The day after the flood, Sellers told the Greater Park Hill News that CDOT and the contractor, Kiewit Construction — which is building the highway — would conduct an in vestigation.Shortlyafter, Matt Sanman, public information officer for Kiewit Construction, released a statement that, “an error in the drainage pump system appears to have prevented the pumps from turning on automatically. Once this was determined Kiewit turned the pumps on manually.” Sanman said that once the project is completed, “we are confident [the drainage system] can and should work prop erly to successfully handle this and other more significant rain events. We are working with CDOT to investigate ex actly why this event occurred and to improve our protocols so we can effectively manage future rain events during con struction and after completion.” At press time, Kiewit indicated the investigation into the malfunction of the pumps is ongoing. Picks gphc mee T Ings
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Home Tour & Street Fair Is Sept. 25 Check Out Six Beautiful Houses, Then Head Over To The Free Street Fair For Food, Music and Fun 44 T h Annu A l e ve n T The annual Park Hill Street Fair is free, and everyone is welcome. File photos from past events by Cara DeGette.
Multiple people were rescued after their vehicles were inundated by fast-moving floodwaters at 14th and Krameria, near the Safeway and King Soopers stores just south of Park Hill. Photo by Brian Holleman
By Cara DeGette Editor, GPHN No areas of Park Hill were spared by an Aug. 6 gully washer of a rainstorm that brought buried old creek beds to life, flooded streets and stranded motorists. Meteorolo gists estimated more than 1.5 inches of rain fell in less than a half-hour.WestofPark Hill, the Denver Zoo flooded, and the reten tion pond at the newly-configured City Park Golf Course filled. Flooding inundated cars in the southern part of the neighborhood and in the Mayfair neighborhood, where nu merous people had to be rescued from their flooded cars on 14th Avenue. The streets in the eastern part of Park Hill flooded. To the north the retention pond at the Park Hill Golf Course property filled, and was still full and muddy the next day. Just northwest of the neighborhood, the new $1.2 billion Central I-70 highway project, built partially below grade, was brought to its knees for several hours after its new water pumps failed to activate. There were no reported injuries to humans, but news videos captured scenes of people wading through waisthigh waters, rescuing children and others from cars that were inundated on the highway. An estimated “hundreds” of motorists were stranded for several hours. Colorado Department of Transportation spokeswoman Stacia Sellers initially noted the Central 70 Project, which is a 10-mile stretch between Brighton Boulevard and Cham bers Road, is still an active construction project. “Our drainage network is not yet complete, though it is near ing completion. Every construction project runs the risk of flooding while it’s in an interim phase.”
The Park Hill Home Tour began in 1978, the brainchild of a local realtor designed to showcase the rich history and diverse ar chitecture of the neighborhood. Over the years, the ticketed event has evolved into an important community fundraiser and tradition.Thisyear’s home tour is Sunday, Sept. 25, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Check out pages 1011 for a sneak preview of the six homes on this year’s tour that exemplifies the variety of architecture and the creativity of the homeowners.Runningconcurrently the day of the home tour is a street fair, an all-day party on the parkway at Montview and Forest. Attendance is free and open to all, and features local vendors, food trucks, live entertainment, children’s activities, a sus tainability zone with demos on everything from beekeeping to composting, and a wine and beer garden. Check out more on the street fair — including a feature about local teen beekeepers and a handy guide for recycling — on pages 12-13. Tickets for the home tour are available at parkhillhometour.org. After Aug. 16 you can also purchase tickets at Cake Crumbs (2216 Kearney St.), at the Park Hill Branch Library (4705 E. Montview Blvd.), Park Hill Community Bookstore (4620 E. 23rd Ave.), and Spinelli’s Market (4621 E. 23rd Ave.) Home tour prices are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors 65-plus, and $5 for children ages 7-12. There is no cost for children under 5. Proceeds benefit the many programs pro vided by Greater Park Hill Community, Inc., a registered neighborhood organiza tion.
Community meetings are conducted on the first Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m., except for July and December. The next meetings are Sept. 1 and Oct. 6 at 6:30 p.m. at 2823 Fairfax St. Can’t make it in person? Join via Zoom at greaterparkhill.org/community-meetings/join-us/ Staff Report
However, Westside, with assistance from numerous Denver government agencies, has proceeded with an extensive process with the end goal to develop at least onethird of the property. The Sept. 7 meeting, which is required by the city for such projects, comes two months after Westside formally submitted its plan for Westside’sdevelopment.designmap includes residen tial apartment buildings, commercial space and a “main street,” as well as 75 acres of open space (plus an existing 25-acre reten tionThepond).group Save Open Space Denver, which supports keeping the conservation easement in place, is promoting a plan for a regional park at the site.
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The McAuliffe International Safe Routes To School project — designed to install im provements to sidewalks and other safety measures for Park Hill children on their way to and from school — has been delayed for the second time. The Safe Routes To School project in cludes multimodal safety improvements along 23rd Avenue, 25th Avenue, and 26th Avenue, and Ke arney Street, including filling in sidewalk gaps and creating a pedes trian crossing island at 23rd Avenue and Kearney. Theproject came about after neighbor hood parents and community leaders voiced increasing con cerns over safety for students amid a sharp increase in neighborhood traffic. Construction was originally planned to begin in the fall of 2021. But in July of that year, city officials cited “current conditions in the construction industry” for delays. The revised timeline was for completion by the start of this school year. In an Aug. 24 email, Brenden Paradies, the project manager with Denver’s Depart ment of Transportation and Infrastructure, said construction has been delayed again because the city has not received any quali fied bidders for the work. “Depending on BIDS received and the construction procurement and contract ing process, the goal is to finalize the con tracting and award process this fall, 2022, in hopes of starting construction later this year or spring, 2023,” Paradies wrote. “The construction timeline will also likely depend on availability and delivery of concrete and other construction materials, which at this current construction climate, have had longer lead times than usual.”
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Westside Investment Partners, which wants to develop the Park Hill Golf Course property, is holding a required public meet ing on Wednesday, Sept. 7, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Park Hill Clubhouse. The club house is at the corner of 35th Avenue and ColoradoWestside,Boulevard.basedinGlendale, Colo., owns the 155-acre now-closed golf course, which is protected by a conservation easement. Last November Denver voters overwhelm ingly endorsed a pro-open space initiative designed to make it harder to develop the property.
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The Denver Police Department has pub lished a new online mapping system that makes it easier for people to check out what crimes are happening all over Park Hill. The interactive map includes all neigh borhoods in Denver — Park Hill is broken down to include South Park Hill, North Park Hill and Northeast Park Hill. In August, the most common crimes oc curring in Greater Park Hill were property crimes, including auto thefts, burglaries, larceny and theft from vehicles. This dataset includes criminal offenses in all neighborhoods of the City and County of Denver for the previous five calendar years, plus the current year to date. The map is at Police-Department/Crime-Information.Agencies-Departments-Offices-Directory/ment/Agencies-Departments-Offices/denvergov.org/Govern
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Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. is hosting a fall festival on Sunday, Oct. 9. The free community event will be from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at City of Axum Park, at Mar tin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and Cherry Street.Among the festivities planned: face painting, lawn games, a bubble machine, free hot dogs and other snacks. Mark your calendars and check next month’s issue of the newspaper for details. The September meeting of GPHC, Inc. is Thursday Sept. 1. The meeting is open to all, and begins at 6:30 p.m. at 4823 Fairfax St. See page 1 for additional details on at tending virtually or in person. wasConstructionoriginallyplannedtobegininthefallof2021.
