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!
Archive for the ‘Preservation and renewal’ Category
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 »
The fight for the GSL&P
Posted in In the news, Preservation and renewal, tagged GSL&P, Historic Train Tracks on May 30, 2009 | 11 Comments »
The city of Greeley, 40 miles southeast of Fort Collins, just sent letters to Mary Humstone and Rose Brinks, threatening to use eminant domain to explore and eventually develop the women’s Bellvue properties.
Greeley should be sending them thank you letters.
Enthusiastic preservationists, the women have turned away developers for decades. They also left alone a 100-year-old railbed that crosses the land. That makes their properties the perfect route for a monster pipeline stretching from the foothills to Greeley:
House Huggers
Posted in In the news, Neighborhoods, Preservation and renewal, tagged fort collins bloggers, Fort Collins midcentury history, house preservation on May 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Which old houses worth saving? And how far should we go to save them? Two Fort Collins’ bloggers are exploring these questions: One using research and one using very big trucks.
Cell block blue
Posted in Preservation and renewal on May 22, 2009 | 6 Comments »
In the opinion section, Carol Tunner (who is a local history preservationist for the city, if you didn’t already know that) asks “What’s the deal with the little blue building.” It’s in the alley behind Walnut Street and thought to be the old drunk tank.
Peter Fisk commented, “Lost Fort Collins might know.” But I don’t. I’ve asked around too. And the museum asked me a few weeks ago too.
Best I can do for now is show you a couple pictures.
Arrowhead Lodge: On Colorado's trout route
Posted in Commercial, Preservation and renewal, Vernacular buildings on May 18, 2009 | 9 Comments »
My perfect cultural tourist experience: ruins, prisoners, ticks, and a staff that leaves you alone.
Blighted Fort Collins
Posted in In the news, Neighborhoods, Preservation and renewal, Vintage commercial, tagged Book Rack, Flood of 1997, fort collins, Mexican markets, Prospect and College, urban blight, Urban Renewal Fort Collins, Wild sweet peas on October 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Fort Collins recently found the area around College, just south of Prospect, blighted. It includes ChuckECheese, Dairy Queen, and early strip malls. The area in the photo above is behind the strip malls. It was a trailer park, but it took the worst of the 1997 flood (several residents drowned trying to leave) and the [...]
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