Coloradoan says Republicans so far outnumber Democrats in early voting here in Larimer County. “Corridors leading to the early voting site at the county courthouse, 200 W. Oak St., were busy all day,” it reads. This calls for a visual metaphor: This 1947 photo shows elephants marching from the train on Mason Street to the [...]
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Elephants on Oak Street
Posted in Annual events, Neighborhoods, tagged 1947, Circus in Fort Collins, Larimer County Republicans, Vintage photo of Fort Collins City Park on October 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Blighted Fort Collins
Posted in In the news, Neighborhoods, Preservation and renewal, Vintage commercial, tagged Book Rack, Flood of 1997, fort collins, Mexican markets, Prospect and College, urban blight, Urban Renewal Fort Collins, Wild sweet peas on October 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Fort Collins recently found the area around College, just south of Prospect, blighted. It includes ChuckECheese, Dairy Queen, and early strip malls. The area in the photo above is behind the strip malls. It was a trailer park, but it took the worst of the 1997 flood (several residents drowned trying to leave) and the [...]
Center of everything or middle of nowhere?
Posted in Municipal, tagged 1964, Add new tag, chamber of commerce, fort collins, fort collins brochure, location of fort collins, Sarah Palin and Fort Collins on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From a 1956 Chamber of Commerce brochure. (Of course, the “land area” argument was lost when Alaska was admitted to the union 3 years later. Let’s try not to be bitter when Sarah gets here on Monday, okay?)
Jack Benny Handprint Hoax!
Posted in Famous people, tagged Fort Collins gossip, Jack Benny in Fort Collins, Jack Benny's hand print on October 2, 2008 | 7 Comments »
You know that Jack Benny handprint downtown? It’s in front of the bank on the corner of Mountain and College. I heard it’s not really Benny’s handprint. In 1964, Jack was here celebrating Fort Collins 100th anniversary. (It could be that his mother lived here.) He and others dipped hands in cement block, but then [...]
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