The Song Sparrow’s playlist is vast and varied — these birds sing as many as 20 different tunes with as many as 1,000 variations. A study this year by Duke University found that males memo rize a 30-minute long playlist of their songs and use that information to curate both their current playlist and the next one. The study suggests that male Song Sparrows deliberately shuffle and repeat their songs, possibly to keep a female’s attention. This Song Sparrow was photographed at Bluff Lake just east of Park Hill by Mark Silverstein. Bellaire St 2595 Fairfax St 1558 Clermont St 1647 Clermont St 2816 Dahlia St 2383 Hudson St 2821 Dahlia St 2686 Dexter St 2248 Holly St 1901 Cherry St 2556 Elm St 2615 Elm St 2611 Birch St 2630 Glencoe St 2052 Krameria St 2884 Albion St 2967 Clermont 2886 Cherry 2646 Birch St 1638 Clermont St 2810 Bellaire St 2605 Fairfax St 2677 Ash St 2560 Birch St 2681 Cherry St 2809 Birch St 2514 Glencoe St 2652 Fairfax St 2609 Eudora St 2800 Birch St 3060 Ash St 2810 Olive St 1623 Bellaire St 2037 Krameria St 2084 Forest St 1536 Clermont St 2224 Grape St 2345 Clermont St 2070 Birch St 2865 Albion St 2530 Bellaire St 2820 Birch St 2614 Glencoe St 2840 Clermont St 1929 Bellaire St 1915 Monaco Pkwy 1544 Leyden St 2920 Cherry St 2621 Grape St 2576 Fairfax St 2581 Dahlia St 2389 Cherry St 2829 Clermont St 2960 Ash St 2556 Clermont St 2681 Cherry St 4545 E. 29th Ave 2530 Glencoe St 2895 Birch St 2955 Ivy St 1610 Locust St 2575 Clermont St 4345 E. 16th Ave 2680 Ash St 2861 Birch St 2854 Cherry St 2091 Hudson St 2645 Ash St 2570 Bellaire St 2616 Fairfax St 4326 Batavia Pl 2845 Cherry St 2947 Clermont St 3035 Bellaire St 2670 Grape St 2655 Elm St 1418 Grape St 2680 Ash St 2271 Clermont St 2817 Albion St 2684 Fairfax St 2894 Dexter St 2855 Ash St 3010 Clermont St 2295 Eudora St 3025 Albion St 2668 Elm St 2936 Albion St 2389 Cherry St 2654 Elm St 2514 Glencoe St 2065 Hudson St 2845 Cherry St 1623 Bellaire St 2855 Dahlia St 2825 Bellaire St 2900 Ash St 2681 Clermont St 2829 Ash St 2251 Ash St 2877 Cherry St 2341 Ivy St 2847 Clermont St 3010 Cherry St 2665 Forest St 2517 Elm St 1669 Newport St 3045 Fairfax St 4660 E 16th Ave 2877 Cherry St 2971 Bellaire St 2531 Clermont St 2894 Birch St 2801 Dexter St 3593 Monaco St 2668 Birch St 2664 Cherry St 2032 Holly St 2819 Ivanhoe St 1637 Elm St 2679 Albion St 3610 Magnolia St 1775 Monaco Pkwy 2582 Bellaire St 2233 Holly St 2229 Birch St 2862 Ash St 1855 Cherry St 2637 Eudora St 2542 Ash St 2045 Krameria St 2500 Dahlia St 2943 Birch St 2875 Albion St 2511 Birch St 2349 Forest St 2990 Cherry St 2379 Elm St 2870 Eudora St 2632 Cherry St 1450 Albion St #303 1925 Monaco Pkwy 3050 Bellaire St 2849 Kearney St
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The Park Hill Golf Course property is over five times that size. Development rights must be worth a hundred million or more. Probably much more. Why hasn’t the city, if they are hell bent on developing this land, gotten an evalua tion done to see what the development rights are worth?
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My hope is that the conservation ease ment stands. But, if our city leaders actu ally allow development to happen, why are we giving this asset away? Helping the developer has been shameful. Giv ing this asset away is irresponsible. Gary Martyn grew up in Park Hill, and still lives in the neighborhood.
There is one thing that, as a Denver taxpayer, should make you really angry.
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3. Stop using pesticides, herbicides, chemi cals and fertilizers and water by hand. In line with Rob’s suggestion, if you don’t buy them, stores won’t sell them.
op I n I o n The Executive Director of Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. works closely with the board of directors, staff and volunteers. This is a part-time position of 20-24 hours per week. The ideal candidate is organized, professional, passionate about Park Hill and is interested in being involved with community issues. We Are Seeking An Executive DirectorEmailShaneSutherlandatchair@greaterparkhill.orgforadetailedjobdescription,andtosubmityourrésuméandletterofinterest.
By Gary Martyn
In 1989, Denver voters, even though slogging through a weak economy, en thusiastically voted for Denver’s future. Voters overwhelmingly ap proved a measure to fund the start of a new airport. This had tremendous rami fications for Park Hill. Folks were worn out having jets flying low over 26th Avenue at all hours of the day. Mayor Federico Peña was ecstatic at the vote, as he hoped that the new airport would be the economic stimulus that the cityAnotherneeded. part of this voter optimism was voting to set aside $2 million to buy the Park Hill Golf Course and save this large open space from being developed. Sadly, a purchase could not be real ized, but later the city, under the direction of Mayor Wel lington Webb, arranged to buy a conservation easement on the property to prevent development. Denver officials went through a process to determine development rights, and was able to pay Clayton College for the easement. The city’s agreement with Clayton allowed the early learning cen ter a way to continue its operations and generate revenue from the land. The city also gave themselves an escape valve to drop the easement. Fast forward to 2019. A developer pur chased the land from Clayton — know ing that the city had a conservation ease ment on the land and development would not be possible. The company, Westside Investment Partners, has pushed and pushed to go after the escape valve the city has to step away from the easement. In my opinion, while this is a legal thing to do, it is not in the spirit of the easement. I believe the city had this es cape clause to be able to void the ease ment in case of an unusual situation. I don’t think helping a developer’s bottom line falls into that category.
If you peel all of the layers away, what you are left with is a developer trying to undo the will of the citizenry. Well over 60 percent of the voters voted just last year for this land to be kept open. Sub sequent focus groups, studies, prevailing visions (whatever they are), slick advertising, and fancy new plans all have nothing to do with this. The fact is the developer is trying to ex ert their will over the people of Denver to essentially void an election. This is wrong. And, the city should look at itself and ask why they are abetting this process. Whether you are for or against this proposed de velopment, there is one thing that, as a Denver tax payer, should make you re ally angry. The city went to great lengths to pay Clayton College the market rate for development rights for the Park Hill Golf Course. In 1997, those rights were worth $2 million and we taxpayers paid. Now, the city is assist ing the developer with plans to develop the land and no mention has been made of the developer paying the city for those development rights. The city, apparently, wants to just give away one of our assets. Give away. Why? Three months ago, 30 acres of land on 38th Avenue and Brighton Boulevard sold for $158 million. Think about that.
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4. Start a garden for health, to get a great workout, and for spending time in the sunshine and getting to know your neigh bors. 5. Water by hand. You’ll be surprised at how much you will learn about what’s really going on. 6. Let it be . . . Leave some wild, keep Denver beautiful and natural. 7. Join the Denver Botanic Gardens. They do amazing things with plants and space. My property, Paradise Found, is a miniforest and is a registered Wildlife Sanctuary with both the National Wildlife Foundation and the Colorado Wildlife Foundation. It is my way of respecting life in all of its diversity. I don’t spray anything nor do I kill anything — not even flies and mosquitoes — and that took some re-thinking on my part of where we are in the grand scheme of things.
2. Rid yourself of that labor-intensive Ken tucky bluegrass. There are plenty of other grasses and ground covers to create a beautiful display.
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My name is Christy Haas-Howard and I’m a school nurse here in Denver. I am par ticipating in a fellowship with the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments that partners nurses with community-based or ganizations working to address the impact of pollution, climate change, and other en vironmental health factors on communities across the United States. I have appreciated the columns on the cli mate crisis that Tracey MacDermott writes monthly for the Greater Park Hill News. I’m wondering if she or others have any sug gestions or insight into community-based organizations that may be interested in collaborating with a nurse. I have experi ence partnering with Love My Air Denver to implement air quality awareness programs and mitigation strategies with school nurses and other members of school communities. I also volunteer with Moms Clean Air Force to educate the greater community on the health impacts of poor air quality. Thank you for bringing awareness to the important issue of climate change that af fects all of us.
The Trash Service Stinks Dear editorial team, Have you discussed the ongoing issue with the lack of trash pickup in Park Hill on the scheduled day? Given that so many residents park on the street it is really an inconve nience. I have reached out to Councilman Chris Herndon about this issue throughout 2022 but he doesn’t seem interested in press ing the Thoughts?issue.
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We’re looking forward to collaborating and figuring out ways we can support com mon efforts. Karen Chapman, Park Hill let Denver Be Wild I was inspired by Rob Kapner’s letter to the editor last month — “Ideas to Save the Planet” — sharing ideas that are simpler, that we can all do, and that we can do immedi ately without having to wait for someone else to have to pass a law. Here are a few of mine: 1. Plant trees that self-propagate (that aren’t “ornamental” or hybrids). These are har dier and live longer for future generations to enjoy.
Tracey MacDermott’s persistent focus on climate change is very inspiring. I am part of a group of Park Hill residents interested in supporting this cause. We have created a website: parkhillclimate.com.
