[I still don't live in Fort Collins anymore, but once in a while I get updates or hear things. We talked about the White Pine cab before here. Here's an update, thanks to Susan!] The White Pine Fire Lookout was moved this week. Originally in the mountains west of Fort Collins, the cabin has been [...]
Archive for the ‘Preservation and renewal’ Category
White Pine Lookout Moved, to Open 2012
Posted in Preservation and renewal, Vernacular buildings on August 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Stories I always meant to write: 2. Heroines of local preservation
Posted in Blog business, Preservation and renewal on February 6, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I always meant to write a series of posts about the women who made this town what it is.
This was no ladies club dressing up for Victorian tea parties. These were women who fought like hell and put fear in the heart of any politician that got in the way. At least that’s how I always imagined them.
Armory Reveal
Posted in Commercial, Preservation and renewal, tagged armory, Down Zankey, OneTribe, paul jensen on February 2, 2010 | 9 Comments »
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:
Hell Tree
Posted in Preservation and renewal on October 25, 2009 | 13 Comments »
I think the corner of Horsetooth Road and CR7 should be declared a monument to historical ignorance in Fort Collins. Look to the Northeast and see what’s left of the Strauss cabin. One of the earliest cabins in the area, restored in the 1990s, and then burned down by some teenagers soon after. Que lastima. [...]
Ghost train track tours this weekend
Posted in Preservation and renewal on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The owners of the property threatened by the Greeley pipeline project are offering free tours to the public this weekend. Here are the where and when…
Finding the West White Pine Lookout
Posted in Preservation and renewal, tagged Lookout Tower, Suburban Exploration on September 22, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Of the two dozen or so fire lookout towers in Colorado, West White Pine was closest to Fort Collins, almost directly to our west. Built in 1939, the tower remained on its mountain top until sometime in the mid-1970s. Then, a helicopter took the cabin and more or less plopped it into the middle of [...]
Downtown pipe dreams
Posted in Preservation and renewal, tagged charter schools, Elk's club piano, fort collins botanical garden, global village museum, Organ Pavilion for Fort Collins on September 16, 2009 | 18 Comments »
What ideas for downtown do people pitch to the DDA? Here’s a few. Plus some big ideas from the Lost Fort Collins blog.
Meet the Rommels
Posted in Modest or alternative living, Preservation and renewal, Vernacular buildings, tagged Lewis Wickes Hine in Fort Collins, Then and now photos on September 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In 1915, Lewis Wickes Hine came to Fort Collins for a day as part of a project to document child labor in America. He photographed the Rommel house at 430 N. Loomis. It was boarded up in this October photo because the family was away harvesting beets. They would return to Fort Collins in the [...]
Fort Collins Historic Preservation Endangered?
Posted in In the news, Preservation and renewal, tagged historic preservation on September 1, 2009 | 7 Comments »
The city plans to cut one of its preservation positions. People who know about such things tell me that it means we’ll still have plenty of regulation, but no time for incentives. This could be a big blow to Fort Collins historic preservation. You can only regulate demolition for so long, before buildings become too run down to save. Some of us plan to show up tonight at City Council to ask for reconsideration. Public comment is from 6:00-6:30 pm at 300 LaPorte Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80521. If you care about such things, we’d like you to show up. Speak, or just be present. It will mean a lot to those who oversee the historic integrity of Fort Collins.
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.
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