The Denver Eye » Skyscrapers http://www.thedenvereye.com Visualizing Denver's Past & Present Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:54:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Broadway & 17th http://www.thedenvereye.com/broadway-17th/ http://www.thedenvereye.com/broadway-17th/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:35:38 +0000 Tom Lundin http://www.thedenvereye.com/?p=3535 IMG_5996z

Broadway and 17th in downtown Denver, showing the contrasts of styles from different eras.
The sandstone Brown Palace from 1892, the International-style Mile High Tower from 1956,
and peeking over the top, the post-modern Wells Fargo Center skyscraper from 1984.

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The Republic Plaza, designed 1983 by Donald Smith for
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. The late-modern design now
stands out from decorative, contemporary styles.

Before the Republic Plaza, the Republic Building stood on
this site, designed in 1928 by G. Merideth Musick.

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Photos © 2011 Alan Golin Gass, FAIA

The original model for Denver’s first skyscraper, the Miesian-style
Mile High Center, completed by I. M. Pei & Associates in 1956.

In this model you can see the tapestry-like interplay of the white enamel
panels with the dark aluminum bands on the Mile High Tower. To the
left of the model is a four-story renovated bank and on the right is the
two-story, barrel-roofed Transportation Building.

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