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Denver’s Month of Photography Solo Show @ Lekker Coffee and Watering Hole, March 2023

Colorfield Denver @ The DeBoer Waterway Lily Pond

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CURRENT PROJECT - COLOR FIELD DENVER

303 dnvr

Area codes 303 and 720 are telephone area codes serving the north-central portion of the state of Colorado. They cover Denver and Boulder as well as their surrounding suburbs, including Lakewood, Littleton, Longmont, Aurora, and Castle Rock. Area code 303 is the original area code, while area code 720 is an overlay, meaning that the same physical service area is served by both area codes (303 and 720) and that ten-digit dialing is required for all calls made within the service area.

History

Area code 303 was one of the original area codes put into service in 1947, and originally covered the entire state of Colorado. Despite Colorado's dramatic growth during the second half of the 20th century (especially in the Denver area), it remained the sole area code in Colorado for over 40 years. By the late 1980s, an impending number shortage made a split necessary. On March 5, 1988, southeastern Colorado, including Colorado Springs and Pueblo, became area code 719. The northeastern and western portions of area code 303, including Fort Collins, Grand Junction, Vail and Aspen, switched to area code 970 on April 2, 1995, reducing 303 to cover the Denver-Boulder area. With the 1995 split, 303 was the only Colorado area code that did not border another state.

The 1995 split was intended as a long-term solution. However, within two years 303 was close to exhaustion once again. The Front Range is home not only to most of Colorado's landlines, but also most of the state's cell phones, fax machines and pagers. To solve this problem, 720 (which also does not border another state) was activated as an overlay on September 1, 1998.[2]

Local calling

The 303/720 area is one of the largest toll-free calling zones in the western United States. With the exception of Roggen, Brighton, and Wiggins,[3] no long-distance charges are applied to any calls made from one phone to another in the area.

With the exception of Roggen, all users in the 303/720 area code must dial all ten digits to reach a destination phone, even if that phone is next door.

colorado new state logo - fail

brand recognition. I was sitting at my favorite local coffee shop, the Starbucks at REI in Denver, searching for inspiration and an authentic sense of culture…when it struck me, I should redesign the state’s logo!

but seriously though, the new design does look like a poor rip-off of the newer REI branding. it seems like the commercialization of place and culture is in full swing in Colorado…it feels a bit like the Portlandia ‘put a bird on it’ episode, put a C on it…

a splash of color here, and boom. inspired.

CO’s new state logo - trademarked - DNVR 2019

GRAFFITI REPAIR

whale of a good time - denver, co - 2019

too dead to bury

Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company

The Denver Pacific Railway was a historic railroad that operated in the western United States during the late 19th century. Formed in 1867 in the Colorado Territory, the company operated lines in Colorado and present-day southeastern Wyoming in the 1870s until merging with the Kansas Pacific and Union Pacific railroads in 1880. The railroad was formed primarily to create a link between Denver and the transcontinental railroad at Cheyenne, an achievement that was widely credited at the time with making Denver the dominant metropolis of the region.

The construction of the rail line linking Cheyenne and Denver was widely credited at the time for reviving the city of Denver, which had been founded at the time of the Colorado Gold Rush and incorporated on November 7, 1861. The decision to build the transcontinental railroad to the north had left the fledgling city stranded from the major transportation routes. Many at the time expected that Cheyenne would blossom into the major population center of the region. As a result, Thomas Durant, vice president of the Union Pacific, pronounced Denver "too dead to bury." Colorado Territorial Governor John Evans declared that "Colorado without railroads is comparatively worthless."

As a result, Evans, together with other local business leaders, including David Moffat, William Byers (founder of the Rocky Mountain News), Joseph E. Bates, Bela Hughes, Walter Cheesman and Luther Kountze partnered with East Coast investors to form a railroad company that would link the Denver City and to a lesser degree the Territory of Colorado with the national rail network. The company was incorporated in the Territory of Colorado on November 19, 1867 as the "Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company." A sense of urgency existed for this Denver based corporation, due to the formation of a rival, the Colorado, Clear Creek and Pacific Railway (later the Colorado Central), by W.A.H. Loveland and citizens of nearby Golden, with the intention of linking that city directly with Cheyenne and making Golden the natural hub of the territory.

The Denver Pacific Railway was a historic railroad that operated in the western United States during the late 19th century. Formed in 1867 in the Colorado Territory, the company operated lines in Colorado and present-day southeastern Wyoming in the 1870s until merging with the Kansas Pacific and Union Pacific railroads in 1880.

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what do we have to do to get decent buildings in Denver?  

ROCKIES CR - LOGO REDESIGN

The current Colorado Rockies insignia feels a bit dated, 27 years dated, to like, 1993.  Not an amazing year for graphic design, not a great decade for professionals sports teams specifically.  The 90s were the hayday of the cartoon mascot revival era.  The Rockies insignia and team logo also fell victim to this Microsoft Word design treatment.  That interlocking serfi-ed CR will never have the iconic appeal of the NY or LA or the Cubs C or even SD, of larger more successful franchises.  There's not much recognizable about the Colorado Rockies 'CR', besides the letters, and the royal purple lined silver team colors.  

Denver's design issues reach well beyond the Rockies insignia.  The city is being inundated with poor architectural design and development.  The large influx of people have sparked the building and construction industry to go mad with a constant churning out of sub-par product.   We the people, need to take a stand.  We have to demand a higher-level of design.  Until we can get a truly iconic baseball team and insignia...people will forever remain fair weather fans when it comes to design, and ownership of their surroundings. 

Baseball teams play a large role in defining a city, internationally.  You can walk the streets of Paris and see hundreds of NY ballcaps.  Where are all the Rockies ballcaps?  Not far from the Blake Street gates.  I propose we instate a new insignia, something a bit more time-less, not trapped in the 90s, but one that could outlive it's state's boundary, and define a place.  This is the new Colorado Territory, the 2017 version of Denver, and the new era Colorado Rockies.  

the colorado territory

James Pierson Beckwourth, born James Beckwith and generally known as, Jim Beckwourth (April 26, 1798 or 1800 – October 29, 1866 or 1867) was an American mountain man, fur trader, and explorer. A mulatto born into slavery in Virginia, he was freed by his father (and master) and apprenticed to a blacksmith; later he moved to the American West. As a fur trapper, he lived with the Crow Nation for years.

got more soul than a sock with a hole

got more soul than a sock with a hole

-MF DOOM

this too shall gentrify

ow now brown cloud or climbing the development ladder

rino denver colorado - 2017 - joshua palmeri

Difficult Doors

'Difficult Doors' is an art installation consisting of typical residential doors, with their knobs rearranged.  Some of the knobs are higher up on the door, some lower, and some doors have multiple knobs requiring multiple hands to open them.  Difficult Doors is an exploration of social interaction, self discovery, and ritual consciousness.  We pass through doors on a daily basis, but rarely do we think about the effort required to open a door, until it becomes a challenge.  If a door has two knobs, you can open it with a little finesse.  But, once you come across a 'door with three knobs', it requires you to enlist the help of a friend.  'Door with ten knobs', requires five people to get it open, and so on.  This exhibition is meant to challenge the viewer to move from a private experience of passage to a group and social engagement in order to accomplish certain tasks.   

'Difficult Doors' - Joshua Palmeri - 2016