Denver’s unending construction boom has often pushed its landmarks into tight corners, and the city now regularly hosts emotional battles for its identity.
In 1980, architect Richard Crowther shows how passive home sculptured windows let rays in; its shape protects a home from summer overheating. “[The developers] purchased the property for almost $4 million, and we’ve met with [them] twice trying to find alternatives to demolition,” Gass said. “They paid too much for the site, so they want to recover that investment.”