Creating Communities

Let Us Entertain You

Submitted by smcdonald on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 8:51am

Exterior view of the Palace Theatre on 15th & Blake Streets in Denver circa 1885

"Hotel Metropole" and "Restaurant" written over front entrances.

Interior view of the Broadway Theatre circa 1900

View of 18th (Eighteenth) and California Streets in Denver, Colorado

Interior view of the Denham Theatre crica 1915

Signs read: "The Old Timers Hang Out," and "Eva Lang and the Denham Players."

"Harry Huffman's Tabor Now Musical Comedy," "F & C Shoes,"...

Interior view of the Tabor Theatre circa 1925

Another interesting aspect to the “amusements” in Denver were...

In a recent trip my hometown in the Sierra Nevada’s I realized that I have become way to reliant on technology for entertainment. I have to admit, that I was very lost without a wireles

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Adventures in the Wild West

Submitted by smcdonald on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 12:30pm

Just a little taste of some of the people that roamed the streets of Denver

What makes the Wild West really Wild?

When I think of the American West I often think of the ever so popular westerns of the 1950’s and 1960’s. I have a mental picture of a cowboy wearing an oddly colored fringe shirt

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A Rose by Any Other Name..

Submitted by smcdonald on Tue, 06/16/2009 - 3:40pm

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Names are more than just meanings they are identities.

I was pondering the other day what exactly makes up a name. We all know the quote from Romeo and Juliet “A Rose by any other name would smell as sweet”. However, I beg to di

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So much to tell, so little time...

Submitted by smcdonald on Thu, 05/14/2009 - 9:19am

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