You may have read recently that the old Armory building on East Mountain Avenue is being refurbished again. This time, says owner Paul Jenson, he wants to return it to its 1907 roots as a public event hall. Last week, one of the contractors on the project, Jeff Down, took me on a tour of the building. I asked a few questions and took a lot of photos. Here, I’ll show you:
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Armory Reveal
Posted in Commercial, Preservation and renewal, tagged armory, Down Zankey, OneTribe, paul jensen on February 2, 2010 | 9 Comments »
So Long Fort Collins
Posted in Annual events, Blog business, Commercial, Food on December 27, 2009 | 31 Comments »
Writing Lost Fort Collins has been a load of fun. In fact, it’s been an obsession. But lately, just about every part of my life has changed. My work is drying up, my family is transitioning, and I’m ready for some change. So, I’m moving on. To Bismarck, North Dakota, of all places. But before [...]
Historic Neighborhood Markets, Ghost Signs, & the Armstrong Hotel
Posted in Blog business, Commercial, Neighborhoods, Vernacular buildings on November 11, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I have had SUCH a hard time keeping this quiet– I didn’t want to say anything until it was done. But for several weeks the Armstrong Hotel has been preparing a nice souvenir map of the neighborhood markets that the Lost Fort Collins blog wrote about last year. The map in my original post was lame, and [...]
Restaurant review: Big City Burrito
Posted in Commercial, Food, tagged God and big city burrito on October 23, 2009 | 14 Comments »
My day job is interfering with my blog this week. That’s why I’m offering up something a bit more creative than historic. Wrote it in the middle of the night a few weeks ago. Historic content to return after the real work is done.
The recycling tub paradox
Posted in Commercial, Grow your own, Municipal on October 16, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Recently, the city of Fort Collins adopted changes to ordinances that, among other things, require trash haulers to offer new, larger recycling bins. This as part of a larger plan to meet “diversion” goals that will send 50% of our city’s waste to recycling rather than the landfill. Great idea. But what do we do [...]
Paramount Cottage Camp photo found
Posted in Commercial, Neighborhoods, Vintage commercial, tagged Paramount Cottage Camp on September 1, 2009 | 5 Comments »
In my last post, I wrote about how the owner of 1544 W. Oak plans to restore her ordinary apartment complex to recall its Paramount Cottage Camp roots.Today, a private collector, who asked not to be identified, gave me permission to show you this–A late 1920s postcard of Paramount Cottage Camp. Make sure you click through for the full-size version.
Camping not condos: Saving the Paramount Cottage Camp
Posted in Commercial, Neighborhoods, Vintage commercial, tagged 1544 W. Oak, cottage camp, preservation on Oak Street Fort Collins on August 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
1544 W. Oak wasn’t always a plain, uninteresting apartment complex. And if its owners have their way, it won’t be one much longer.
Cloverleaf Dogtrack
Posted in Commercial, Preservation and renewal, tagged greyhound race track, lost loveland on August 5, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Cloverleaf stopped racing dogs in 2007. Surrounded by the new hospital, Centerra, and even the failing outlet mall, the 50-year-old racetrack sold last year. The Medical Center of the Rockies bought the lot. I know that because if you try to explore the ruins, a security guard from the hospital finds you in a couple minutes. She says they will tear it down. Recycle everything. Then build a new hospital building all out of recycled material. She also says, no you can’t take pictures.
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.
A trip to Foothills Fashion Mall
Posted in Commercial, In the news, tagged dead malls, foothills fashion mall, foothills mall on June 7, 2009 | 11 Comments »
For me, the Foothills Fashion Mall, long the largest and most popular shopping center in the region, peaked 10 years ago when the animatronic dinosaurs set up for a week. I think it was October, and every family in town went. Some of us made 5 or 6 trips. I can’t do that [...]
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