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It is a concept fundamental to govern ment in Colorado, owing its origins to our 1876 state constitution. It is found in Article 5, Section 1 Subsection (2) — the right of citizens to initiate a measure to the ballot. Amending the constitution via direct democracy (as opposed to leaving it up to elected officials) has been carried down to the local level as well. As per the 1960 Den ver City Charter in Part 3, Section 8.3.1, Denver citizens also have the right to initi ate measures to the ballot. When initially conceived, the initiative process was a way for voters to raise mea sures for public consideration that elected bodies were either reluctant or uncomfort able to vote on. Given the proliferation of initiated measures — during this cycle alone over 151 measures were filed with the Colorado Secretary of State — this constitu tional right has been increasingly weapon ized over the last few decades. Referring an initiative to the ballot has become a tool that elected bodies use — and it’s often the result of a refusal to act. Some times it’s an absence of political courage or concern of voter backlash. Sometimes it’s a simple desire to avoid uncomfortable or unpopular topics. Indeed, they may think, why vote on a measure that constituents may find unpopular — regardless of how you vote — when you can simply turn it over to the voters to decide?
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Another proposed initiative would create a program to provide free tenant assistance and legal services to tenants who face the loss of housing in eviction or administrative proceedings and establishes a new Tenants’ Legal Services and Assistance Coordinator.
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Housing — affordable and otherwise — as well as homelessness are the issues most on the minds of people in Denver today.
Promise of ‘good things’ In some instances, particular communi ties of interest prefer using the initiative. In this way they can take advantage of a process where information is not widely disseminated. They can adopt confusing wording or creative messaging that is not well explained or debated in a moderated fashion for voters. Often, a catchy title or slogan and the promise of “good things” can win elections— even when the issue being decided in reality is not what it seems.
By Penfield W. Tate III
The measure will increase Denver’s taxes by no less than $11,986,875 annually through a $75 fee assessed to landlords for each non-exempt residential unit leased. Expect to hear and see a lot about his proposal in coming months.
Penfield W. Tate III is an attorney in Denver. He represented Park Hill in the Colorado House of Representatives from 1997 to 2000, and in the State Senate from 2001 to February 2003. He lives in Park Hill.
Next month, we will talk about the state wide candidate campaigns, the congres sional campaigns, the state legislative races and the U.S. Senate contest. I hope you had a great summer. Watch out for school kids as you drive in the neighborhood.
It used to be that if voters had to work too hard to understand something, they simply voted “no.” But with the large sums of money behind the messaging on some campaigns, the tag lines alone can secure a “yes” vote. Let us look at a few on the ballot this No vember. TABOR and mushrooms On the statewide level, voters will con sider Initiative 31. This proposal, sponsored by the libertarian Independence Institute, would lower the individual and corporate tax rate in Colorado from 4.55 percent to 4.40 percent. We have seen similar mea sures repeatedly over time driven by the requirements of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) and a desire to continue to shrink the size of government. Results in the past have been mixed, and this one has not yet been widely discussed, but will likely see considerable attention as time moves on. Colorado has been at the forefront of the legalization of cannabis, both for medicinal and personal use. That spirit of legalization will be challenged in an interesting fashion this year as Initiative 58, the “Natural Medi cine Health Act of 2022.” Borrowing from a similar concept approved by Oregon’s voters in 2020, the idea is to add “natural medicine” for treatment options for mental health issues, including suicidality, addic tion, depression and anxiety. The regulated program would legalize the use of substanc es like mescaline, peyote and psilocybin –all plant-based psychedelic substances for persons 21 or older. Expect up to five more statewide mea sures to make the ballot and prepare to study. Sidewalks and tenant assistance Many local measures will also deserve attention. Denver Streets Partnership is pushing a measure to establish a sidewalk enterprise under TABOR, with the ability to issue revenue bonds payable by sidewalk service charges assessed on all property owners.Thecity would be charged with develop ing and implementing a sidewalk master plan for the construction, reconstruction and ongoing repair of sidewalks throughout the city. The charges would be assessed an nually based on the linear footage of prop erty, with the average single family home projected to pay a little over $100 a year. The sidewalk service charges for property owners in historically underserved areas in cluding East Colfax, Elyria, Swansea, and Montbello will pay a discounted amount.
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In August the Regional Transportation District (RTD) offered free fares for the en tire month with the goal of reducing pollu tion and ground level ozone. Ozone pollution is created from vehicles, gas and oil development, and wildfires. Ozone, also known as smog, is a contrib uting factor to lung and heart disease. Last year we broke the record for the number of ozone alert days. Also new on the horizon, this year the Colorado legislature passed a bill to replace highly polluting diesel buses with electric and to implement a system to alert the pub lic about industrial-caused toxicTheseemissions.areboth good at tempts to help clean up the air we breathe, but will the transit-related efforts increase ridership in the short, and long, term, and get people out of their cars and riding along more fre quently?Wealready know that mass transit can help lower greenhouse gas emissions while improving air quality and easing our congested streets. However, diesel- and gas-powered bus es contribute to dirty air. Each gallon of burned gasoline creates about 20 pounds of greenhouse gases. The vapors burned contain nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compounds that lead to ozone. It is critical that we end the use of fossil fuels both in our private vehicles and the public trans portation sector. Our first investment must be to electrify the bus line. For those of us who live along major corridors, any opportunity to be able to breathe clean air and have less disruptive noise from traffic would be a gift. Last February, RTD released its customer survey, which ranked fare prices, reliability and frequency of service and route cover age as priorities. Safety did not make the list of top priorities from customers. As a frequent rider of the infamous No. 15 line, I wasSuresurprised.enough, in June, the Colfax line made national headlines. A 3,500-word news feature detailed the horror show that often occurs when riding — and driving theA15.Washington Post reporter rode along, highlighting routine stuff he witnessed along the route: violence, including the driver being repeatedly verbally assaulted and abused, riders assaulting one anoth er — including one incident when a guy knocked another guy unconscious and dragged him off the bus. Beyond just the bus service, the Colfax corridor itself seems to be degrading into a cesspool of graffiti, trash, unauthorized businesses and crime. The homeless crisis has exploded along the route. The street is decaying.Still,Iwas thrilled that RTD would be free for a month. As a regular bus rider I didn’t expect my patterns to change much, but was happy that it would potentially encourage others to drive less. I have been riding the 15 and 15L for years and I am no stranger to the adventure of riding the route, though certainly the problems have intensified in the past few years — as the Washington Post so shockingly chronicled in SureJune.enough, the very first week, I was riding the bus home from the Anschutz Campus during the regular rush hour. My ride was short but it wasn’t uneventful. I noticed the typical spilled drink on the floor, littering of trash from riders, mu sic blasting and a warning: “Don’t sit there, the last per son peed on the seat.” Fair enough, just a few miles. But then things escalated. A passenger was sitting in front of me with numerous bags, skate board and luggage. Across from him was a man with a chained dog. During a sud den stop, the luggage rolled into man and his dog. The men erupted into a screaming match, complete with threats to kill each other and various weapons brandished. It went on and on. Other passengers began scurrying off the bus, demanding the back door be opened. Our bus driver was doing the best she could, with little success. I had seen armed guards on this route on previous rides, but there were none there that day. What kind of city have we become when a short bus ride to work means risking your safety and wishing for armed guards? For now, I will stop riding the 15/15L. While I appreciate RTD’s August effort to offer free fare to help clean up the air, it is simply is not safe. If we want people to get out of their cars and on the bus along this corridor — or any other in Denver — we need to focus on cleaning up the city and making it safe forWecitizens.deserve better. Tracey MacDermott is an at-large member of the board of Greater Park Hill Community, Inc., and immediate past chair. She was trained as a Climate Reality Leader in 2017, and is currently the Statewide Co-Chair of the Climate Reality Project for the 100% Committed Campaign. Contact MacDermott at traceymacdermott@gmail. com. you love Park Hill? you love local work with
Denver’s hazardous waste program takes household chemicals, and also batteries, fluores cent light bulbs, and computers. Speaking of computers, PC’s for People is a great place to bring your old computer and peripherals to be refur bished and donated to people in need. Others in need are employed by Spring Back Colorado to disassemble mattress es for recycling. Spring Back employs individuals who have recovered from drug addiction.
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Steve Perkins, riding in a 44-mile round trip group bicycle ride from Denver to Watkins on Nov. 2, 2014. Perkins, who was active in local cycling groups, was killed on Aug. 10 at 13th Avenue and Syracuse by a hit-and-run driver.
