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By: Melvin Hagerman

Melvin Hagerman — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:30:51 +0000

Oops, wrong side of the street, sorry about that!!–the picture that is #14 of 29 IS the old Neustetters building; the building I was looking at was I think the old United Bank (among other banks) building…?

By: Melvin Hagerman

Melvin Hagerman — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:26:23 +0000

THe “118 S. Cascade Avenue” may be wrong; it is also now an office building but it was a Neustetters department store prior to that. The building is at Kiowa and Cascade, so it has to be 118 NORTH Cascade, shouldn’t it?

By: Melvin Hagerman

Melvin Hagerman — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:23:23 +0000

RE: the First Presbyterian Church sanctuary: If I remember aright, the church had to build a new sanctuary as the original one had become WAY too small for the number of members, plus the building had so many code violations that building a new building cost far less than any renovation.

By: Nita Peters

Nita Peters — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:42:41 +0000

I am the person who helped helped Helen McCaffery to complete the post-demolition photos. There are many more buildings other than those typically focused on: the Antlers, the Chief Theater, etc. We also lost the Elks Club, the Alta Vista Hotel, the old El Paso County jail, a good half of the Alamo Hotel, and countless wonderful old downtown private homes and boarding houses. If you’d like to see the whole realm of losses, look on http://www.ppld.org and click on the digital photo archives. The McCaffery photos are among the collection.

By: Mike - LV

Mike - LV — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:58:24 +0000

Ooops – link wrong –

Antlers Hotel is actully here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/46064258@N08/4499090654/

Mike

By: Mike - LV

Mike - LV — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:53:43 +0000

I never knew what I was missing when I pass through Colorado Springs until I found some old color slides of a family vacation (by others) in Colorado in the 1950′s. the one of the Antlers Hotel and Downtown is here – http://www.flickr.com/photos/46064258@N08/

We (my parents that is) should have bought property in Manitou or Colorado City 40 years ago as we always loved the area. I am even more sad when I see and understand what is gone. We as a society can do a lot better. The destruction of Colorado Springs downtown is a lesson for me.

By: karen lakes

karen lakes — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:14:26 +0000

This was indeed the route Major McAllister’s home was slated for-a parking lot! Thank goodness for the foresight of those who saved it.

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By: chris bullock

chris bullock — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:56:06 +0000

i’ve always enjoyed the Mining Exchange Building, both the building next to the bus terminal and the building being gutted next to Kimballs. they are both very under-used spaces and pleasing to look at.