Build Up Denver

Info on construction, development, mobility, city planning, and all things Mile High City. Denver is not full. 🔎 your street or ZIP. By @cushenandrew

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

🧵 UHC needs to start somewhere. But starting with transit-priority streets is a mistake, overindexing the central, oldest areas in Denver. There's a greater density of transit-priority streets here, in part because of density and in part due to a past history of transit provided

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

With all due respect to the intelligent people who worked on UHC, this can't be the final proposal.

Upzoning w/n a 1/4 mile of a transit area sounds reasonable... but look at the holes left out of neighborhoods and Council districts by 1/4 mile. These discrepencies are dumb!

[DNVR Nuggets @DNVR_Nuggets]

THEY EJECTED MR. NUGGET

[Denver Westword @denverwestword]

Limon has around 2,000 people and few tourist attractions, and we've all heard of it: https://t.co/piTaayEupn

[Jake Shapiro @Shapalicious]

Nuggets had 27 points in the first quarter.

With 2:30 to play, the Nuggets have 28 points in the second half.

[Tyler @tylerbritton_]

It’s absurd how much Aaron Gordon is asked to do for the Nuggets on both sides of the ball. He truly changes everything for them when he’s out there.

Feels under-discussed that he hasn’t had a healthy playoff run in years.

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Looking through OP's replies and found myself thinking "hot like piss🌱 is right," so there's lots of truth to be found in the world I guess

[hot like piss🌱 @rockybiiitch]

@StatisticUrban People don’t move to Denver for strictly urban purposes; people move to Denver to be close to mountains and have city amenities lol

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

@JWP303 I think that’s right, though of course not a cop out for bettering the urban experience

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

The discourse™️ comes for Denver

[Hunter📈🌈📊 @StatisticUrban]

I don't want to be too harsh on Denver, a city I know very well, but I wouldn't wholeheartedly recommend it.

It's not a bad city in the grand scheme of American cities. In fact, among the sprawling, car-dependent metros that dominate much of the country, it's one of the better ones. But it *is* mostly sprawl, public transit is very limited, and downtown is still relatively small and dead at night. Traffic is also a major problem.

There are a lot of cities like this in the US, and Denver is one of the better ones, but it's objectively not great if you're looking for a real urban experience. And worse, because it is one of the better sprawly metros, with high incomes, housing is also very expensive.

So if you want a nice place in the suburbs with plenty of sunshine, reasonably close to the mountains (though it's still a bit of a drive, they're not right next door), and relatively numerous white-collar job opportunities, it's a good choice. But don't expect anything like Chicago, Philly, DC, Boston, or even Seattle. It's much closer to a cross between Atlanta and Minneapolis.

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

For the urbanists who live here, then, there is an exciting list of projects moving in the right direction constantly, but those aren’t considered to be core promises of Denver lifestyle by the majority. That hampers their take up and polarizes the city over private car ownership

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

My opinion, simply, is that while Denver continues to build more urban amenities/neighborhoods, and residents want an exciting world-class city to live in, a core premise of living here is great access to experiences outside, which isn’t replicable in many other American cities

[The Denver Post @denverpost]

“It’s just an extremely differentiated product in one of the best locations in the city,” the buyer said. https://t.co/CbUaweOhyP

[Lance Lambert @NewsLambert]

Housing market softening regains momentum as the number of markets with falling home prices ticks up again

My latest for @ResiClub_HQ: https://t.co/h4WqesRRIQ

[Lawson @lawsonatlas]

Ok, I can see why people pick Denver.

[Alan Fisher @alanthefisher]

Its been 2 years since I last visited Denver, but I'd easily put it into the category of "most improved" cities in the US in the last 10 years

Putting a video together about that this week

[Reece Martin @RM_Transit]

But, microblogging is also just . . . worse that sitting down and writing something significant that doesn't have a nuance killing character limit.

[C @cas1193]

Snow on the mountaintops and sunny in the city is the best season in Denver and I won’t be accepting further questions at this time

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

@eseargentinoche @cas1193 I pinky promise, as the OP, that at 10:57 last night the 2-car trains were packed nearly completely full on both cars, all seats taken and people standing everywhere that was available. I checked both cars and chose the spot I thought I could squeeze in best

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

A Line hadn’t pulled away from the airport yet and it was already sardine-full! People were walking away rather than trying to cram in further. Needs 3-car trains and/or more frequent evening service, otherwise people get burned. On a Wednesday as well!!

[The Denver Post @denverpost]

The historic Barth Hotel in downtown Denver has changed hands for the first time in 45 years. Its new owner plans a $25 million renovation that will create 50 affordable senior housing units. https://t.co/K0a95psuE9

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

@iamreallykurt No, it just means I typed “ref” and autocorrect had something to say about it. This is an ongoing project!

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Red

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

PROPOSED
39th Ave Greenway + Steele St, #Denver 80205
4-story, 100% affordable building for LGBT+ seniors from Pennrose, designed by SAR+ w/ small office and community space in the building. Exellent spot for new housing. 92 homes, 96 beds. 50 veh + 48 bike parking spots.

[Build Up Denver @BuildUpDenver]

Nice little run this morning in Philly, extraordinary how well used the Schuylkill River trail was around 11am on a Friday. Every $ spent improving and greening this infrastructure will be returned in spades I think!