It’s easy to remember Poudre Valley Bank because they didn’t clean up the place entirely when they moved out in the 1960s. Here are some things they left behind.
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Bank detritis: Poudre Valley Bank's old vault and drive thru
Posted in Vintage commercial, tagged Mid-century banks, old bank drive through, Poudre Valley Bank, tunnels under Fort Collins on March 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Vintage safe at City Drug for sale
Posted in Art, Vintage commercial, tagged antique safe, Fort Collins City Drug Store, giant jar of drugs, old cosmetics sign on March 18, 2009 | 12 Comments »
City Drug in Old Town keeps its most extraordinary curiosity behind the counter where you can’t see it. And now this hidden treasure is for sale.
Pup tents, prayer flags, and the amazing glass dome
Posted in Art, Vintage commercial, tagged Fort Collins stained glass dome, historic glass dome in the Northern Hotel, Mountain Shop, Northern Hotel on March 8, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Recently, two readers who no longer live around here remembered the elegant glass dome at the Northern Hotel Ballroom. Is it still there? Yep. Here’s where to look.
God's promise to Fort Collins: Fire at the Northern Hotel
Posted in Remuddle, Vintage commercial, tagged 1975 fire at the Northern Hotel, fort collins and rainbows, men in plaid pants, white paint and urban renewal on February 17, 2009 | 11 Comments »
It was on a February day just like this that the Northern Hotel burned in 1975. Things looked grim at the time, but there’s little in life a bucket of very white paint can’t fix.
Smoking and spitting at the Perennial Gardener
Posted in Vintage commercial, tagged Chinese laundry, Griffiths Sporting Goods, Historic smoking and spitting, Men at Perennial Gardener in Fort Collins on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let’s face it, Sense of Place and its companion shop, Perennial Gardener, are chick heaven. But say you’re not into it. Like because you’re a guy or something. Here’s a little historic trivia to make your visit more poignant.
Old Corner Book Shop to close Friday
Posted in Vintage commercial, tagged 216 Linden Street, book store for sale, Lost Fort Collins, old corner book shop on February 4, 2009 | 5 Comments »
After 34 years in Fort Collins, the Old Corner Bookstore at 216 Linden will close on Friday. “This bookstore was my mother’s life,” Jane Tester’s daughter told me. She hopes to sell the building and all 23,000 used and rare volumes to someone who shares her mother’s passion.
Old Corner Book Shop
Posted in Vintage commercial, tagged old corner book shop fort collins on January 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Imagine if Powell’s Books (or Tattered Cover or any of the old greats) only had 800 sq ft to work with. Like that.
Debbie Duz Donuts
Posted in Vintage commercial, tagged donuts in fort collins; on January 30, 2009 | 20 Comments »
[Warning, post rated PG] Once we had an adult doughnut shop, around 1989. Located on the northeast corner of I-25 and Highway 14, it survived only a few months. “Sheriff Jim Black was gunning for the owner of that place from the day it opened,” says my friend, the regular.
11 Lost Fort Collins businesses
Posted in Quonset hut, Vintage commercial, tagged sonnoform, the finest records on November 18, 2008 | 102 Comments »
As I research historic Fort Collins, I come across pictures and advertisements for stores I wish I could visit. Except for #6, all were gone before I got here. If you know more about these places or want to contribute your own favorite lost businesses please write!
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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