On Aug. 10, just before 7 a.m., Steve Perkins was heading home from an early morning ride around Cherry Creek reser voir with his twin brother Dan. Post-ride, the two men had split up, with Steve head ing home to Central Park, his brother to Littleton.Denver police say at the intersection of Syracuse and 13th Avenue, just southeast of Park Hill, the driver of a blue Ford Explorer failed to stop for a red light. The driver hit Steve Perkins, and didn’t stop. Perkins died of his injuries. As of press time, the driver of the Explorer, last seen heading westbound on 13th Avenue, has not been apprehended. In addition to being a twin, Perkins, 52, was married, the father of two teenage boys. He was an attorney. He is the second cyclist killed by a hit-and-run driver in Denver this summer — and the 32nd killed on Denver’s streets since 2011. Five years ago Mayor Michael B. Han cock rolled out Denver’s version of Vi sion Zero, a program that has its roots in a Swedish effort to reduce traffic fatalities in that country by half. Hancock’s stated goal for Denver is to end all traffic deaths by 2030. Instead, the number of fatalities has risen — last year 84 people perished, more than in any of the previous 12 years. As of Aug. 28, this year 63 people have died in traffic fatalities in Denver, including at least 14 pedestrians, a scooter rider and two cyclists — including Perkins. In 22 of those cases, there were either no charges, charges have yet to be filed, or suspects have not been apprehended. After his brother’s death, and as Denver’s cycling community reeled, Dan Perkins, who is also an attorney, issued the following plea amid an outpouring of condolences: “I do want to ask one thing of all of you. Please, if you have the time or the resourc es, do something locally to pressure your elected officials to do something about un safe driving,” Perkins posted to his social media accounts. “In my almost nine years in Denver, the streets have gotten progressively more dangerous for vulnerable road users. If you can spare a few minutes of your time — especially if you are here in the Denver area — please take a few minutes to write your local elected officials to demand more resources to make our roads safer. “Protected bike lanes and other bikespecific stuff would be great, but none of that would have saved Steve’s life. We need tougher enforcement penalties for unsafe driving. We need tougher penalties on peo ple who text and drive or drink and drive — not just for cyclists, but for all of us.” Two weeks after the hit-and-run, family members and friends gathered at 13th Av enue and Syracuse for a “ghost bike” dedi cation. The ghost bike, painted all white, is a roadside memorial that marks where Steve Perkins was killed.
By Cara DeGette Editor, GPHN
Denver’s vision is zero — that is, a goal of zero traffic-related deaths and serious injuries by 2030. This is how the numbers are looking since the Vision Zero pro gram was introduced in 2012.
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In their neighborhood Facebook posting, the couple indicated that it’s “it’s time to move on to the next life adventure, whatever that might be.”
Tables, the restaurant on Kearney Street that for many exemplified excellence in high-end neighborhood style dining, closed its doors for good on Aug. 6. Amy Vitale-Barrett and Dustin Barrett, the couple who owned and operated Tables, posted an announcement and thank you to their staff, customers and friends 10 days ear lier, on July 26. On closing night, longtime diners came in for a final Tables meal and to say“Thisgoodbye.hasbeen a very difficult and emotional decision,” Vitale-Barrett said.
The social media posting also extended love to everyone who has dined at the restau rant, in the business blocks of 23rd and Kearney — including patrons who have celebrated birthdays, graduation dinners, first dates, marriage proposals, engagement parties, bridal showers, rehearsal dinners, intimate wedding receptions, baby showers, children growing up, epic parties and celebrations of life, and many other completely routine and sometimes totally extraordinary moments” at the restaurant.
“However, as much as we love Tables and seeing you walk through our doors, this is a bittersweet choice and a most difficult decision, to say the least. What an incredible journey it has been.”
Aaron Martinez, a vice president at the Urban Land Conservancy, explained the selection “Mosaic” in a press release. “When we were considering the final list of potential names … ‘Mosaic’ stood out as the clear frontrunner. It perfectly em bodies the campus goals of providing an accessible community hub for quality edu cation, economic development, and afford able living opportunities for people from all socioeconomic backgrounds, races, and ethnicities.”TheUrban Land Conservancy, Denver Public Schools and the Denver Housing Authority took over the 55-acre campus when Johnson & Wales University closed last year. The mixed-use campus is now the home (or future home) to the Denver School for the Arts, St. Elizabeth’s School and the Kitchen Network (operating under the umbrella of BuCu West). Denver Hous ing Authority and Archway Communities are planning to convert the six existing for mer dorms on the campus into affordable housing for singles and families. At the beginning of this year the organi zations formed a committee to rename the campus, and invited the public to submit suggestions. Among those that rose to the top: • Justina Ford (after Denver’s fi rst A frican A merican woman doctor).
• Urban Commons • Park Hill Village Green • The Park Hill Community Campus
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This year’s Heritage Hall inductees include:
• Dr. Sharon Brown Bailey (1953-2021) E ducation and Civic Leader, graduated 1971 • Joe B arry C arroll N BA B asketball Champ, Author, graduated 1976 • Jordan C asteel A rtist a nd Portrait Painter, graduated 2007 • Dr. Renee Cousins K ing Pediatrician a nd Philanthropist, graduated 1970 • Dr. Robert DuPont Psychiatrist a nd Public Health, graduated 1954
Others that were submitted included the more obscure — like someone’s favorite teacher (Gladys Noel Bates) and at least one name inspired by a poem (Fifty Acre World). Specific individuals whose names were suggested for consider ation and who have ties to the neighborhood included Sonny Liston, Dr. Sharon Bailey, Judge Wiley Daniels, Sam and Nancy Gary, Jonathan Parker, Phyl lis Tremmel, Florence Sabin, Landri Taylor and Rachel Noel. There were also a few efforts to make right-wing political state ments that were unlikely to war rant serious consideration. Angelle Fouther, the director of communications for the Ur ban Land Conservancy, noted that names were selected based on two criteria: 1. After a person (deceased) who has demonstrated significant civic service and contribution to the area surrounding the campus, or 2. derived from symbolic, geo graphical, cultural, or histori cal “Themeanings.committee,” she said, “was of the mind that the cam pus encompasses a wide range of uses and leaned away from the selection of a person’s name for the entire campus. Individual buildings may be named for a person.”
• Mosley C ampus (after John a nd E dna Mosley, early civil rights activists in Denver)
• Adm. E dward E llsberg (1891-1983) Navy Admiral and Military Historian, graduated 1909 • Gladys C aldwell Fisher (1887-1952) S culptor and Art Educator, graduated 1926 • Phil Goodstein Author a nd Historian, g raduated 1970 • Gerie Butler Gr imes Community Ac tivist, graduated 1968 • Christopher Herlinger International Journalist and Author, graduated 1977 • James Mejia Civic L eader, g raduated 1985 • June Morris S chwarcz (1918–2015) Enamelist, graduated 1936 • Alan Titus International Opera Sing er, graduated 1963 • Tina Walls Businesswoman a nd Civic L eader, graduated 1973 • Philip Wilcox, Jr. Diplomat a nd U.S. A mbassador, graduated 1954 • Andrew Woolfolk (1950-2022) Musi cian and Recording Artist (Earth, Wind & Fire), graduated 1968 East High is Denver’s oldest high school, with a track record for producing many successful graduates. Check out eastangelfriends.org/ for infor mation about the Sept. 29 event and to see past inductees in the Angels hall of fame.
COMPIlED By CA RA DEGE TTE , EDITOR, GPHN Tables Restaurant Closes After 17 Years
“We would like to thank our staff, past and present, for being such an integral part of our business . . . Restaurant work is not easy. It takes commitment, thick skin, and a really good sense of humor.”
Friendship Powwow Sept. 10 At DAM The Friendship Powwow, one of the longest-running events at the Denver Art Museum, is set for Saturday, Sept. 10. The Pow wow is designed to celebrate the culture and creativity of diverse Indigenous communities across Denver and the Front Range. Native American dance com petitions are held, as well as kidfriendly activities and prize draw ings, and artist, food and vendor booths. Vendors include fry bread and Indian tacos, as well as art ists showcasing jewelry, crafts and clothing.Themusic and dance perfor mances run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Grand Entry, when all the dancers perform together, will begin at 11 a.m. inside the Martin Building’s new Sie Welcome Cen ter and Sturm Grand Pavilion, at 13th and Bannock downtown. Sept. 10 is a free day at the museum, and general admission will be free of charge for all visitors. For more information, check out denverartmuseum.org.
The Greater Park Hill News September 2022Page 8 Story and photo by Cara DeGette Editor, GPHN After six months and 110 suggested new names, the former Johnson & Wales Uni versity is now officially the Mosaic Com munity Campus. The campus, at Montview and Quebec in southeast Park Hill, was once the Univer sity of Denver Law School and before that the Colorado Women’s College. Its latest transformation will be feted at a commu nity block party and dedication, on Satur day, Sept. 24, from 2 p.m. to 5 pm. The event is free and everyone is welcome.
The renaming committee included rep resentatives from the new campus organi zations, the former colleges that were once there, and surrounding neighborhood groups. Additional vetting was provided by Historic Denver, Blair Caldwell Research Library, and History Colorado. More about the campus is at org/mosaic-community-campus.urbanlandc.
