May 13, 2021
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO
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VOLUME 155 | ISSUE 21
Foothills Art Center proposing rear addition to Astor House Historic Preservation Board supportive of addition but wants changes made to design BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Flowers along Washington Avenue.
Here come the
May flowers
PHOTOS BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO
After a snowy March, there are many scenes of nature in bloom around Golden now.
Blooming flowers near the Astor House in Golden.
Flowers in full bloom in downtown Golden.
Blooming flowers in front of Golden Goods.
When the Astor House reopens to the public as an art space run by the Foothills Art Center, it will probably look, and be, significantly different. That’s because the planned updates to the 150-plus-year old structure will now likely include a rear addition that will house handicapaccessible bathrooms, a new staircase and additional gallery space and be nearly equal in size to the Astor House structure. During a marathon four-hour meeting on May 3, the Golden Historic Preservation determined that it would be willing to greenlight such an addition but stopped short of approving the design proposed by Foothills Art Center. Instead, they asked for the Foothills Art Center and its architects to submit a new addition design that would address concerns related to the building mass, look and overall size of the proposed addition presented at the meeting. The board will consider the new proposal presented by Foothills Art Center at its SEE ASTOR, P7
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