Tag: skyline
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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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Downtown Colorado Springs tower’s height reduced from 36 floors amid developer concerns
A controversial 36-story, 400-foot-tall apartment tower proposed for downtown Colorado Springs has shrunk in size to 27 stories and 300 feet, its developer says. The reduced height, however, isn’t a concession to community members who’ve complained the project would disrupt mountain views or be out of place with downtown’s skyline, where the Wells Fargo Tower…
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Downtown Colorado Springs tower’s height reduced from 36 floors amid developer concerns
A controversial proposed 36-story, 400-foot-tall apartment tower proposed for downtown Colorado Springs has shrunk in size to 27 stories and 300 feet, its developer says. The reduced height, however, isn’t a concession to community members who’ve complained the project would disrupt mountain views or be out of place with downtown’s skyline, where the Wells Fargo…
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Martin Drake Power Plant’s final smokestack comes down in a ‘big change for our skyline’
The final smokestack came down at the Martin Drake Power Plant on Thursday as crews continue work to dismantle the hulking coal plant that’s dominated the southern portion of downtown for more than 50 years. “It’s a big change for our skyline in the city,” said Steve Berry, a spokesman for Colorado Springs Utilities. It’s…
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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…