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Username: Starmonkey
Date: 2020-07-14 19:12:32
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The chosen people. Or the prize calf, depending...
We like to Rock it out here amongst the rocks.
Musical interlude for the trail ride

 

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Username: WeeWarrior
Date: 2020-07-14 19:33:59
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The chosen people. Or the prize calf, depending...
We like to Rock it out here amongst the rocks.
Musical interlude for the trail ride

Yeah, well, we all know the story behind the glory!

 

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Username: Starmonkey
Date: 2020-07-14 21:28:36
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Yeah, well, we all know the story behind the glory!

Love that movie. Thought he got dicked in Suicide Squad, just blowing up immediately.

 

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Username: WeeWarrior
Date: 2020-07-15 14:30:53
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We have all kinds towers and spires out here in the "wild wild West".
Looking at the OPP (yeah, you know me), I noticed a lake down there in the distance with an apparently large structure possibly built from similar materials, but I was just speculating.
Colorado Springs went through renewal by fire fairly recently and much of the city was burned.
Union Printers Home also interesting...

Thanks for the heads up on the Union Printers Home, what a juicy clue!

Constructed of white lava stone with red sandstone trimmings, the main building cost $60,000, the equivalent of $1.7 million in 2020. In 1892, this complex on the corner of Union Boulevard and Pikes Peak Avenue was a mile from the rest of the city.

The historians claim, with a straight face, that this is a photo of the construction of the UPH in 1891.

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But wait! They have another construction photograph, complete with a (mis)info blurb! See any resemblance between the two? Yeah, me neither.

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Can you believe either one of those construction projects turned into this elegant complex? Yep, me neither.

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They sure got busy on the landscaping, just look at all those nice big trees and formal gardens in front of the complex.

According to this recent article, the building is still in use but slated to be demolished soon. Here is a recent B&W picture that the article uses to illustrated the "decrepit" state of UPH at present.

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Interesting stairs under that porch, looks like a whole other level down there. Would love to explore this place for clues before they raze it to the ground.

 

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Username: Starmonkey
Date: 2020-07-15 14:39:50
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Thanks for the heads up on the Union Printers Home, what a juicy clue!

Constructed of white lava stone with red sandstone trimmings, the main building cost $60,000, the equivalent of $1.7 million in 2020. In 1892, this complex on the corner of Union Boulevard and Pikes Peak Avenue was a mile from the rest of the city.

The historians claim, with a straight face, that this is a photo of the construction of the UPH in 1891.

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But wait! They have another construction photograph, complete with a (mis)info blurb! See any resemblance between the two? Yeah, me neither.

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Can you believe either one of those construction projects turned into this elegant complex? Yep, me neither.

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They sure got busy on the landscaping, just look at all those nice big trees and formal gardens in front of the complex.

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According to this recent article, the building is still in use but slated to be demolished soon. Here is a recent B&W picture that the article uses to illustrated the "decrepit" state of UPH at present.

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Interesting stairs under that porch, looks like a whole other level down there. Would love to explore this place for clues before they raze it to the ground.

Telegraph pole already up on the right there in the first pic. Must have been the day off. Didn't like to get construction photos with actual work going on, because that would challenge the work ethic of Americans. Lazy good-for-nothings.
Put that press to work spreading propaganda!
Of course, Denver has some good old buildings and a railway hub (cool old station), and they're not that far apart. These days.
Good photos!
Next we attack Cheyenne Mountain! With Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy! She might need to boost her skills with some lessons from the Yoga Hosers, but...
Seriously, did they dig that whole thing out? I bet that it connects to DIA!...
There are tunnels and mines all through these mountains. That could be what it mostly is anyway, a big tunnel complex.
I mean, why there? In the oldest photos the road looks super undeveloped. For digging out a HUGE... Tracts o' land... I mean CAVERN. With the other geological features nearby, I wouldn't doubt there was already a gigantic underground system.
AND, wouldn't ya know it, the archives are accessed through Stanford. Our local Vatican library.