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The GazetteJuly 29, 2014 | updated 12 years ago
Several volunteers, including former Old North End Neighborhood Association president Vic Appugliese, Ed Rinker and Chuck Martin, spend much of the Fourth of July building a new neighborhood entry sign on North Nevada Avenue. It will be unveiled Saturday evening. It was built using grates salvaged from a historic neighborhood home and rock similar to that used in homes there. Courtesy the Old North End neighborhood.
Several volunteers, including former Old North End Neighborhood Association president Vic Appugliese, Ed Rinker and Chuck Martin, spend much of the Fourth of July building a new neighborhood entry sign on North Nevada Avenue. It will be unveiled Saturday evening. It was built using grates salvaged from a historic neighborhood home and rock similar to that used in homes there. Courtesy the Old North End neighborhood.The Old North End Neighborhood Association has championed the neighborhood north of downtown Colorado Springs and led efforts to add distinctive touches such as these historic street signs it began erecting in 2011. File photo.The Old North End Neighborhood Association built this entry sign in 2013 at Nevada Avenue and Uintah Street. File photo.Former Old North End Neighborhood Association president Vic Appugliese holds a time capsule that he is filling with photos and family histories submitted by his neighbors in this July 23, 2014, photo. The capsule, made of PVC pipe, will be inserted in a new neighborhood entry sign erected on North Nevada Avenue and to be unveiled Saturday evening. Bill Vogrin / The GazetteFormer Old North End Neighborhood Association president Vic Appugliese displays an artist’s rendering of a new sign. Bill Vogrin / The GazetteThe dining room table of former Old North End Neighborhood Association president Vic Appugliese is covered with photos and family histories submitted by his neighbors for inclusion in a time capsule, made of PVC pipe, in this July 23, 2014, photo. The capsule will be inserted in a new neighborhood entry sign erected on North Nevada Avenue and to be unveiled Saturday evening. Bill Vogrin / The Gazette
