Comments on: Under the Viaducts http://buckfifty.org/2009/01/07/under-the-viaducts/ discovering the heart and soul of denver Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:37:50 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Joel Bader http://buckfifty.org/2009/01/07/under-the-viaducts/comment-page-1/#comment-15071 Joel Bader Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:18:50 +0000 http://buckfifty.org/?p=424#comment-15071 Did one of these viaducts get mentioned in James Michener's novel Centennial? In the last part, he referred to a local joke about a viaduct in Denver which was the "longest bridge in the world"--it separated the Jewish (Israeli) and Mexican communities. NOTE: It was quite a while since I read Centennial so my recollections may not be clear. If that is the case or if I am offending anyone, please let me know. Thanks for allowing me to post this message. Did one of these viaducts get mentioned in James Michener’s novel Centennial? In the last part, he referred to a local joke about a viaduct in Denver which was the “longest bridge in the world”–it separated the Jewish (Israeli) and Mexican communities.

NOTE: It was quite a while since I read Centennial so my recollections may not be clear. If that is the case or if I am offending anyone, please let me know. Thanks for allowing me to post this message.

]]> By: Victoria http://buckfifty.org/2009/01/07/under-the-viaducts/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Victoria Thu, 05 Mar 2009 03:33:30 +0000 http://buckfifty.org/?p=424#comment-198 Am I a freak because I miss the viaducts? I am vaguely amused at the development that's happened in the 15th Street/trainyard corridor from downtown to Confluence Park. This area was always called "the Bottoms" by my parents, and was not a suitable place for anything but bakeries, meat packing (rats the size of opossums) and casket manufacturers because...it was in the floodplain! (Platte River, c.a. 1965) I don't know that this has changed. I hope so...for the sake of all those condos and that amusement park that's for sale over there.. Am I a freak because I miss the viaducts?

I am vaguely amused at the development that’s happened in the 15th Street/trainyard corridor from downtown to Confluence Park. This area was always called “the Bottoms” by my parents, and was not a suitable place for anything but bakeries, meat packing (rats the size of opossums) and casket manufacturers because…it was in the floodplain! (Platte River, c.a. 1965)

I don’t know that this has changed. I hope so…for the sake of all those condos and that amusement park that’s for sale over there..

]]> By: JW http://buckfifty.org/2009/01/07/under-the-viaducts/comment-page-1/#comment-73 JW Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:06:43 +0000 http://buckfifty.org/?p=424#comment-73 These pictures make it look like it was a hundred years ago but I remember it like it was yesterday.. Paris on the platte when the viaduct ran right by it with the stairs going up... The Wazee and Rock Island in the grimey shadow of those things. Thanks for the memories. These pictures make it look like it was a hundred years ago but I remember it like it was yesterday.. Paris on the platte when the viaduct ran right by it with the stairs going up… The Wazee and Rock Island in the grimey shadow of those things. Thanks for the memories.

]]> By: Jeanne Allen http://buckfifty.org/2009/01/07/under-the-viaducts/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Jeanne Allen Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:00:47 +0000 http://buckfifty.org/?p=424#comment-66 Wow, your photos really bring me back to my childhood. I can feel your sense of peace as you wandered around these Denver landmarks. Thanks for this little trip back in time! Wow, your photos really bring me back to my childhood. I can feel your sense of peace as you wandered around these Denver landmarks.
Thanks for this little trip back in time!

]]> By: Renna Shesso http://buckfifty.org/2009/01/07/under-the-viaducts/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Renna Shesso Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:48:51 +0000 http://buckfifty.org/?p=424#comment-62 Oh, man, these photos are nostalgia-provoking! I loved the viaducts and had many curious adventures under and near them (often related to the Wazee and Brothers. Thanks for posting them. Oh, man, these photos are nostalgia-provoking! I loved the viaducts and had many curious adventures under and near them (often related to the Wazee and Brothers.
Thanks for posting them.

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