![]() The Fox Hole, 29th Avenue and Fox Street - An outdoor summer party scene across from the 1980’s Tracks, this space is now LoDo condos and high-rises, its sister occupying another neighborhood acronym, RiNo. Epitomes of mid-century architecture, an 80-lane bowling sports center and Cinerama movie house, they’re now Homo Depot and Whole-Paycheck Foods, not nearly as much fun.Įlitch’s Theatre, 38th and Tennyson - Last remaining structure of the 1890’s entertainment park, based on Shakespeare’s Globe and where Sarah Bernhardt performed, it’s now surrounded by redevelopment, the park relocated to Speer Boulevard, an over-priced transmutation.įitzsimons Army Medical Center - A 1918 facility to treat war casualties, it’s now the Anschutz Medical Center, a 577 acre mini-city and future home of the billion dollar boondoggle Veteran’s Hospital. Now it’s an empty lot and next door, Kitty’s, a $2.6 million prime real estate purchase.īonfils Theatre on Colfax - Built in 1953 by philanthropist Helen Bonfils and an ancestor of the Denver Center for Performing Arts, it’s now the Tattered Cover, a great example of revitalizing city treasures.Ĭelebrity Lanes and Cooper Theater, Colorado Blvd. Ballpark Bathhouse, Broadway and Bayaud was Denver’s 1976 icon (the two-story waterfall!) in the Baker neighborhood.
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