The bells at Saint Joes I might miss more than anything in Fort Collins when I go. But there’s also a carillon at the Episcopal church. I would have liked to find out more about them both.
Archive for the ‘Neighborhoods’ Category
Stories I always meant to write. 1: Carillon bells
Posted in Blog business, Municipal, Neighborhoods on February 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Cunningham Corner: A 1970s Fort Collins barn band
Posted in Art, Colorado State University, Grow your own, Modest or alternative living, Neighborhoods, tagged Cunningham Corner, Fort Collins art scene 1970s, Fort Collins Music Scene 1970s on October 13, 2009 | 53 Comments »
Cunningham Corner is a condo complex on the corner of Horsetooth and Shields in Fort Collins. It’s also the name on the yellow barn that sat at that corner before the condos (it’s since been declared a historic landmark and moved elsewhere). And in the 1970s, it was the name of one of the hottest bands in Fort Collins.
Ask Uncle Norm: The landfill before
Posted in Ask Uncle Norm, Neighborhoods on October 6, 2009 | 9 Comments »
” Do you remember where the old landfill was? I believe it was also on Taft, but on the east side and closer to town” -Harry Harry: As I remember, the landfill of the 60′s was just south of the southeast intersection of Harmony and Shields. This intersection no longer exists as several years ago [...]
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.
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!
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.
Park Street and the 40-foot giant
Posted in Neighborhoods, Vernacular buildings, tagged charvats grocery, fort collins, Historic Landmark District, monster houses, Park Street on July 7, 2009 | 17 Comments »
If you live in a neighborhood you love, and you worry about monster houses taking over, you should know what’s happening over on Park Street.
Better days at the frat house
Posted in Colorado State University, Neighborhoods on June 9, 2009 | 9 Comments »
In one of Lost Fort Collins’ earliest posts, I talked about the Sigma house on Laurel. The boys lost their charter afterserving alcohol to young girls during a party. Gossip around town said they would paint those lions at the entry stairs red to signal when a brother had bagged a virgin. The old house [...]
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