50 Actions for 50 Places 

I can't imagine Denver without...  

We asked the Denver community to submit the places they couldn’t imagine Denver without and received over 100 submissions! The sites submitted truly showcased what a diverse and rich history the city of Denver has but only 50 could be chosen for the campaign. The 50 places to recieve an "action" have been chosen and are listed below. Thank you everyone who submitted a place to the website and for participating in 50 Actions for 50 Places. We are working with nominators and property owners on determining an action for each place so stay tuned!Check out all 50 Places On the Map Below

 

Ok not a church but fair to say it is a community center. From WestWord Jan 17, 2017 The saloon had...
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Architect David W. Dryden lived in the brick home on the corner of E. 26th St. and Gilpin St. in...
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The former Gender Identity Center was a community center and safe space for Transgender people from...
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Built in 1890, for town of South Denver, annexed to Denver in 1900. Sold to me at auction in 1982...
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Albert Whitaker House
Albert S. Whitaker was born in Tioga Co., NY, on August 22, 1844. He enlisted in the Army cavalry...
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The Re-Envisioning Historic Chinatown Project is working on the historical markers and mural to...
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The former site of El Chapultepec, a famous jazz club that operated in Denver for 87 years. Now...
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The Humane Alliance Watering Trough located at the corner of W. Colfax Ave. and Tremont Place. The...
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The building where Julia Greeley lived while performing her countless charitable acts in Denver....
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The original casino tower still exists today
Lakeside Amusement Park was built as a competitor to Elitch Gardens in 1908. The amusement park...
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Celebrated architect Jacques J.B. Benedict's earliest known work in Colorado is the 1910 John...
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For over thirty years the Mercury Cafe has been a haven for weirdos, free spirits, dancers,...
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Built in 1889, the Robinson House is listed on the National Register as a significant example of...
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One of the few remaining homes original to the founded town of Rosedale. Part of the first...
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Shangri-La is a Streamline Moderne mansion in Denver, Colorado, United States. Commissioned by...
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The Wellshire event center was built in the 1920s as the club house for a private golf club. The...
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Whatley Chapel was built in 1962 by architect Stanley E. Morse (he helped to design Red Rocks)....
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This mission-style theater was constructed in 1927 and originally named the the Sante Fe Theater....
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Both the business and the googie style building are an East Colfax treasure.....a blast from the...
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Ben's Market has been a neighborhood staple for over a century. Built on a streetcar line it...
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Benedict Fountain
Dedicated as a Christmas gift to the children of Denver in 1932 by architect J B Benedict....
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Bob Ragland was a local visual artist in Denver for over 50 years. He was self proclaimed to be a...
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Not sure how old this pavilion is, but it is adjacent to the 1950s rec center and very cool and mod...
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This is the 1913 Ford Motor Company plant, with matching 1916 addition to the south. This was Ford...
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This block used to house four art galleries along with the Bug Theater and was the Navajo Arts...
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Irving P. Andrews (1925 - 1998) was a prominent attorney in Denver, Colorado. After serving as a...
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La Casa de Manuel is probably Denver's oldest surviving Mexican Restaurant. Founded in 1958 it...
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Lake Steam (AKA Lake Russian & Turkish Baths), was, according to a GoFundMe set up during their...
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The Halprin Fountains are the last remaining remnants of the original Skyline Park design....
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Navajo Street - the heart of North Denver's former Little Italy
North Denver was once an Italian enclave from the late 1800s - 1950s. In fact, so many Italians...
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Moorish Revival House by The Gonzalez Brothers of Auraria 1585 Glencoe was built in 1938. he...
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The twelve-sided Carousel House has a bell-shaped roof divided by ridges into twelve panels, with...
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Image credit :https://www.westword.com/news/sakura-square-is-a-community-hub-and-a-development-target-in-denver-11476861
From: https://sakurasquare.com/_about/ "SAKURA SQUARE HAS A UNIQUE STORY AND HOLDS AN...
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The Shops at East Colfax & Quebec (7226-7236 E. Colfax)
Though nearly all of East Colfax has been commercialized, at one time, the area between Monaco and...
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The Welton St. Café is a long-standing family run restaurant in the Five Points Community. For...
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The Rocky Mountain Cliff May Homes are a development of 170 mid-century modern prefabricated and...
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Violinist and Jazz Band Leader George Morrison home. Morrison built the house in 1923 despite...
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Judge Raymond Jones Home
There is current social merit that also deserves consideration in this application. 780 Steele...
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Barney Ford Home
Born a slave in 1822, Barney Ford lived an entrepreneurial life and became one of Colorado's...
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Riverside Cemetery, founded 1876, is Denver's oldest extant and operating cemetery and is...
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The last remaining element of Lawrence Halprin’s famous Skyline Park is the two remaining...
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There are few other schools as notable as Stedman - because it was essentially ground zero in the...
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AIDS memorial inscription at Commons Park
Just a few hundred feet downstream from Confluence Park and literally in the shadow of the 15th St...
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This is a small commercial building in Arapahoe Square. It is a wonderful example of Art Moderne...
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Before the Golden Triangle became the center of civic life in Denver, the neighborhood housed a...
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Denver Zoo's 1919 Bear Mountain Complex
Designed by Victor Borchert with planning assistance from Saco Reink DeBoar, Bear Mountain was...
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Big Top Auto Mart at 1st & Sheridan, Denver
Big Top Auto Mart stores were built in Denver in the late 1950s to the late 1960s. Of the 16 or so...
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Tucked under the Colfax viaduct, the J. Solf Building/Schachet Mercantile is one of a handful of...
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Denver's Row of Painted Ladies
The row of Painted Ladies on west 34th Avenue at Wyandot need to be preserved, improved and...
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Built in 1900 for Frank Edbrooke, architect of the Brown Palace Hotel.
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Garden Place School (later known as Garden Place Elementary and currently as Garden Place Academy)...
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There is a street clock in the middle of the sidewalk on the 700 block of S Broadway. I don’t know...
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