Aurora’s Four-Mile Sewer Project Through Denver Sailed Through City Council Unanimously, With No Staff Report And No Discussion Story and photos by Mark Silverstein For the GPHN Last month’s report described the trail of demolished trees and razed vegetation that Aurora’s contractors carved out earlier this year along a four-mile section of First Creek in […]
Oct. 1 Is The Day: Five Stunning Houses, Plus A Free Street Fair With Food, Music, Booths & Fun The Park Hill Home Tour & Street Fair returns for the 45th year on Sunday, Oct. 1, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Home Tour includes a variety of homes that represent an eclectic mix […]
Fall Festival At Axum Park The second annual Park Hill Community Fall Festival is on tap for Sunday, Oct. 15 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The free, family-friendly event is at City of Axum Park, at the corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and Birch Street. It features free food, face painting, bubbles, […]
This juvenile Cooper’s Hawk will grow up to be fast and agile, not afraid to power through cluttered tree canopies in high-speed pursuit of other birds. The species was named in 1828 by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in honor of his friend, the naturalist William Cooper. They are relatively common to wooded habitats around the world […]
Sewer Story Was Disturbing Thank you for the important story entitled “A Sewer Runs Through It,” last month’s page 1 story by Mark Silverstein. His investigative reporting revealed the fact that the city of Aurora bulldozed open space through parts of Denver without the broader community even being aware of it. The findings are critical […]
City Park Friends and Neighbors, the registered Neighborhood Organization that advocates for City Park, invites you to join us for a tour of City Park’s flower gardens on Tuesday, Sept. 5 from 5:30 – 7 p.m. We will meet off the circular parking lot accessed from Montview Boulevard and turning south to the roundabout. The […]
Fran Lebowitz’s Take On Scorsese, Hip-Hop, Censorship And Barbie By Anya Nitczynski For the GPHN On Aug. 7 at the Boulder Theater, a pair of star-cross’d best friends were reunited after over a year apart. The best friends in question? Myself and Fran Lebowitz. She doesn’t know we’re best friends, but we are. Trust me. […]
The Global Problem Requires A Global Solution By Mark Kuhl For the GPHN Can we cure the epidemic of plastics pollution? This global problem requires a global solution and during last year’s UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi, UN member states made this a top priority. Plastic production is in the hundreds of millions of tons […]
The Silver Fox is actually the same species as the Red Fox, but has a genetic mutation that results in a darker pigment. As a result, instead of having the classic red coloring with black legs and feet, silver foxes are predominately black, with tinges of silver on their fur and white-tipped tails. Foxes that […]
When It Comes To The Climate, Some Challenges Seem Insurmountable. But Hope Is Not Lost By Tracey MacDermott For the GPHN Fall colors and cooler weather will be here soon and while the last days of summer begin to set, July 2023 will go down in the books as the hottest month ever recorded. July […]