade, about 5,900 single-family homes are still in existence today, comprising about 70% of Denver’s surviving Nineteenth century housing stock. As Mark notes below, the city experienced in this decade the worst economic crisis in its history: the Silver Crash of

1893.

WALKING IN DENVER PART 1: WHOSE SIDEWALK IS IT ANYWAY Happiness: On the brighter side, a recent Gallup-Healthways report found that cities that promote active living have happy and healthier residents overall. Denver’s well-being score ranked 13th among major U.S. metros. Sidewalks and safe places for people to walk (or run, or push a stroller) are a fundamental piece of the active living puzzle, opening up doors to walking as transportation 17TH AND WYNKOOP: DOWNTOWN’S MOST IMPORTANT PEDESTRIAN With the 2014 opening of the Denver Union Station project, it seems like the epicenter of Downtown shifted dramatically to the northwest. In many ways, Union Station now feels like the heart of Downtown, and this is before next year's launch of RTD's new rail lines and the completion of almost a dozen more infill developments in the area. LEARN TO LOVE THE BUS WITH A MAP OF RTD’S BEST ROUTES Learn to love the bus with a map of RTD’s best routes. Do you know which RTD bus routes come often enough to take without worrying about a timetable? This new map illustrates exactly that, by adding bus routes that come at least every 15 minutes all day to the well-known FasTracks rail map. Denver rail and frequent bus map, by Dan Malouff.

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BIKE TO THE FUTURE—MY NEW YEAR’S WISH FOR BIKE SHARING IN DENVER With the exit of B-Cycle from the bike-sharing community and a request for proposal to be sent out for a new vendor to replace it, it is time to look to the future when it comes to bikeshare. In the year 2020, what does a successful bike-sharing system look like? How should a preferred vendor by the City and County of Denver operate in the age of dockless bikeshare such as Jump and competition from venture capital? How should we build on the success of B-Cycle? As a cyclist

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I STARTED USING B-CYCLE’S FREE 5280 PROGRAM—HERE’S HOW IT’S

GOING

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|2018-11-23T20:25:24-07:00November

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|2018-11-04T17:45:46-07:00October

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|2018-09-27T03:51:01-06:00September

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|2018-09-24T15:38:10-06:00September

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