Artist Jordan Casteel, historian Phil Goodstein and civic leader James Mejia are among 16 Park Hillians and notable East High graduates who will be inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame this year. The notable Angels, announced last month, will be formally inducted in a cel ebration on Thursday, Sept. 29 at the Den ver Art Museum. The hall of famers rep resent more than a century of outstanding accomplishments in various fields, from sports to the arts and sciences, education, medicine, military leadership and civic life.
16 Angels To Be Inducted Into The East Hall Of Fame
— By Cara DeGette From last year’s Annual Friendship Powwow. Photo cour tesy of the Denver Art Museum Dustin Barrett, preparing a last meal. Amy Vitale-Barrett, at the host stand on the restaurant’s last night. The old Johnson & Wales University sign, at the corner of Montview Boulevard and Quebec Street. The new Mosaic Community Campus sign will be unveiled on Sept. 24.
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The Connections That Are Essential To The Human Condition
Anya Nitczynski is a sophomore at Denver School of the Arts. Her column appears monthly in these pages.
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When Life Becomes Art
by Anya Nitczynski
For the GPHN I walk out of the theatre sobbing and don’t stop until a full 10 minutes later. I’m at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and I just saw a brilliant piece of art written and performed by Rob Madge and directed by Luke Sheppard called My Son’s A Queer But What Can You Do? No one in my group had dry eyes by the end of the show. I go on to see two more shows that day — both brilliant. Traveling post-pandemic, at the Fringe festival and experi encing a crowded Royal Mile in Edinburgh, it seems that art and connection through it are back. The intense air of joy breathes life into the city. It was a revelation this summer. I went to the Na tional Gallery of London and felt myself mourning the opportunity to analyze Van Gogh’s Chair with my mom. So I called her. She looked up the paintings I was seeing, and we analyzed. In those moments, the art wasn’t the most moving part of the experi ence. It was what the art invoked in me: emotions, revelations, thoughts, the need for my mother. Art isn’t a good thing for the sake of be ing art, it’s good for the sake of creating domino effects of emotions and connection above all else. That day, art was my mom’s embrace from across an ocean. It was a lifeline to Denver and a gateway to exactly what I missed most about home. I remember going to the Denver Art Museum with my grandmother a couple of years ago. They had an exhibit about fashion, and I left the museum with much more knowledge on how to dress up a black dress to transition from day to nighttime socialization than I knew when I walked in. I also knew more about my grandma’s many pursuers when she was a young adult. That day, art was advice and wisdom. It was family secrets and truths of the world. There are poems and songs taped to the foot of my bed. Word sworth, Dickenson, John Denver, Steve Earle, Bruce Springsteen. Every piece of literature in this collage my dad has in some way or another introduced me to. My favorite pieces of art are not my favorites solely because I like the way they look or sound. They’re my favorites because of how I found them, who introduced me to them, where I was in life when I found them.Art is essential to the human condition. The art we lost through the pandemic will have a lasting impression on our world and our opinions. Similarly, the art that came out of the pandemic will have a lasting impression on the world and the people around us. I saw that at the Fringe festival. I see it in every person. I see it in myself. Art and life are interchangeable and essential to one another.
The second floor maintains the grandeur of the 1920s architecture, with high ceilings and large rooms. A seating area on the landing opens to three updated bedrooms. The primary bedroom connects to another through a remodeled half bath. A second bath is undergoing a total renovation to become a five-piece full bath.The patio is a retreat for outdoor dining and entertaining. The seat walls, foun tain and pergola are laid out to focus on the beautiful oak tree to the west. It is truly an oasis in the city.
Jennifer & Steve Cordes 6300 Montview Blvd. Eve & WilsonBobby 4130 E.
The upper floor includes two bedrooms, a full bath and the primary bedroom and bath. The primary bath was enlarged creatively by opening up into the attic space. All the light fixtures removed from the first floor in the redesign were re-installed on the second floor to maintain their heritage.
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Eve and Bobby Wilson’s home was built in 1941 as a 900-square-foot bun galow. In 2010, a developer popped the top to add another 1,000 square feet. Bobby bought it in 2011, then met and married Eve. Together they remodeled in 2019 to make it just what they wanted for their family.
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Built in 1927, this stately home sits on al most a quarter acre. The architect is unknown, but the Mediterranean Revival is reminiscent of J.J.B. Benedict’s ar chitectural style with its ornate entry, rough textured brick and tile roof.Moses, only the third owner, purchased the home in 1988 with his wife, Susan Platt Proudfoot, who re cently passed and was primarily responsible for the interior design. Together, they main tained the historic ar chitecture of the home while updating it for today’s conveniences. The high ceilings convey the feeling of spaciousness and grandeur.
The Cordes’ love the home’s outdoor spaces, from the curving front walk to the shady patio on the west side of the home to the backyard. The back patio includes an outdoor dining area under a custom-designed pergola, a flagstone seating area and a wall fountain that creates a sense of calm after a stressful day.
The 2022 Annual Park Hill Home Tour & Street Fair celebrates our neighborhood, our commu nity and all that brings us together. The past two years have been tough; the pandemic meant Home Tour participants had to admire featured homes strictly from the outside and in virtual-only tours. This year we’re back to an in-person affair. The six homes on the tour exemplify a combination of old and new, highlighting the diversity of styles of our Park Hill architecture, the creativity of designers and builders, and the vision of the homeowners. Ticket and other information is on page 1.
splash behind the gas range adds a bit of whimsey. The dining space is tucked into the corner and includes custom-designed banquette seating which can accommodate any large family gathering. The upstairs addition gives the family two bedrooms and a full bath for the kids, and a large primary bedroom with ensuite bathroom with a glori ous steam shower. The re-purposed barnwood again serves as an accent wall in the primary bedroom. An abundance of windows makes the whole upstairs bright and airy. The basement was dug out to increase the ceiling height to nine feet to accommodate Bobby’s tall frame. It creates a much more welcoming space as an entertainment room, guest bedroom and bath. The landscaping was added by the Wil sons. The entry walk is decorative stamped concrete, providing the perfect backdrop for the colorful native plants. Stamped concrete carries through to the back patio, which is covered by a pergola and bistro lights. Again, garden beds were planted with low mainte nance, yet colorful plants. Don’t miss all the framed photographs throughout the home. They were taken by Eve’s grandfather, Ted Nierenberg. He and Eve’s grandmother, Martha, were Holocaust survivors. They were also the creators of Dan sk dishware in 1954, bringing the simplicity of Scandinavian design to the American market.
Bob Moses 4807 E. 17th Avenue Pkwy.
This stately Montview Boulevard Tudor was built in 1934. The home was en larged in 1980 with an addition above the three-car garage. Jennifer and Steve Cordes bought the house in 2013 because they loved the architecture and spacious grounds. However, the main floor rooms were too small and cramped, so in 2019, theyTheremodeled.beautifulturret staircase with the original wrought iron railing in the entry foyer was maintained. The walls enclosing the former butler’s pantry, kitchen, and dining room were removed to create an open, inviting kitchen, living and dining area that includes French doors to the back patio. Creativity was required to incorporate the existing basement stairs into the design. Since the stairs were located in the middle of the new space, they were incorporated into the design. The stair walls were removed and replaced with iron railing to match the existing railing of the main staircase. Through the kitchen and up a half flight of stairs is a TV/game room built above the garage. The room is massive, with a wall of custom-built cabinets, wet bar, sectional couch and a pool table. It’s definitely the gathering place for the family. Travel up three more stairs to an office defined by iron railings to match those downstairs.
The grand living room is complete with ornate fireplace and massive southfacing windows. Arched French doors lead to a sunroom. The dining room con tains a beautiful glass chandelier from New Orleans. A recent remodel opened up the old kitchen to include a wet bar and eating area with access to the backyard. It is truly a kitchen for a culinary enthusiast. Across from the kitchen and down a half flight of stairs, you walk into a private office with access to a covered patio. It has its own bath, including a steam shower and sauna. This level also has an entertainment room with another fireplace and sitting area. Another half flight of stairs takes you back to a hallway with a grand staircase to the second floor.
The kitchen is the focal point with a massive kitchen island. The tile back
The owner, a lover of felines, has converted the three-room basement into a combination laundry room, storage area, and two-cat habitat with climbing ac cess from the basement to a 3-foot by 3-foot by 10-foot outdoor catio (cat patio). It’s a must-see.
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Most of the interior walls of the main floor were removed in the first re model to open up the space. Extra windows added an abundance of light to the home. However, the developer’s finishes needed improvement to meet the couple’s tastes. Interior Designer Diane Gordon went to work creating a warm and welcoming space with imaginative accents. The living room fireplace and mantel are repurposed barnwood with a colorful tile surround.
