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Block 163
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Street elevation photos were taken in
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Block
Address Ranges:
1400 (Even):
California Street
600
(Even): 15th Street
1400
(Odd): Welton Street
600
(Odd): 14th Street
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Hyatt Hotel |
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Name:
Hyatt Denver Convention Center Hotel
Square
Footage:
1.25 million SF
Description: A 37-story convention HQ hotel consisting of 1,100 rooms,
60,000 SF of meeting space and 600 underground parking spaces, and featuring
restaurants, lounges, a health club and pool, an outdoor terrace, and a sky
bar on the 27th floor.
Cost:
$300 million
Developer:
Denver Convention Center Hotel Authority.
Architect:
Klipp Colussy Jenks DuBois Architects in association with Brennan Beer
Gorman Architects
Current
status: Construction completed December 2005. Street elevation photos
above were taken Spring 2005.
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There's not
much to say about this block anymore. It used to house the old Denver
Post printing and distribution facility, a somewhat muted mid-century
facility of very modest stature. That was torn down by Bruce Berger, a
developer who hoped to build the city's new convention center headquarters
hotel on the site but lacked the financial backing to do so. So the
block became a parking lot instead. The City of Denver took over,
created an independent authority to build the hotel on behalf of the city,
and the rest is history.
For time
lapse photos of the Hyatt's construction and photos of the grand opening
celebration, please visit the
Special Features
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