Tag: demolition
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Vertical skate ramp torn down in Memorial Park after decade of use
Colorado Springs skateboarders are left with one fewer place to challenge their skills after the city demolished the large wooden skate ramp in Memorial Park on Monday. The 14-foot-tall vertical ramp and the smaller, adjacent vertical ramp were installed in 2012 through a partnership between the city and a nonprofit called Sk8-Strong. The additions were…
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New vision eyed for demolished Denny’s restaurant site in downtown Colorado Springs
From eyesore to eye candy? A boarded-up and dilapidated Denny’s restaurant building on Bijou Street, just across Interstate 25 in downtown Colorado Springs, was recently demolished, clearing the way for what businessman, entrepreneur and attorney Perry Sanders Jr. says will be a mixed-use revival of the high-profile site. Sanders has owned the property through a…
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‘The skyline is forever changed’: $20M demolition of Martin Drake is complete. Here’s what’s next.
The removal of the century-old coal-fired power plant marks a new chapter for Colorado Springs.
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Tallest buildings at Drake Power Plant site demolished
Excavators on Friday rolled through hulking piles of rubble, splintered wood and columns of steam now marking the site of the former Martin Drake Power Plant, where the tallest structures have been taken down to ground level, including the epochal smokestacks that once peppered the Colorado Springs skyline. Crews with Ohio-based Independence Demolition this week worked…
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Return to Nature purgatory: At least 989 families remain without answers
In the days after her 33-year-old son, Zach, died in July, 2020, Heather DeWolf started taking a new route to and from work so she could slow-roll by the Colorado Springs funeral home that was handling his final arrangements. She knew the oldest of her three boys, an aspiring author and stand-up comic who favored…
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Return to Nature purgatory: At least 989 families remain without answers
In the days after her 33-year-old son, Zach, died in July, 2020, Heather DeWolf started taking a new route to and from work so she could slow-roll by the Colorado Springs funeral home that was handling his final arrangements. She knew the oldest of her three boys, an aspiring author and stand-up comic who favored…
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New apartment project planned for busy 8th Street corridor on Colorado Springs’ west side
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A familiar retail building along Eighth Street on the city’s west side would be torn down to make way for an apartment complex as developers continue to eye Colorado Springs for more multifamily housing. Blackburn Communities of Oxford, Miss., the multifamily development arm of the…
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New apartment project planned for busy 8th Street corridor on Colorado Springs’ west side
A familiar retail building along Eighth Street on the city’s west side would be torn down to make way for an apartment complex as developers continue to eye Colorado Springs for more multifamily housing. Blackburn Communities of Oxford, Miss., the multifamily development arm of the Blackburn Group, has submitted a proposal to city government officials…
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Potential El Chapultepec renovation not feasible due to structural issues, developer says
Matthew Runyon of Monfort Companies discusses the developer’s logistical problems with a potential renovation of the beloved, now-closed ‘El Chapultepec’ jazz club.