The original, coal-burning fireplace and exposed brick walls honor the home’s special roots. The new design com bines vintage charm with an urban feel using steel beams and metal window trim.
Outside, the exterior was painted a warm white field color with crisp grey trim. To the front porch, the Bronsteins added a new wood ceiling and fans for summer comfort while enjoying their beautifully landscaped front yard, metal artwork, and the neigh bors strolling by. It’s their favorite place to hang out.
Built by architect Glen W. Hunting ton in 1907, this gorgeous home has had only five owners in the last 115 years. Dubbed the “Hayden House” for its first inhabitants, 1673 Hudson St. was one of the very first homes built in Park Hill. The enclosed porch that wraps around the house once served as a “milking room” for the cows, but today it offers a relaxing space for the home’s newest family to sit back and enjoy the view. Daniel Kotzin and Jennifer Sey moved to Denver in 2021 and are quite taken with their new home as well as with the neighborhood, which, they say, has been exceptionally welcoming.Onething that particularly impressed the new home owners about the extensive renovations done to the house in 2020 — just prior to their purchase — was how the remodel brought the house firmly into the pres ent while maintaining so much of the home’s historic charm. The graceful double staircase that greets one upon entering the front door, for example, is original, as are the large front windows halfway up the staircase that open onto another porch (which is not currently in use). Radiators and antique light switches also hearken back to the home’s earlier days.
Daniel Kotzin & Jennifer Sey
A second floor was added and continued the industrial theme with floating butcher-block stairs and steel railing. Upstairs, the primary bedroom offers a spacious light-filled room that walks out to a private balcony. Wood floors re placed the original carpet in all three bedrooms and custom concrete sinks enhance the ensuite bathrooms.
Formerly a 1923 Bungalow, this home was trans formed into a contemporary masterpiece in 2016. Popping the top doubled the size and multiple indoor and outdoor living spaces were created. The Gordons bought the home when the renovation was complete and have since added landscaping, built-in cabinets and solar panels. The abundance of large windows and open living, dining and kitchen spaces drew the Gordons to the home.
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The 8,500-square-foot home provides ample space. There are six bedrooms, eight bathrooms, three living areas, a large dining room, a guest suite, a home gym, a sauna and a steam shower. The game room and des ignated art room in the basement, and the shiny brass fire pole down to the kitchen from one of the upstairs bedrooms, are highlights for the two young children who live here. In the kitchen, a giant black and white backsplash immediately catches the eye, while glass doors beckon to the large stone deck and shaded back yardThebeyond.family loves the home and its surroundings and plan to stay in the neighborhood a long, long time.
While the home is ideal for entertaining or just hanging out, Andrea loves her basement studio. There she creates her original paintings and whimsical ceramic artworks in an ideal workspace.
Andrea & Phillip Gordon 2630 Ash St.
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The Bronsteins purchased this beautiful 1911 Arts & Crafts home in 2011 before they moved to Denver from Pennsylvania to be near family. They completed a renovation in 2021. Jerry is an architect and Joanne is an interior designer. They had a vision for the home to incorporate their favorite pieces of art and furni ture, while maintaining the original style with com plimentary finishes and details. True to the Arts & Crafts style, the home featured exceptional beamed ceilings, exquisite woodwork and a leaded glass built-in breakfront. The living room opens to a second seating area (which was orig inally the dining room) and welcomes guests with whimsical and creative furniture, art and accessories. Walls were removed in the den to create an open and inviting new kitchen and dining room designed for entertaining.Anaddition at the back of the home increased the square footage by adding a guest room with built-ins and full bathroom. All new door frames and base boards were designed to match the original ones in theOnhome.thestair landing to the basement, don’t miss the custom-designed door by artist Tom Wheeler, with a titanium and natural stone insert. The formerly un finished basement is now a bonus room and bedroom with exposed brick walls. The second floor offers the biggest surprise. Origi nally it included only a small bedroom. The Bron steins enlarged and updated it as the primary bed room and added a sumptuous bath and spacious walk-in closet. But that’s not all. Pass through the closet and you enter a “hidden” workout room, com plete with all the equipment you need to stay healthy.
The dining room features a creative custom-built ban quette. It leads to the living room enhanced with a con temporary linear fireplace. The scene-stealer is the interior glass overhead garage door for great indoor/outdoor enter taining opportunities. The kitchen’s sleek European cabi nets, lustrous quartz countertops and large center island accentuates the contemporary feel, and makes a fantastic gathering place.
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The owners especially enjoy their many outdoor spaces. In addition to the balcony on the second floor, the front porch wraps around with outdoor seating and a view of the floating staircase inside. On the south side of the home, raised garden beds provide vegetables in summer and the covered patio with firepit is enjoyed year-round. The in terior garage door opens to yet another patio. Don’t miss the benches there, made of wood pallets built on industrial wheels. Andrea and Phillip’s creativity shines through once again.
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Eat, Drink And Be Merry
The Park Hill Street Fair runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25, on the parkway at Montview and Forest. Attendance is free, so stop on to say hey to your neighbors, grab a bite from one of the many food trucks and have a cold refreshing beverage. There are dozens of booths — with everything from artisans selling their wares to local groups and businesses highlighting their work. The sustain ability zone includes multiple planet-loving experts who highlight various ways people can reduce their ecological footprint. Think information about coral reef restoration, beekeeping, composting, refill and terracycle, bicycling, public transit and sustainable habits. Back again by popular demand is the free E-recycling event at the south end of the fair at Forest and 17th Avenue. Bring your old, broken, or unwanted electronics for drop off with PCs for People so that your electronics will be properly disposed. Nearly everything computer-related will be accepted for free, with exceptions for CRT (tube) computer monitors and televisions (those cost $.55 per pound to recycle). Home appliances and lightbulbs are also not accepted. Visit pcsforpeople.org for a complete list of items.
Jack Antonson and Mariah Rosensweig take care of 2.4 million bees in Park Hill. That’s about 30 hives’ worth, and when you add the numbers up, it seems overwhelm ing. When asked, Antonson says yes, they have named every single one of them. But he’s just joking. Usually, only the queens get named: Cleopatra, Elizabeth, Beyonce.
Stop by the sustainability booth at the Sept. 25 Park Hill Street Fair to talk bees with Antonson and Rosensweig. The Park Hill Bee Service can also be reached at ParkHillBeekeepers@groups.io. In
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Park Hill Teens Find Mojo In Honey And Pollinators Has bee suit, will travel. Jack Antonson shares all kinds of cool facts about the pollinators to classrooms. Photo courtesy of Jack Antonson At left, Jack Antonson and Mariah Rosensweig talking pollinators at last year’s Park Hill Street Fair. They’ll be back this year. Photo courtesy of Liz Rutledge
Music and Boy Scouts: These photos were taken during previous Park Hill Street Fairs by Cara DeGette.
“You only see them once in awhile; they have really beautiful, unique coloring on their abdomens,” Antonson says. Antonson and Rosensweig began work ing with bees as part of an 8th grade proj ect at McAuliffe International School. An tonson stuck with it, and several Park Hill beekeepers, as well as wannabe beekeepers, began asking him for help with their hives. In 2019, Park Hill Bee Service was born. Antonson found himself surrounded by so many bees he asked Rosensweig to partner up.Now, the two have just started senior year at East High. They have 18 clients, taking care of a total of 30 Park Hill hives. They have brought on three younger mentors who will hopefully take over the business after they graduate and head off to Neithercollege. is sure whether a lifetime of pro fessional beekeeping is ahead. But caretak ing the bees has definitely shaped both of their lives. Antonson likens his foray into the world of bees “a gateway drug to my desire to learn more about biology in all its contemporary forms.” “At the beginning of my journey with our in dispensable fuzzy friends, simply learning all these cool facts about insects that have been evolving for over 200 million years seemed to quench my cu riosity,” he says. “However after keeping and losing hives I could finally appre ciate the constant contest ing of all aspects within the natural world and the fascinating ebbs and flows of Rosensweigorganisms.”says for her, the world of pollinators and honey has opened a window of pro found appreciation for the natural world. “I’ve learned to be much more attuned to when certain trees bud, noticing the vari ety of bees on flowers and the many insects that keep the soil healthy if you just literally lay and stare at the ground for a minute. I’ve become much more appreciative of the food I eat, knowing that one in every three bites of food is thanks to pollinators. “It’s also amazing to see the way a whole hive of [75,000 to 80,000] bees work in har mony to survive and thrive. The bees have taught me how important it is to focus on what is in front of us and given me hope for the magnitude of things we can accomplish when we all work together.”
