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Blog Entry 28 of 32 The Cole Chronicles
This is a blog about all things Cole...the Cole neighborhood, that is, in NE Denver, bound my MLK (south), 40th St. (north), York (east) and Downing (west). It's a little corner of the world that I've called home for ten years now. I've seen it change in unimaginable ways, especially after 5280 named it tomorrow's hottest neighborhood. This blog is about chronicling the ongoing revitalization of one of Denver's oldest neighborhoods. It's a wonderful, diverse area, full of characters and stories. It's Royal Drug and a Carnegie Library and striking architecture accented with hidden pocket parks, panaderias and the stately Wyatt Elementary, which happens to be my favorite building in all of Denver. People hang on their front porches in this 'hood; neighbors help one another. What it's not: white, suburban or gang-free. It's not always pretty. Sometimes the smell from the nearby Purina plant gets local dogs howling. Sometimes there are gunshots. This area still carries a stigma that's hard to erase. Regardless, this is my home, and watching it change and push back and find its way in this vibrant, fast growing city is worth noting. And so I do.

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Off the Road Again

Article Contributed on: 8/1/2009 4:12:43 PM

Summer, often, equals travel. We've went to Montana over Memorial Day and then embarked on a cross-the-Midwest-into-the-northern-territories adventure from which I am currently downloading 720 pictures. Recovering from a 3600 mile journey to Ontario (by way of Ohio) and back makes home all the more sweet. Two weeks out: nights in Kansas City; Canton, Ohio (my hometown); Naperville, IL (I would recommend the Days Inn/ Naperville with extreme reservations); and Ames, Iowa. In between the long stretches of road we sank our weary bodies into lounge chairs and relaxed for six glorious days on a dock in Stony Lake. The water beneath us rocked the wooden cradle, white pines leaning in to watch, rain dimpling the bay. Awe-andthensome.

Back in Cole, summer is here in all its full force Colorado fickle weathered glory. More on that tomorrow, along with pictures of our new deck stairs, fountain alterations and ambient lighting. Now I'm off catch up on what's been happening around the neighborhood since we left.

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