Tag: apartment
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Gunshots fired into Colorado Springs apartment with 5-year-old inside, police say
Colorado Springs police on Monday arrested a man and woman suspected of firing several gunshots into an apartment, narrowly missing a child inside, according to an online blotter entry. Crystal Burke, 33, and Tristan Price, 40, face several felony charges, including multiple counts of attempted murder, police said. Officers responded to a 12:55 a.m. call…
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10 people, 5 animals displaced in Fountain apartment fire
Ten people and five pets were temporarily displaced from their homes following a structure fire in Fountain early Tuesday, according to Gazette news partner KOAA. The fire took place at an apartment complex on Alegre Circle, which is located near U.S. 85/87 and Southmoor Drive. Fountain Fire Department officials first posted about the blaze on…
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The height of controversy: Proposed 36-story high-rise in downtown Colorado Springs spurs views vs. vibrancy debate
Colorado Springs has never had much of a downtown skyline, at least, not by other cities’ standards. Call it more of a lowline. The 247-foot, 16-story Wells Fargo Tower that opened in 1990 is downtown’s tallest building and tallest in Colorado Springs history, city planning officials say. The First Bank and Colorado Square buildings and…
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The height of controversy: Proposed 36-story high-rise in downtown Colorado Springs spurs views vs. vibrancy debate
ABOVE: The 36-story VeLa Peakview apartment tower, proposed for the southwest corner of a block bounded by Cascade and Vermijo avenues and Sahwatch and Costilla streets in downtown Colorado Springs, would be 350 to 400 feet tall, according to the project’s developers. At its maximum height of 400 feet, VeLa Peakview would be 62% taller…