Maggie Kunze’s farkled bus is about 3 feet over the line. That is, the property line over which the people next door want to build a privacy fence. And according to Kunze, they want to build the fence so nobody will have to look at her bus anymore. But Kunze says the bus isn’t going [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Too much, farkled bus
Posted in In the news, Modest or alternative living, tagged art car, william shatner in art on July 30, 2009 | 14 Comments »
Pitkin street car tracks exhumed
Posted in Neighborhoods, Preservation and renewal, tagged fort collins high school, Fort Collins trolley, pitkin, remington on July 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Just got a tip from Darrin Goodman (the mando from Horsetooth Mountain Rangers) that construction on Remington and Pitkin has exposed tracks. There were originally 3 trolley lines in Fort Collins, one going to the “new” highschool at Remington and Pitkin. These must be them!
300 N. College: Sharing the wealth at Seder Plastics
Posted in Vintage commercial on July 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Look close, and you’ll see Seder & Sons on top of the building at 300 N. College. As Norm heard it, Mr. Seder was better to his employees than your boss (or former boss) ever was to you.
Looking for City Drug?
Posted in Commercial, Vintage commercial, tagged big jar of pills, Fort Collins City Drug Store, kate forgach, tattle tales on July 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Kate Forgach put a link from her Tattle Tales column to Lost Fort Collins today in reference to the cool safe at City Drug that’s still for sale. I’ll repost the photo below.
Lost Authors: Murder and Mirth by Fancher Sarchet
Posted in Book reviews on July 23, 2009 | 14 Comments »
“…They made their way through two feet of snow for a block from the club to College and Mountain Avenue, then another block south on College to Oak Street; then they floundered through the snow west on Oak three blocks, which brought them directly across the street from Russell’s home. Here, for the twentieth time, they stopped for a breather.When Russell caught his breath and could speak, he exclaimed, “My God, we are never going to make it. “
Lost Authors: Back to Buckeye by Esther Greenacre Hall
Posted in Book reviews, tagged Book reviews, Buckeye, Esther Greenacre Hall on July 22, 2009 | 11 Comments »
“But this isn’t the kind of place I expected Fort Collins to be,” she exclaimed in dismay…
Lost Fort Collins turns 1 and gets a parade
Posted in Blog business on July 21, 2009 | 24 Comments »
After the widespread adoption of email, there has been no real joy in my mailbox. Not for years. Only bills, ads, and occasional notices from the FCgov that somebody is up to something uninteresting in my neighborhood. Then this came today …. Lost Fort Collins turns 1 This is a good time to tell you [...]
Lost Authors: Edgar Avery's diary
Posted in Book reviews, tagged Book reviews, Edgar Avery, historic diary on July 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
12-year-old Edgar Avery’s 1890 diary seems mundane until you remember that the trains his family caught in and out of town were stopping just downtown. And the swimming hole was the Poudre. And the wind storms and the afternoon rain…just like here and now. But then.
Sheely Drive: Midcentury modern landmark district in Fort Collins
Posted in Neighborhoods, tagged Fort Collins Landmark district, Fort Collins midcentury modern, Sheely drive on July 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Fort Collins’ Sheely Drive landmark district represents everything 1950s in architecture: Winding streets, low roof lines, decks, prominant garages and carports, with architectural attention to views, landscape, and cars. It was Frank Lloyd Wright’s post-war usonia just south of Prospect and Shields.
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