We could always find great music in 1970s Denver. Remember Ebbets Field under Brooks Tower? Thanks for the slide show I remember most all the locations pictured!
So many great memories! I sure do miss those times as a kid growing up in Denver. I grew up at 1045 Lowell Blvd. So much time spent downtown with my parents.
1971 to 1988 was when Denver went through a full blown Manhattanization as Denveris home to three skyscrapers over 700 feet tall and it’s overall ranking is in the top 20. 555 17th Street was built in 1978 and was the tallest building built in the 1970s. Brooks Tower was the tallest building in Denver built in the 1960s. 621 17th Street last year turned 65 years old.
The 70s when urban renewal was in full swing. I have a photo taken on the corner of 15th and Larimer looking northeast and there is very little to see as so much had been torn down. Sadly many historic buildings were lost that could have been saved. It is amazing how many of these places are still here though. And downtown seems to have construction on every block with things changing daily.
And I got out of there in 1980 after growing up there. Moving to Tallahassee FLA was the best thg I ever did for my children! I never knew I grew up in a desert until I moved to the south!!
I was very lucky to live there during the great days. Moved in the January of 77 and many of the pictures I remember all too well. Denver was a cow town back then for a reason. That was how it grew up. All the strip clubs on Colfax really gave Denver that wild image. I hung out at the Paramount (great bar to visit before the night hit), Knicks, Proof, the Brown Place, Larimer Square, Gart Brothers (great ski, camping and camera gear), Zanza Bar (was a volunteer doorman once) and many others. I can't even begin to list all the bars and restaurants but remember the 94th Aero Squadron? Love taking dates there. How about Shotgun Willies? Spent many a dollar there. Then there was Cottrells was a great place to get a shoe shine and a new suit. Red the RMN and the Post both daily along with Westword. Moved away in the early 90s and never looked back. Have visited but never the same. All the liberals have moved in and the Californian's with their crazy money took over. At least I have more memories than the time to review. Many are adult rated and even hard for me to believe.
Really grew up and lived there for the past 20 years and i never saw ANY adult oranted stuff let alone on Colfax. I always saw denver as the "family" city. Infact the only adult shop I saw was on broadway and I think it was not even a shop but just a generic bar no strippers. This is why I love living in denver. Its history is insane and a hell of alot happend in 40 years Now for the last part i preffer to stay away from politics but i do agree WE ARE FULL STAY OUT
I lived in Denver briefly in the early 2000s and agree that Denver’s and Colorado’s best days were the 50s through the early 90s. It just isn’t a good place any more. Hasn’t been for a very long time.
@@bconroy328 3:44 that topless bar on 15th Street would later turn into a full nude bar for 18+ that served only heavily iced soda pops with a 2 drink minimum for entry at $5 a drink, lol! I went at 16 years old and paid the price- they didn't even check me for an ID 😄 a Burger King would later be built into that little spot to the right of that strip club.
I remember when I worked at Joseph Magnin on 16th St. I had to catch a bus from Westiminster to downtown. It was a horrible bus commute due to no direct buses.
The photographer apparently liked buses, bars, and burlesque. Video should be played at .5 speed, or even .25. Visited Denver in 1978 for a couple of weeks, liked it.
Downtown Denver was a lot grittier than it is today. Bars were just bars, not high-concept places with overly complicated cocktails. Yuppies hadn't been invented yet. All the bars here look kind of dangerous, but they weren't. It's just that bars were dark places with few windows because that's how people liked to drink. And people weren't fussy about their drinks like today. It wasn't until the '80s and the fern bars that they started putting big windows and plants. There were a lot of flophouse hotels and strip joints downtown too. And that was in the main part of downtown, it was even worse down on Larimer, Market, Blake, etc. But the place had character.
a LOT of strip clubs back then. The Internet really changed that. Not a native but very interesting to look at as I cover a lot in Denver on my channel, it's cool to get an idea of how it used to be here...
3:07 That's the old Continental Trailways bus terminal. It was just about this time (1974), that I was one day stopped by a man just outside it . . . who asked me for directions. He had come from . . . Afghanistan. That was VERY unusual for 1974 . . .
