Recently I took the light rail train home from Denver's Union Station and noticed as we passed the site of the old Gates rubber plant that bulldozers were digging up the ground there. The Gates rubber plant closed years ago, after all the manufacturing moved offshore. A grand plan was announced to redevelop the area, but then the big recession of 2008 hit and the factory remained standing, a very popular target for "urban explorers." In any case, the place was finally torn down in April of 2014, which is when I took the above photograph of it in mid-demolition. And now, after years of planning, community meetings, and negotiations with city hall, this 41 acre plot of land is being redeveloped into a mixed use, "transit oriented development" site. The renderings on the Broadway Station website (http://www.broadwaystation.com/site-vision.html) look pretty nice, actually. Of course, it is only 2 miles to the west of my condo, which probably means that traffic will be even worse around here, but I guess by now the neighbors are resigned to it. How much worse can it get? Welcome to the neighborhood, Broadway Station!
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