December 17, 2015 VOLUME 150 | ISSUE 2 | 50¢
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Decision on street closure postponed
SANTA LOVES A PARADE
Staff Report
A decision on permanently closing a portion of Arapahoe Street between 13th and 14th streets has been postponed until March 10. The reason for the delay is because the applicant, the Calvary Episcopal Church, requested a continuance to work out some parking requirements outlined in the application. According to the church’s representative at the Dec. 10 city council meeting, the parking requirements are not feasible at this time, and the church would like more time to work with city to meet the 192 parking spaces required. If city council decides to accept the application, a portion of Arapahoe Street between 13th and 14th streets would be closed to all motorized vehicles, creating a one block pedestrian thoroughfare in front of Calvary Church and the Armory building. The intention is to create a pedestrian and plaza space that would serve the needs of the church’s planned campus environment, as well as create amenities, such as seating and landscaping, that is open to the public and establishes a better pedestrian link between the Colorado School of Mines to the south and downtown, and Clear Creek to the north. The church originally proposed the request in the 1990s when the church was completing a long range master plan for their properties, but was voted down by city council in 1993. The March 10 meeting will include a public hearing on the topic and second reading of the ordinance. Emails sent to city council from residents will be considered public record, and will be accepted until the March 10 hearing. The city of Golden has the proposal posted on its website. Learn more by visiting www.cityofgolden.net.
Santa Claus waves to the crowd Dec. 5 during the Olde Golden Christmas Holiday Parade. The community had three opportunities to see the parade and participate in other holiday traditions this year. The last parade is scheduled for 11 a.m. Dec. 19. The route is along Washington Avenue between 10th and 13th streets in historic downtown Golden. After the parade, the community enjoys dancing in the street with fun holiday characters on Washington Avenue, which was closed to traffic. People also visited with Santa Claus, took holiday hayrides or Newfoundland dog cart rides and listened to Victorian carolers during the day’s festivities. Photos courtesy of Jenifer Doane with the city of Golden
Planned demolition proceeding at Heritage Square
Amusement park remains, Victorian village faces tear-down
By Christy Steadman csteadman@colorado communitymedia.com Seven buildings in Heritage Square — which some local historians consider historic because of their age, architecture and Disney connection — are
slated to be demolished as early as spring next year. Property owner Martin Marietta is moving forward with demolishing the structures that make up part of the Victorian village of Heritage Square, a longtime Denver-area entertainment and tourist destination that holds great nostalgic value to families and residents who enjoyed its attractions over generations. The city of Golden’s Historic
Preservation Board reviewed the plan at a Dec. 7 public meeting, and asked Martin Marietta to extend a deadline from January to the end of February to relocate any of the facades of the structures intended for demolition. Martin Marietta is “willing to work with any reasonable approach,” said David Hagerman, Martin Marietta’s regional vice president. He added the company will be “forthright” on the
buildings, which were originally built for seasonal use only, contain asbestos and are in poor condition in general. Jefferson County historian Rick Gardner is urging the public to help save the buildings. The “structures are worth Golden’s finest efforts to save,” he said. “If it’s a matter of budget rather than will for someone who wants to do so, let’s see what we can do to bridge that.” Heritage Square is not on
any state or national historical registry lists, but was designated a Jefferson County Centennial site by the Jefferson County Historical Commission in 1976, Gardner said. The buildings are “not simple knockoffs of the Old West,” said Gardner, adding they were “intricately crafted” using “a rare architecture called Storybook style.”
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