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Iguanodonts, Ulysses, 9 Different Music Options, and Fixing Downtown

Golden Eye Candy – Richard Lucken – Home on 12th St – enlarge

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?

7:30AM Golden Young Professionals Monthly Meeting @ Golden Visitors Center
8-10AM DeLong Park Weed Busters @ DeLong Park
9-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic (Virtual)
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10-10:30AM Call In: Mid-Morning Meditation (Virtual)
6PM Run Club @ Runners Roost
6:30PM Everything Dinosaur Lecture: Iguanodonts (Virtual)

SEE THE COMPLETE CALENDAR OF EVENTS.

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CITY MEETING

Excerpts from the Ulysses Park plans – enlarge


7PM Parks, Recreation and Museums Advisory Board Meeting @ City Hall
PRAM will meet with the firm that is redesigning Ulysses Park. The plans are included in tonight’s meeting packet. They will also hear an update on pickleball, review their bylaws, and discuss naming guidelines for city property or parks.

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LIVE MUSIC


5-8PM Shawn Eckels @ Golden Mill

5:30PM Fuzzheads @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
5:30-8:30PM Ramaya Soskin @ Goosetown Station
5:30-8:30PM Lindsey Giffey @ Over Yonder


6-9PM Derek Hall @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
6PM Liver Down the River @ New Terrain Brewing
6-8PM Wanderin’ Pine @ Mountain Toad
8PM Karaoke @ Rock Rest Lodge

GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT

The Hested’s Department Store building stood vacant from 1977 until 2005. – enlarge


46 Years Ago
The July 20, 1977 Golden Transcript saw Golden doing some soul-searching. The downtown business district had been in a long, slow decline for more than a decade, and the loss of the Hested’s store the previous January had left half a block vacant. The Transcript surveyed its readers, asking how Golden could be improved.

Some of the answers are interesting in light of things we later did to revitalize downtown. Others were not particularly constructive, such as: I would improve Golden with a bulldozer and start over, right down the main street, both sides.

70’s-era version of the arch – enlarge


Comments on the Arch and the Bull
First get rid of ugly sign.

I would either fix and keep fixed the clock on the arch or take it down and paint over it.

The welcome arch would look very nice without the picture post card scene and the Howdy Folks.

The painting on the Arch is rude. I have not felt Golden is very friendly, so the “Welcome” is debatable.

Holland House bull (advertising its beef) on the left – enlarge


The Charolais bull in the parking lot of the Holland House is absolutely ridiculous and adds nothing to the landscape of Washington Avenue.

Change the welcome to Golden sign–and get rid of the Holland House bull.

Trash Talk
More could be done to keep the sidewalks clean.

Clean up trash and litter. The main street and around pool and park–they are filthy all the time! People are not taking pride in homes and city.

One of the continuing problems in most areas of Golden is the trash that is allowed to accumulate in alleys.

Since that time, first the Golden Urban Renewal Authority and now the Downtown Development Authority have paid for frequent trash collection and to have the sidewalks power washed.

Mystery Reference
Accept new business even if there is another one of its type, for example, Cottrell’s, Eakers. Don’t reject them because they are not pioneer stock. Look what happened to the Indians.

I have no insights into this one, but I found the comment interesting. I wonder who was doing the snubbing, and if it was really because some stores weren’t “of pioneer stock?”

CoorsTek/Coors Porcelain – Photo by Patrick Klein – enlarge

Coors Manufacturing Buildings
Have Coors Porcelain do something with their Washington Street exposure.

It’s taken another 40+ years, but CoorsTek (formerly Coors Porcelain) is in the midst of a major renovation of those buildings, with the intent of making it their corporate headquarters and a showcase.

The planter at 12th and Washington in 2014 – enlarge


Suggested Facelift
Maybe some planters and small trees in front of the sidewalks.

In 1992, the City, the Golden Civic Foundation, and the Golden Urban Renewal Authority installed planters along Washington Avenue. The trees and the flowers get prettier every year.


Want to learn more about Golden history? Join me for a wagon crawl this Friday! – Learn more


My daughter and I will be offering wagon crawls again this Friday, July 21st. I’ll give you the story of Golden from the Gold Rush to the present, and answer your questions as we go! Learn more

No rides next Friday (the 28th) because it will be Buffalo Bill Days weekend, but we’ll be back on August 4th.

Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!

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