Whether you’re new to Denver or not, knowing how to recycle right can be challenging because the rules keep changing. If you’re feel ing confused, you’re not alone. The good news is, with a little bit of education we can all do better. Let your recycling mantra be “when in doubt, throw it out.” I always feel guilty putting an item I know could be recycled in the landfill bin. But when you know that one contami nated load means everything in that recycling truck is headed to the landfill, you start to get it.
What’s In Your Bin?
• Steel “tin” cans: Pet food, soup cans, etc. (NOTE: you can recycle metal lids in these – put the lids in the can and pinch the top closed with pliers)
• Plastic: Bottles* (1’s and 2’s): If they are re cyclable they will have the recycle symbol, which looks like this: *You used to have to remove the lid, but now you can leave it on the Habottle).rder plastic bottles: (4’s-7’s) Laun dry detergent bottles and cleaning product bottles O ther plastic: yogurt cups, cottage cheese/butter/cream cheese/spread tubs (clean)
Please do not try to recycle plastic bags in the purple bins. It contaminates the load and all your hard work is for noth ing. Take those to Target or another store that accepts plastic grocery bags. Better yet, switch to reusable shopping bags and compostable trash bags. Just when you think you have it figured out, the guidelines will change, so be sure to keep yourself up to date.
By Liz Rutledge For the GPHN
Liz Rutledge is a Park Hill resident. She writes a sustainable living blog since 2014 and does public speaking to educate groups, schools, and organizations on how they can reduce their waste to the landfill. Email Liz at SustainableThree@gmail.com, her video
We’ll have plenty of hands-on demonstrations and the latest cool stuff at the Street Fair Sustainability Zone on Sept. 25. The all-day event is in the parkway at Montview and Forest, so make sure to stop by and sayInhi.the meantime, here’s a quick and dirty guide to the Purple Bin: Keep it clean Recyclers require 95 percent or higher cleanliness, so do a quick spatula wipe or quick rinse your recyclables prior to putting them in the bin. Know what’s accepted and try to keep up Every year Denver Recycles sends out new recycling guidelines and the pick-up schedule for the next year. Missed it? Then, check out the website via denvergov.org. Denver Recycles accepts the following items:
• Chipboard: Cereal, cracker, snack boxes (Remove the plastic bags. Shake dry crumbs out and recycle those with other plastic bags at stores like Target); Tissue boxes (with plastic removed).
• Paper: O ffice paper, junk mail, magazines, newspapers, but not coated paper. Here’s where it gets confusing again: the paper needs to be larger than a Post-It note or it needs to be put in an envelope. Stick Post-It notes to junk Bmail.rown paper bags, flattened NOTE: Do not put shredded paper into the purple bin. It used to be OK to put shredded paper in a brown paper bag and staple it shut, but no longer.
• Milk cartons and aseptic packaging (the packaging that is used for boxed soups and broths, etc. — Rinse them, please!
• Glass: Bottles and jars with lids removed (but the lids can’t just be tossed in – they have to be put into a steel (tin) can and pinched closed or recycled separately at a metals recycler).
• Cardboard: Boxes flattened and cut into 2-ft. x 2-ft. squares, shipping boxes, and, yes, pizza boxes.
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• Aluminum: Cans* and aluminum foil (wadded up and about the size of a base ball – if it’s too small, send it to the land fill). It’s okay if it has food on it, so save water here. (*Do not crush the cans; the sorting robot can’t recognize it if you crush it.)
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Greater Park Hill Community’s emer gency food pantry is open Monday and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 2823 Fairfax St. (our world headquarters). The pantry provides a three-day supply of food based on household size. Clients can visit up to 18 times per year. We serve all Denver-area residents. No proof of address is required but you will need to register upon your first visit and provide some basic information. The pan try is supported almost entirely by dona tions from individuals, businesses, non profits, and faith communities in Greater Park Hill. If you are interested in donating fresh, frozen or non-perishable food, come by during our office hours. If you are making a large donation, it is preferable that you bring it directly to our office. You can also drop off non-perishable items at the Park Hill branch library, at 4705 Montview Blvd., and at Cake Crumbs Bakery at 2216 Kearney St. during their regular business hours. Additionally, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, at 2201 Dexter St., has a collection box outside of the par ish office where you can drop non-perish ablesWeanytime.haveseveral refrigerators and freez ers. If you plan to donate a large quantity of items that need to be refrigerated or frozen, please contact us first so we can make sure we have room.
• Tuna and Canned Meats • Ramen, Cup-a-soup • Snacks • Sugar, Flour, Cooking oil • Coffee, Tea • Boost • Body Wash, Lotion, Mouthwash • Peanut butter gphc c om m A n d c e n T r A l The Free Farm Stand continues every Monday through October, and the tables are loaded! The Farm Stand, in front of the Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. office at 2823 Fairfax, is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come by and help yourself to free, locally grown and farmer’s market-quality produce and other goodies. If you are a gardener and have some excess, bring it over and we will distribute it for you. This program is all about community, healthy foods, and reducing waste. These images were taken at a Monday Free Farm Stand in August. Photos by
The Food Pantry And Farm Stand: How It All Works — Plus What We Need And Don’t Need In September Staff Report
of the lunch items. We provide breakfast and snack items through donations from neighbors and businesses. Please remember, when you are donating food, out of respect for our clients and their safety, we do not include expired or opened packages that clients can pick from as part of their regular allotments when visiting theWithpantry.that in mind, at least half of the donations we receive are expired — usu ally from people clearing out their pantries and not wanting the food to go to waste. Food that is within two years of expiration goes on a “bonus” table, and clients can take those items in addition to their regu lar allotment. While some of the recently expired food does get taken, we often have a glut of expired food that our clients re ally do not want. Anything over two years expired goes to the trash or to animals at the Urban Farm. Thanks for your donations. For more information check out reallyfood-programs/emergency-food-pantry/.greaterparkhill.org/ThefollowingareafewitemswecouldusemoreofinSeptember: Cara DeGette
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Bent’s Old Fort — National Historic Site Features a reconstructed 1840s adobe fur trading post on the mountain branch of the Santa Fe Trail where traders, trap pers, travelers, and the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes came together in peace ful terms for trade.
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Amache — National Historic Site Amache, near Granada, Colo. This was one of 10 incarceration sites established by the War Relocation Authority during World War II to unjustly incarcerate Japa nese Americans.
Rocky Mountain - National Park 70 miles northwest of Denver, Rocky Mountain National Park’s 415 square miles (265,807 acres) encompasses a spec tacular range of mountain environments.
Story and photos by Reid Neureiter
The National Park Service oversees hundreds of designated wilderness areas, national parks, historic sites, trails, mon uments and recreation areas throughout the United States. The following is a list of several in Colorado — many of them are open all year, but are particularly ac cessible in the summer and early fall, and make for great day or multi-day car trips from Park Hill. Maps and other informa tion is at the national parks website, at nps.gov/index.htm.
Mesa Verde — National Park For over 700 years, the Ancestral Pueb lo people built thriving communities on the mesas and in the cliffs of Mesa Verde, near what is now the towns of Cortez and Mancos, Colo. Today, the park protects the rich cultural heritage of 26 tribes and offers visitors a spectacular window into the past.
The Devil’s Causeway is a hiking trail that lives up to its name. Crossing the Causeway, in the Flat Tops Wilderness Area on the Western Slope, involves negotiating a land bridge of large broken blocks of vol canic rock that narrow to four feet in width, with 100-foot sheer drops on either side. The Flat Tops is in Garfield County, some 50 miles south of Steamboat Springs and 16 miles west of Yampa — a five-plus hour drive from Park Hill. The Causeway is a narrow neck of a high alpine plateau, where eroding glaciers on either side almost met. On seeing it, those with a fear of heights might choose to just turn right around and return to the trail head at Stillwater Reservoir, where much tamer hiking abounds.
Day Tripping National Parks And Notable Sites To Check Out Summer And Fall
Florissant — National Monument Beneath a grassy mountain valley in central Colorado lies one of the richest and most diverse fossil deposits in the world. Great Sand Dunes — National Park and Preserve In the San Luis Valley southwest of Denver. The tallest dunes in North Amer ica are the centerpiece in a diverse land scape of grasslands, wetlands, forests, alpine lakes, and tundra.
Sand Creek Massacre - National Historic Site The Sand Creek Massacre site in Kiowa County: profound, symbolic, spiritual, controversial.
The Causeway, In The Flat Tops Wilderness Area, Is Not For The Faint Of Heart Crossing the Devil’s Causeway in the Flat Tops Wilderness. The Causeway has 100-foot drops on either side and a Chinese Wall-style formation extending into the distance. Hikers contemplate crossing the Devil’s Causeway. Horseback riding through the Wilderness is also a great way to explore the Flat Tops Wilderness — without the adrenalin rush of the Devil’s Causeway.
