Last summer, as Mike Johnston passed his halfway mark as mayor and the city awaited the reopening of 16th Street, I revisited my list of ten things downtown needed to do if Denver was ever to get its mojo back . Now, as Johnston prepares to run for a seco... See more
Last summer, as the three-year mall construction project was drawing to a close, 16th Street turned pretty . So why is downtown still pretty empty? After dropping “Mall,” the rebranded 16th Street opened in October , living up to its new “the Denver Way” ... See more
The first issue of Westword was published 49 years ago today, on Sept. 1, 1977. Its pages were full of stories about local music, food, tattoos, Star Wars and alternative energy…all subjects that you can find on westword.com today. We printed way too many... See more
President Donald Trump has always had a rocky relationship with Colorado . There was that ugly spat on the slopes of Aspen between wife No. 1 and soon-to-be wife No. 2 back in 1990. His bid to redevelop Union Station 20 years ago was rejected, and his alt... See more
Bill Mosher is still up on downtown Denver, even after staying months longer than he’d originally intended at a job he didn’t ask for. “It’s been an honor, being entrusted with this job by a mayor I didn’t know that well, in a system I didn’t understand,”... See more
