Before the start of the pandemic, the Universitiy of Denver announced plans to build "The Village" in a two square block area located just across the street from my condo building. It would consist of a grand entryway into the University of Denver campus and would be lined with shops, offices, various academic buildings, and a hotel to be run by students from DU's School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management. At the time, I attended several "Good Neighbors" meetings to make sure tearing down my building wasn't part of their plans. The person running the meetings said that the university wanted a gateway into the campus to impress visitors, and that currently the first thing they saw was the Crimson and Gold Tavern, which the university felt was unacceptable. That was almost 5 years ago, and The Village has yet to break ground. However, the Crimson and Gold still stands, as seen in the above photograph. And no, the master plan did not call for tearing down my building, which is happily still here too.
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