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A 121-year-old Victorian-era gem in the heart of the Union Avenue Historic District soon will be brought back to its glory days thanks to a new owner.
The McLaughlin Building, 330 S. Union, was built in 1891 in homage to Michael McLaughlin, a local grocer, who had died three years earlier. Now new owner J.R. Chavez and his partners have big plans to restore the eclectic building with its Romanesque features.
As a realtor with Schwabe Real Estate, 232 S. Union Avenue,Chavez would see the building on a daily basis. He started selling real estate in 2005 at the age of 22.
One day a client from Denver wanted to look at the building and that was the first time Chavez stepped foot inside.
Del Mar Park, 312 Del Mar Circle, Aurora James Grevious and a bunch of kids who discovered an affinity for gardening in his backyard produce beds took their micro-farm to the next level last summer by organizing Rebel Marketplace, a monthly inner-city farmers’ market in Del Mar Park in Aurora. It s back for a second season, opening just in time for Mother’s Day, with fresh produce, plant starts, microgreens, mulch, baked goods and herbal remedies. See what’s in store here. And a bonus. Daily (except Tuesdays in May), 10 a.m. This free walking tour is back for a spring season, starting at the Colorado Capitol and winding through the heart of downtown Denver as it takes you past top sights and landmarks and shares the stories and history behind them. Tours are offered almost every day at 10 a.m.; although they re free, reservations are required (and they do come with a $2 ticketing fee). Sign up here.
The bridge that spans the Arkansas River immediately east of Johnson Village is one of 46 bridges throughout the state to be named by the Colorado Department of Transportation on this yearâs list of Colorado Preservation, Inc.âs Most Endangered Places.
The nomination represents the first phase of a study of Coloradoâs historical bridges to identify structures CDOT will commit to preserving in place.
The bridge that carries U.S. Highway 24-285 from Trout Creek Pass over the Arkansas to Johnson Village, a Pratt deck truss bridge built in 1937, is one of two bridges named in the list in Chaffee County. The other also crosses the river north of Salida on Colo. 291.