The U.S. Congress designated the Flat Tops, also known as the “Cradle of Wil derness” in 1975. Colorado’s second larg est Wilderness area, the Flat Tops now has a total of 235,214 acres, with much of it consisting of a high treeless alpine plateau with elevations between 11,000 and 12,000 feet above sea level. All of this wilderness is managed by the White River and Routt National Forests. In addition to steep volca nic cliffs, vast subalpine terrain, and alpine tundra, the Flat Tops are dotted with ap proximately 110 lakes and ponds and in cludes 100 miles of fishable streams.
Colorado — National Monument Colorado National Monument in Fruita preserves one of the grand landscapes of the American West. Dinosaur — National Monument In Dinosaur, Colo. and Vernal, Utah. Dinosaurs once roamed here. Their fan tastic remains are still visibly embedded in the rocks.
The trail to the Devil’s Causeway starts at the Stillwater Reservoir. Hikers have the option of a six-mile out and back, re turning to the trailhead after crossing the Causeway. Or, the more ambitious can do a full 11.5 mile loop, crossing the Cause way and circling their way south and back east, following a designated Forest Service trail across the treeless tundra with amaz ing views of the surrounding cliffs and “flat top”Themountains.fullloop includes approximately 1,800 feet of elevation gain, with much of it earned climbing up to the Causeway, at ap proximately 11,750 feet in altitude. Septem ber is an excellent time to explore the Flat Tops, with the dropping temperatures miti gating the mosquitos and other bugs that are prevalent due to the lakes and ponds in the area, and before the snow starts to blow. Stillwater Reservoir can be reached by traveling west from Yampa on Routt Coun ty Rd #7 approximately seven miles to FR 900. Then go another 10 miles on FR 900 to the end of the road. FR 900 is a good dirt road, fine for passenger cars. For those interested in camping, the For est Service maintains both the Cold Springs and Horseshoe campgrounds, which are first-come, first-served, and fees are ap plied if staying in either developed camp ground. More info is at whiteriver/recarea/?recid=81112.fs.usda.gov/recarea/
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• In dogs, Leptospirosis
The loss of these nephrons is typically undetected early on because of the com pensatory ability of the remaining neph rons. We, until recently, could not detect negative changes until the kidneys were functioning at 33 to 25 percent of their capacity. New diagnostic tests from our veterinary reference laboratories, such as SDMA, are helping to catch changes in kidney function up to 25 percent earlier. What does it look like if your cat or dog is developing chronic kidney disease? The symptoms can be quiet and subtle, but can include:
What can be done to identify and sup port changes in kidney function?
The Rainbow Grasshopper is small and gorgeous, mainly black with distinctive yellow and red markings (though the red can’t be seen in this image). The species is also known as the Rainbow Grasshopper, Painted Grasshopper, Barber Pole Grasshopper, and in Latin, Dactylotum bicolor. Rainbow Grasshoppers are native to the United States, Canada and northern Mexico. Their colors are stunning to humans, but to birds and other predators are a warning to stay away. This Rainbow Grasshopper was photographed at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal by Park Hill photographer Mark Silverstein.
Two bean-shaped organs are small pow erhouses for all mammals’ bodies. The kidneys filter blood to process out protein waste products and excrete them into the urine. They balance body water and main tain proper levels of certain electrolytes, salts and acids that allow cells to function properly throughout the body. We — meaning humans, cats and dogs — have two kidneys as a complex system that is inherently redundant as we can live healthily with 70 to 75 percent of only one being functional. Each kidney is a col lection of thousands of little filters called nephrons. Simply aging can be unkind to nephrons through a variety of routes and, as they become damaged with age, some will no longer be functional while others become what we call “super nephrons” with enhanced capacity to make up for those lost nephrons.However, over time, we see that one in 10 dogs and three in 10 cats will develop chronic kidney disease as the nephron and “super nephron” population becomes de pleted.Many things can cause enough injury to a nephron that it no longer can fulfill its work. Some of the insults over time can include:
• Kidney stones
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• Pyelonephritis (infection i n t he neph rons)
The biggest step in prevention is regu lar veterinary examinations, especially as your cat or dog gets older. We recommend that senior pets be seen every six months with at least annual screening blood and urine testing. Those screening diagnostics can tell us much about the impact of the changes in kidney function and to stage the degree of disease present. We can see changes such as anemia or infection in the complete blood count. Values indica tive of the kidneys’ functional level can be checked in the blood chemistries and via urine.Support will often involve changes in diet to modify the workload of the neph rons, supplements and sometimes fluid therapy. Your veterinarian will help guide you through the options for your pet based on their diagnostic results and monitoring over time.
• Weight loss • Decreased energy • Decreased appetite • Vomiting • Increased water consumption w ith i n creased urination
By Margot K. Vahrenwald, DVM, CVJ
• Amyloidosis (protein sheets depositing i n the functional tissue of the kidneys)
• Glomerulonephritis (inflammation of t he filtration unit itself)
• Cancer • Toxic insults (antifreeze, many drugs)
Dr. Margot Vahrenwald is the owner of Park Hill Veterinary Medical Center at 2255 Oneida St. For more information, visit parkhillvet.com
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When Those Bean-Shaped Organs Aren’t In Tip-Top Shape
• Ureteral obstruction a nd hydronephro sis (obstruction of the ureter from kidney to bladder and the impact of subsequent back up of urine into the kidney)
• Bad breath with a chemical odor
• Tubulointerstitial d isease (changes to t he tubule region of the nephron – key in filtering out or reabsorbing essential electrolytes)
• Hereditary nephropathies ( genetic i s sues seen in particular breeds of cats and dogs)
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• In cats, Feline Infectious Peritonitis can impact the kidneys
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Are you interested in genealogy? Your family history? American history? Would you like to participate in meaningful community service? The Frances Wisebart Jacobs Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution meets regularly in the area. Contact Kathy Kelly at kkellyfwj76@gmail.com for details.
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Active Minds Active Minds has transformed itself during the pandemic from a live, in-person series of lectures to a web experience. Check out free lectures on topics ranging from music to history, current events to foreign affairs. A complete schedule of upcoming events is at activeminds.com Art Garage 6100 E. 23rd Ave., artgaragedenver.com, 303-377-2353. Check the website for sched ules.
Blunders and Beers Blunders and Beers is a Park Hill Chess Club that meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at Longtable Brewhouse, 2895 Fairfax St., beginning at 6 p.m. All skill levels are welcome. Bring a board if you have one.
The Northeast Park Hill Coalition hosts its monthly meeting the second Thursdays of the month. Check its Facebook page @ Northeast Park Hill Coalition for updates. Park Hill Community Bookstore Established in 1971. Denver’s oldest nonprofit bookstore. Used and new books. 4620 E. 23rd Avenue. 303-355-8508. Members and volunteers get discounts and book credits. The bookstore is open; check parkhill bookstore.org for current hours.
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Faith Community greaterparkhill.org/faith Greater Park Hill’s faith community, home to over 30 places of worship in just four square miles, is as diverse and robust as the neighborhood itself. The GPHN main tains a list of Park Hill’s places of worship at the website above. Contact individual places of worship for information about their current state of operations. Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. 2823 Fairfax St., greaterparkhill.org, 303388-0918TheGPHC neighborhood association community meetings are conducted on the first Thursday of the month, except for December and July. In-person meetings resumed in June, and people still have the option of attending virtually. The next community meeting is Thursday, Sept. 1 at 6:30 p.m. at 2823 Fairfax St. A link to attend online is available at orgmunity-meetings/.greaterparkhill.org/join-us/com-Checkgreaterparkhill.forinformationanddetailstoparticipate.TheOctobermeetingisThursday,Oct.6. libraries
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Park Hill Peloton A recreational group of road cyclists that roll from Park Hill once or twice a week. Check the current status of their rides on the Park Hill Peloton Facebook page. Sie Filmcenter 2510 E. Colfax, denverfilm.org, 303-5953456. Check the website for updates and information about its Virtual Cinema. Free zoom Tai Chi Free morning beginner Tai Chi classes on Zoom every Friday at 10 a.m. and Wednesday at 6 p.m. Register at willHilliansbeginner-tai-chi-zoom-class/.taichidenver.com/LongtimeParkJacquiandJoe,whoteachtheclass,sendyouthelinktojoin. Walk2Connect www.walk2connect.com Park Hill from a.m. to a.m. Meet in front of Honey Hill Cafe on 23rd & Dexter. for community walk. Everyone is welcome to join. Submit your events and resources to editor@greaterparkhill.org
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