City and County of Denver building

by Alexandra Till

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City and County of Denver building

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Alexandra Till

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© Christine Till - CT-Graphics
Denver was not always pretty. In the beginning it was a dusty town on the high plains, hot in the summer, windy and cold in the winter. Most Denverites don't know how much of a thanks they need to give to former Mayor Speer's "City Beautiful Movement" in the early 1900's. Many old trees and abundent parkland are a testiment to his legacy.
The Beaux-Art Neoclassical granite-and-travertine City and County of Denver building, built in 1932, was the crowning glory of then-Mayor Speer's dream of creating "Paris on the Plains". It also marked the end of the City Beautiful era in Denver.
The City and County building now resting serenely on the tapis vert of the Denver Civic Centre, and its decorative panels, festooned with geometric patterns that cover the cornice facing east and west, gives no hint of the struggles over neoclassicism versus modernism, electoral and professional politics, and the legal interpretations once swirling about it. Planned and completed over a 26 year period by 39 local architects, the City and County building, ajdected to the golden-domed Denver Capitol, is a striking partner to the gilded treasure of the city.

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August 25th, 2012

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