Denver - Summer 2000
On a trip to the water cooler I noticed the window washers across the street. As I followed
the trail of soap suds down the building, I felt somewhat sorry for the people unknowingly walking
into the rain of soap from above. However, it was also somewhat entertaining to watch the same
scene play out several times.
This is the main mall area of the park below the state capitol.
As I was walking back to my building downtown, I noticed this girl reading on the steps of the old
federal courthouse across the street. The complimentary angles of the columns and her posture against
the railing makes for a nice photo.
Boettcher Concert Hall in the Denver Performing Arts Complex is an amazing structure. Although
some of the surfaces look a bit dated, the acoustics are excellent and the interesting use of a seating ring directly around
the orchestra on all sides adds new angles for viewing that one would normally not see. I was able to attend the Colorado
Symphony Orchestra's last performance of the year, Mahler's 2nd Symphony (The Resurrection Symphony, an amazingly long
and loud piece), for only $9 because I'm a student and got the ticket near showtime.
This is the clear canopy over the Performing Arts Complex, which houses both music and theatre performance structures
as well as a large open-air corridore which is often used for art shows.
Brown Palace Hotel has been in downtown Denver since 1892. It is a hotel
very oriented towards high service and the historical nature of the structure has the effect of
transporting one back in time several decades.
Another US West building still sports the Bell System mark and is a reminder of the many names that
local telephone companies have taken on through to today.
This is a statue sits (or stands) in LoDo, the Lower Downtown area. LoDo is full of unique shops and restaurants, this
area is certainly a nice walk.
No description of Denver would be complete without traffic, traffic and more traffic. Although it isn't
as bad as some places, the extremely fast growth of the area has caused quite a big problem in many areas.
This photo was taken on Arapahoe street between Parker and I-25 I believe. The light at Parker was short-cycling and only
allowing a fraction of the correct number of cars through and I went about 5 blocks in 50 minutes and then decided to
turn around (I was enjoying the radio anyway, so it wasn't a huge waste).
