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Archive for December, 2008

Gargoyles and fish heads: Ft Collins' WPA fountain

Posted in Art, Municipal, tagged , , on December 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Rejected by Denver, “negotiated” away from City Park, and all but absent from the internet. Our bitchen 1936 WPA fountain deserves better. Lostfortcollins dedicates a whole page to it.

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Just buy a new one: Ft. Collins war memorial

Posted in In the news, tagged , , , , , on December 21, 2008 | 7 Comments »

Fund raisers say our new Veteran’s Memorial will be here long after you’re dead and gone. But if history is any indicator, you’ll probably outlive this one. And the one after that.

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Grotto

Posted in Art, tagged , on December 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I have worked places that provided various nice amenities for lunch breaks. Volleyball nets, popcorn, jogging tracks, ping pong tables. But, nobody ever gave me a grotto.

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Odetta's practically secret show in Fort Collins

Posted in Famous people, tagged , , on December 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Some folks sing songs. Odetta testified.–Time magazine In the early 1990s, I rented cheap office space at the Northern Hotel. That’s how I saw the single flyer at Bar Bazarre announcing Odetta in concert. It was the only public notice for the show.  The Northern’s owner, Bill Stark, said the singer was in town for [...]

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