tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-205111382012-02-12T15:44:36.145-07:00As Colorado grows and changes, especially along the urbanizing Front Range of the Rockies, vestiges of an older Colorado will slowly fade away, and eventually vanish. A few images of that "Vanishing" Colorado -- in their waning days -- can be found here.RICHARD J SCHNEIDERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16427725253512812334noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20511138.post-89527646248265824482007-04-01T20:31:00.000-07:002007-04-01T20:36:12.069-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VRFImXvpSzs/RhB5p1z5xhI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_92b_LvxM84/s1600-h/HI-U-INN+01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VRFImXvpSzs/RhB5p1z5xhI/AAAAAAAAAAM/_92b_LvxM84/s320/HI-U-INN+01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048668942008698386" /></a><br />For decades, this 30-foot tall friendly cowboy has welcomed workers to the Hi-U Inn in Commerce City, a blue-collar industrial sector northeast of Denver. Newcomers to the sanitized instant suburban neighborhoods sprouting up in Commerce City want to change the town’s name – to something less “industrial.” But the old-timers think the current name, reflective of the calloused hands and dirty fingernail work at the refinery, the commercial bakery, the tractor-trailer maintenance and sales lots and the giant grain elevators over the years, is just fine. Commerce City is already attracting new development – with its original name – including the new home for Colorado’s pro soccer team and headquarters for the Colorado Crush arena football squad. But the big question: will the Hi U Inn Cowboy survive? Photo © 2006 Richard J. Schneider<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20511138-8952764624826582448?l=vanishingcolorado.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>RICHARD J SCHNEIDERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16427725253512812334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20511138.post-1146201567035782252006-04-27T22:16:00.000-07:002006-04-27T22:45:23.740-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6479/2056/1600/BENNETT%20ELEVATOR%2001x.2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6479/2056/320/BENNETT%20ELEVATOR%2001x.2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Sunset at the Bennett Branch of the Roggin Farmers Elevator Association. How long can it hold on? Click on picture for larger image. Photo © 2006 Richard J. Schneider<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20511138-114620156703578225?l=vanishingcolorado.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>RICHARD J SCHNEIDERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16427725253512812334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20511138.post-1138349790754776722006-01-27T01:12:00.000-07:002006-01-29T17:22:21.923-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6479/2056/1600/Reclaiming%20the%20Land%2002%20rgbX.0.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6479/2056/320/Reclaiming%20the%20Land%2002%20rgbX.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Earth races with subdivision developers to reclaim this abandonded right-of-way on the eastern edge of Lafayette, a mile or two from one of my favorite independent coffee shops. Click on picture for larger image. Photo © 2005 Richard J. Schneider<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20511138-113834979075477672?l=vanishingcolorado.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>RICHARD J SCHNEIDERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16427725253512812334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20511138.post-1138348398829876752006-01-27T00:47:00.000-07:002006-04-27T23:03:33.390-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6479/2056/1600/eastmansfieldx.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6479/2056/320/eastmansfieldx.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Drive out east of Denver, along Quincy Avenue, past the racetrack and Aurora Reservoir, just this side of Kansas, and gaze upon the rolling prairie. In a few years, some of us will be living in subdivison houses along Way Out East Mansfield Avenue, where the prairie used to be. Click on picture for larger image. Photo © 2005 Richard J. Schneider<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20511138-113834839882987675?l=vanishingcolorado.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>RICHARD J SCHNEIDERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16427725253512812334noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20511138.post-1136360322231076172006-01-04T00:35:00.000-07:002006-01-29T17:26:35.420-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6479/2056/1600/LARKSPUR%20FARM%2001.2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6479/2056/400/LARKSPUR%20FARM%2001.1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>This old farm, rapidly wasting away along with the farm and ranch industry that built it, awaits its inevitable decay in the Larkspur area between Denver and Colorado Springs. Click on picture for larger image. Photo © 2005 Richard J. Schneider<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20511138-113636032223107617?l=vanishingcolorado.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>RICHARD J SCHNEIDERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16427725253512812334noreply@blogger.com0