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.
Manipulating the map is a breeze. Begin by heading to digitaldeepmap.com/cos.
From there, select the 1947 Aerial Imagery from the menu along the bottom. Then select the satellite option from the menu on the upper right. The old imagery will appear on the right side of the map, the modern images from 2018 will be on the left.
Use the vertical slider in the middle of the map to swipe betwen the old and new imagery. Once you have a feel for it, you can pan and zoom whatever part of town you d like to see. You can also view even older maps of the city as well.
The Pikes Peak Library District is releasing the latest installment in its Regional History book series, an updated version of Invisible People of the Pikes Peak Region by John Stokes Holley, that chronicles key Black figures in the area s history.
The March 11 release will be a virtual event hosted by the library district and its Special Collections team led by the book’s co-editors, Heather Jordan and Takiyah Jemison.
At 478 pages, the new volume is more than twice the size of the 1990 original. It contains all the original text of Holley’s book, plus an index, additional photographs, new chapters, and more.