Tag: side streets
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Side Streets: Fascination with history leads Colorado Springs women to research book on Ivywild
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Ivywild neighborhood’s rich history as home to the area’s first amusement park with a roller coaster, 110-foot “circle swing” and a zoo is being unearthed by an unlikely team of amateur historians. Linda Johnson…
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Side Streets: Fascination with history leads Colorado Springs women to research book on Ivywild
The Ivywild neighborhood’s rich history as home to the area’s first amusement park with a roller coaster, 110-foot “circle swing” and a zoo is being unearthed by an unlikely team of amateur historians. Linda Johnson and Molly Merry are finding out all sorts of cool stuff about Ivywild, like the old Boulevard Stadium where, from…
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Side Streets: Stimulating discussions of philosophy, politics, poetry abound in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Craving an adult conversation about politics or poetry or life in general? Looking for a place to express your deepest thoughts, be challenged on your beliefs or stretched intellectually by an opposing point of view…
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Side Streets: Stimulating discussions of philosophy, politics, poetry abound in Colorado Springs
Craving an adult conversation about politics or poetry or life in general? Looking for a place to express your deepest thoughts, be challenged on your beliefs or stretched intellectually by an opposing point of view in a nonthreatening, civil environment? A variety of opportunities to think deep thoughts, politely talk and calmly debate issues exist…
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Side Streets: Author inspired by ‘Neighbors from Hell’ shows they exist everywhere and tries to help
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Watching television Friday, I had flashbacks to the early years of “Side Streets” when I reported regularly on neighborhood conflicts that erupted into wars over complaints like barking dogs or loud music or abusive homeowners…
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Side Streets: Author inspired by ‘Neighbors from Hell’ shows they exist everywhere and tries to help
Watching television Friday, I had flashbacks to the early years of “Side Streets” when I reported regularly on neighborhood conflicts that erupted into wars over complaints like barking dogs or loud music or abusive homeowners association boards. Longtime “Side Streets” readers will remember that some people nicknamed my column “Mean Streets” at times as I…
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Side Streets: Tale of Colorado Springs POW/MIA widow generates ‘overwhelming’ response
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two weeks ago, I told the story of Ann Duffy, whose husband, Thomas Duffy, died April 27, 1972, in Vietnam after the F-4 Phantom he was piloting went down over Da Nang bay. Ann, 80,…
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Side Streets: Tale of Colorado Springs POW/MIA widow generates ‘overwhelming’ response
Two weeks ago, I told the story of Ann Duffy, whose husband, Thomas Duffy, died April 27, 1972, in Vietnam after the F-4 Phantom he was piloting went down over Da Nang bay. Ann, 80, always wondered about the circumstances of his death. She never knew why his radar/weapons officer had ejected and survived, but…
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Side Streets: Buried arts treasure found at the Albany
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Buried in a basement boiler room of the 112-year-old Albany Hotel, Jerimy Noon found a strange black object. Noon, who manages the 70-room rental house at 228 N. Tejon St., was cleaning out years of…