I worked at Mountain Bell for too long. What a horror. These shots of Denver plus the music make Denver seem more desolate than it actually was. People were on the streets of downtown Denver and E. Colfax during the day. That's something. I'd like to see it again.
1:15 my father was an engineer for Mountain Bell working out south and later transferred to that new building after it was built. Mountain Bell changed into US West, which changed into Quest until the early 2000's, at which point, CEO Joe Naccio raided the employees retirements as well as being caught for insider trading.
Hello Evan, I love this! And I must know what is the name of this music composition playing? I absolutely love it! Only made it to Denver once in the 1970's, then proudly lived there in the 80's, 90's and through 2003. Moved to Oregon. How I wish I were back in Denver. It's where I feel I belong.
Did you get an answer (?) I can do a screen shot of the slide you're interested in and email the cropped image to you (if you don't know how to do that yourself). Which frame in the video is it (?)
Downtown Denver has changed a lot compared to the way it was in the 1970's. It has grown a lot since the 1970's and it has been cleaned up a lot. Downtown Denver is beautiful now compared to the way it was in the 1970's.
I was born in Denver in 1968, still here and will never leave. Love my Denver Colorado. 👍🏽👍🏽😊
Wow, those bring back some memories. I've spent my entire life here and can easily pick up almost every one of those photos :-) thanks for posting.
We could always find great music in 1970s Denver. Remember Ebbets Field under Brooks Tower? Thanks for the slide show I remember most all the locations pictured!
So many great memories! I sure do miss those times as a kid growing up in Denver. I grew up at 1045 Lowell Blvd. So much time spent downtown with my parents.
Thanks so much. I was a kid in Denver in the 70s. Brings back a lot of memories.
That's awesome seeing Denver over a decade before I was born.
1971 to 1988 was when Denver went through a full blown Manhattanization as Denveris home to three skyscrapers over 700 feet tall and it’s overall ranking is in the top 20. 555 17th Street was built in 1978 and was the tallest building built in the 1970s. Brooks Tower was the tallest building in Denver built in the 1960s. 621 17th Street last year turned 65 years old.
The 70s when urban renewal was in full swing. I have a photo taken on the corner of 15th and Larimer looking northeast and there is very little to see as so much had been torn down. Sadly many historic buildings were lost that could have been saved. It is amazing how many of these places are still here though. And downtown seems to have construction on every block with things changing daily.
And I got out of there in 1980 after growing up there. Moving to Tallahassee FLA was the best thg I ever did for my children! I never knew I grew up in a desert until I moved to the south!!
My condolences. That sounds like a horrible thing to go through.
Do you ever miss the mountains?
Grew up in the Denver area from 1961 to 1979. Back then the area was a great place to live.
still is bud
Its totally crowded way more traffic now then back in the 70’s. Totally different city now
@@simpletraveler86Depends on the are you live. Colfax is a place where almost anything happens that place is a whole movie 😂
Interesting slides. Sad that some are just pics of bars and lounges.....so much more to this city's historic places ...
Fritz the Cat at the Ogden! Holy Crap!😂
The good ole days...when the population felt like a third of what it is now (2021). So miss those days!!
pretty cool lots of changes .eerie music sounds great
I was very lucky to live there during the great days. Moved in the January of 77 and many of the pictures I remember all too well. Denver was a cow town back then for a reason. That was how it grew up. All the strip clubs on Colfax really gave Denver that wild image. I hung out at the Paramount (great bar to visit before the night hit), Knicks, Proof, the Brown Place, Larimer Square, Gart Brothers (great ski, camping and camera gear), Zanza Bar (was a volunteer doorman once) and many others. I can't even begin to list all the bars and restaurants but remember the 94th Aero Squadron? Love taking dates there. How about Shotgun Willies? Spent many a dollar there. Then there was Cottrells was a great place to get a shoe shine and a new suit. Red the RMN and the Post both daily along with Westword. Moved away in the early 90s and never looked back. Have visited but never the same. All the liberals have moved in and the Californian's with their crazy money took over. At least I have more memories than the time to review. Many are adult rated and even hard for me to believe.
