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Driftwood Hotel sign
The Driftwood Hotel sign on E. Colfax. It points to the hotel on the other side of the street!
The driftwood from the Driftwood Hotel.
January 25th, 2012 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
West Colfax
January 2nd, 2012 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Aristocrat closeup
Just a quick closeup of the ’50s-era Aristocrat Motor Hotel sign.
July 19th, 2011 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Aristocrat Motor Hotel sign
The iconic Aristocrat Motor Hotel sign on Colfax at dusk.
Hotel and sign date from the late-1950s.
April 5th, 2011 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Lakewood Grill sign
Lakewood Grill sign at sunset on West Colfax, sign dating from 1950.
April 3rd, 2011 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Citywide bank
If you were watching the news yesterday, you probably saw this Citywide Bank building
in clips as someone attempted to rob it yesterday! Of course, the police caught them
right away.
Citywide Bank is on Colfax in Aurora.
Previously I thought this bank, with it’s umbrella or trumpet-shaped columns, was from
the early-1950s, but the drive up platform in back looks like late-1960s, so maybe it is
closer to that time period.
January 15th, 2011 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Spooky
Some unfortunate graffiti gave me something suitably spooky for Halloween!
(From East High on East Colfax)
October 30th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Sundown over Colfax
Orange clouds over Colfax, looking out over East High.
August 28th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Bastien’s sign
Bastien’s Steak House on Colfax has repainted their famous sign and finally changed the text board. It hadn’t changed for 35 years! Well, time moves on, but I present this slight composite to remind you what it previously looked like!
I believe the sign dates back to 1959!
August 24th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
West Colfax
Looking west on Colfax in Lakewood in the early ’70s. Of course Lakewood Grill is still
there, but Dreiling Buick is now a Mazda dealership.
Courtesy of:
May 5th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Erick Roorda
Pig’N Whistle
Long in a state of disrepair, Eddie Bohn’s Pig’N Whistle Hotel/Motel
on W. Colfax caught fire last night.
Originally opened by larger-than-life boxer Eddie Bohn in the ’20s,
it was updated and added to over the years, until finally closing in 1991.
This was a particularly bad graffiti day a couple of years ago.
April 22nd, 2010 / 3 Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Trail’s End sign
Trail’s End Motel sign towards the end of the US-40 trail on W. Colfax.
April 20th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Art Deco gas station
This old gas station on Colfax Avenue, is perhaps Denver’s best example of an Art Deco
or Streamline Modern gas station.
April 12th, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by admin
Mod bank building in Aurora
This modernist bank on Colfax in Aurora probably dates to the early 1950s.
The umbrella shaped columns (or trumpets), are reminescent of the motif used by Frank Lloyd Wright in the Johnson Wax Building from 10 or 15 years previous to this building.
April 2nd, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
A-D hotel sign
March 25th, 2010 / No Comments » / by admin
Davies’ Chuck Wagon
March 23rd, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Tile detail
Tile detail from the mid-century modern bank on Colfax that later became Video One. The building is getting a redo, this tile is now gone.
March 4th, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
McDonalds signage
Leftover ’50s signage from a McDonalds on Colfax
March 2nd, 2010 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Davies’ Chuck Wagon
Horse atop Davies’ Chuck Wagon in Lakewood on W. Colfax.
January 27th, 2010 / No Comments » / by admin
Taylor’s Supper Club sign
LP cover with a rendering of the sign in front of Taylor’s Supper Club, an entertainment institution on West Colfax in Lakewood from the 1940s through the 1970s. Run by Sammy Toole and starring The Taylors, who put out many local LPs aside from this one.
December 13th, 2009 / 7 Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Wolf’s Motor Inn
Wolf’s Motor Inn sign on East Colfax.
Modernist restaurant and hotel, 1950s-era.
November 25th, 2009 / 1 Comment » / by Tom Lundin
Pig’N Whistle sign
Sign from Eddie Bohn’s Pig’N Whistle BBQ restaurant. Restaurant originally from 1924, sign from the 1950’s.
November 13th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
Titan Missile in Civic Center Park
Titan missile on display in Denver’s Civic Center Park 1959.
As with any picture on this site, click to enlarge.
November 8th, 2009 / 1 Comment » / by Paul Schutt
White Spot
One of the former locations of Denver restaurant chain White Spot. Now Los Toritos.
Googie-style design 1961 by Los Angeles firm Armet & Davis, famous for coffee shops all over L.A.
(There is another White Spot post on Tom Lundin’s site ModMidMod.)
November 1st, 2009 / 1 Comment » / by Tom Lundin
Royal Host Motel sign
This bit of neon signage on East Colfax dating from 1966
was sadly lost in the recent renovation of the Royal Host Motel.
This hotel was featured in the film Every Which Way But Loose.
The sign featured spears, a nice color TV sign, and a beautiful crown motif.
October 21st, 2009 / No Comments » / by Tom Lundin
