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A photo of children playing on the “dragon” slide in the South Conejos Street Neighborhood, which shuttered in the early 2000s.
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A photo of the Rio Grande Grocery and Market, which opened in 1935 and closed in 1985 in the former South Conejos Street neighborhood.
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Linda Weise launched her PBS show in 2020. Courtesy Simple Gift Series
Colorado Springs educator, musician and innovator Linda Weise is walking in the footsteps of the late Fred Rogers with her Rocky Mountain PBS television show,
Simple Gift Series.
Like Rogers, Weise is the creator, showrunner, writer, composer and host of the show, an educational program for young children.
The show premiered in August 2020 with a 13-episode first season. Its second season is being edited, and a third season is in development.
âItâs so fun to have our very own Mister Rogers, except sheâs called Miss Linda,â said Carrie McKee, vice president of regional innovation centers statewide at Rocky Mountain PBS.
KRCC, southern Coloradoâs NPR station (and part of the Colorado Public Radio network), is celebrating 70 years on the air in 2021. The celebration is coinciding with the 150th anniversary of Colorado Springs founding.Â
To celebrate the sesquicentennial, the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum has a new exhibit, âCOS@150,â consisting of 150 objects illuminating 150 stories examining 150 years of history. One such object is a vintage tape-editing kit used by KRCC in its pre-digital days.Â
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âWhen we were planning this exhibit, we knew we had to include something from KRCC,â Leah Davis Witherow, curator of history at the Colorado Springs Pioneer Museum, said in a news release. âKRCC has been a vital part of the culture of our community for the past 70 years, and the tape kit provides an interesting window into its history.âÂ
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The following is part of KRCC s Peak Past essay series.
Winston Churchill once said, “We shape our buildings and afterwards, our buildings shape us.”
I keep coming back to that quote recently as I watched the Rocky Mountain PBS show, “Lost & Preserved in Colorado Springs,” directed and written by Kate Perdoni.
We look to the mountains and forget our buildings. We take them for granted, like gravity or air, but they re still important.
The Van Briggle Pottery Company, located at 1125 Glen Avenue/231 West Uintah Street in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its contemporary use is as the headquarters for Colorado College s Facilities Department.