Really grew up and lived there for the past 20 years and i never saw ANY adult oranted stuff let alone on Colfax. I always saw denver as the "family" city. Infact the only adult shop I saw was on broadway and I think it was not even a shop but just a generic bar no strippers. This is why I love living in denver. Its history is insane and a hell of alot happend in 40 years
Now for the last part i preffer to stay away from politics but i do agree WE ARE FULL STAY OUT
I lived in Denver briefly in the early 2000s and agree that Denver’s and Colorado’s best days were the 50s through the early 90s. It just isn’t a good place any more. Hasn’t been for a very long time.
@@bconroy328 3:44 that topless bar on 15th Street would later turn into a full nude bar for 18+ that served only heavily iced soda pops with a 2 drink minimum for entry at $5 a drink, lol! I went at 16 years old and paid the price- they didn't even check me for an ID 😄 a Burger King would later be built into that little spot to the right of that strip club.
I remember when I worked at Joseph Magnin on 16th St. I had to catch a bus from Westiminster to downtown. It was a horrible bus commute due to no direct buses.
The photographer apparently liked buses, bars, and burlesque.
Video should be played at .5 speed, or even .25.
Visited Denver in 1978 for a couple of weeks, liked it.
Downtown Denver was a lot grittier than it is today. Bars were just bars, not high-concept places with overly complicated cocktails. Yuppies hadn't been invented yet. All the bars here look kind of dangerous, but they weren't. It's just that bars were dark places with few windows because that's how people liked to drink. And people weren't fussy about their drinks like today. It wasn't until the '80s and the fern bars that they started putting big windows and plants.
There were a lot of flophouse hotels and strip joints downtown too. And that was in the main part of downtown, it was even worse down on Larimer, Market, Blake, etc. But the place had character.
Wow! The city is essentially deserted compared to today.
Young generations dont realize how wonderful the world WAS with less people on it. NO idea......😔
a LOT of strip clubs back then. The Internet really changed that. Not a native but very interesting to look at as I cover a lot in Denver on my channel, it's cool to get an idea of how it used to be here...
Thumbs Up if Denver is the best hometown in the world....:)
Not my home town but, when ever I visit it's always beautiful...
Was great until all the shitheads moved here
3:23 RIP Sid King . . .
3:07 That's the old Continental Trailways bus terminal. It was just about this time (1974), that I was one day stopped by a man just outside it . . . who asked me for directions. He had come from . . . Afghanistan. That was VERY unusual for 1974 . . .
Of course, I wonder now . . . what he was doing in Denver and whether he ever got it done successfully. Strange experience for me all around . . .
can't believe how long McDonalds has been there lol
I worked at Mountain Bell for too long. What a horror. These shots of Denver plus the music make Denver seem more desolate than it actually was. People were on the streets of downtown Denver and E. Colfax during the day. That's something. I'd like to see it again.
I worked at Mtn Bell too! 1005 17th Street for 5 wonderful years.
My father worked for Mountain Bell and his friend Robert Whit____d from Arvada.
My father worked for Mountain Bell, and his friend Robert Whit____d from Arvada.
1:15 my father was an engineer for Mountain Bell working out south and later transferred to that new building after it was built. Mountain Bell changed into US West, which changed into Quest until the early 2000's, at which point, CEO Joe Naccio raided the employees retirements as well as being caught for insider trading.
Hello Evan, I love this! And I must know what is the name of this music composition playing? I absolutely love it! Only made it to Denver once in the 1970's, then proudly lived there in the 80's, 90's and through 2003. Moved to Oregon. How I wish I were back in Denver. It's where I feel I belong.
Evan I would like to purchase a copy of one of your slides Vjames henry
Did you get an answer (?) I can do a screen shot of the slide you're interested in and email the cropped image to you (if you don't know how to do that yourself). Which frame in the video is it (?)
3:28 the children's hospital? the old location downtown i mean
whats the music name?
Downtown Denver has changed a lot compared to the way it was in the 1970's. It has grown a lot since the 1970's and it has been cleaned up a lot. Downtown Denver is beautiful now compared to the way it was in the 1970's.
Grew up and currently living in there. I see these places all the time and never knew the history of this place that i call home.
Back when the Vietnam war was ending for USA. Denver had not gone full socialist yet.
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