Remembering The Griffins...

I drove down Race Street south of the University of Denver campus the other day and passed the apartment building that my sister Susan and brother-in-law George lived in after they moved to Denver from Chicago. That was back in 1982. They first stayed with George's cousin Richard and his Aunt Frances, but after a while that got old, and so I drove Susan around in my free time looking for an apartment for them. She finally settled on the apartment building on the left in the above photograph, and she and George moved into an apartment on the third floor, with their bedroom window looking out on the roof of the apartment building next door. Which was named The Griffin. And being half a block south of the DU campus, it was filled with DU students who liked to party on that roof and shoot off firecrackers and fireworks every weekend, or even during the week if the mood struck them. Susan referred to them as "The Griffins," and they held a special place in her heart for as long as Susan and George were there, before moving to Fort Collins when George was transferred to that Northern Colorado city. Both buildings are still there and looking good. Looking for an apartment in Denver? Definitely start there. You'll probably get a good rate.