The corner of 10th and Osage in Denver used to be best known for the location of the Buckhorn Exchange, a restaurant which holds the oldest liquor license in the city of Denver and has been in business since the late 1800s. However, since the addition of a Light Rail stop and the encouragement of "transit oriented development" by the city, it is being transformed into an urban village - an entirely new neighborhood of retail shops on the ground floor and apartments above. Right now it is still under construction, which made it a bit eerie walking through it's deserted streets the other night on my way to catch the train. I was probably just feeling the presence of the ghosts of residents past, evicted in the name of gentrification. Just passing through, guys! No worries!
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