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openings on Broadway - Happy Coffee, Gary Lee's, Adrift

Submitted by garbanzito on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 14:56
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176 S. Broadway - Gary Lee's Motor Club and Grub
218 S. Broadway - Adrift
1 S. Broadway - Happy Coffee

three new businesses have opened on Broadway since the end of April; all had lingered past their optimistic original opening dates, but the lingering prize goes to appropriately-named Adrift, which obtained its liquor license in 2006 and then sat empty for years with a petulant note in the window, “if banks would loan …”:

55 Broadway - Fancy Tiger Clothing

Submitted by garbanzito on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 09:52
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Location

55 Broadway
Denver, CO 80204
United States
39° 43' 3.4932" N, 104° 59' 16.7496" W
See map: Google Maps

this location houses Fancy Tiger Clothing, handmade and locally crafted clothing, bags, jewelry and more; Fancy Tiger also has a crafts store next door at 59 Broadway

history:

this location, along with 59 Broadway & 55 Broadway, housed a purveyor of designer plumbing fixtures which closed in the early 2000s, after which it sat empty until 2012

59 Broadway - Fancy Tiger Crafts

Submitted by garbanzito on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 09:51
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Location

59 Broadway
denver, CO 80204
United States
39° 43' 3.9216" N, 104° 59' 14.9928" W
See map: Google Maps

Fancy Tiger Crafts - fabric, yarn and other supplies for crafts; often visited by horndribbles (Flash site); Fancy Tiger also has a clothing store next door, 55 Broadway

history:

this location, along with 59 Broadway & 55 Broadway, housed a purveyor of designer plumbing fixtures which closed in the early 2000s, after which it sat empty until 2012

cute as a rat terrier - 1978 Swinger 2 by JC Penny

Submitted by garbanzito on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 19:27
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only a few steps north of the afore-pictured monster bike, here is "Swinger 2 by JC Penny" parked at Burnzwell, 108 S. Broadway

its affable owner offered that it was the 1978 model; the small displacement engine means it doesn't require license plates and may be legally parked on the sidewalk

craving attention

Submitted by garbanzito on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 19:25
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unlabeled, unlicensed, ridden only to fetch emergency supplies of butter and milk … but ready to change your life, baby!

owner unavailable for comment on this vehicle parked on the sidewalk outside Certified Customs (tattoo parlor) at 120 S. Broadway

ampersands on Broadway #6: a seamy ampersand at White Palace Laundrymat

Submitted by garbanzito on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 15:48
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94 S. Broadway - White Palace Laundrymat

White Palace Laundrymat (sic … the prevalent spelling on the internet, including on the "owner-verified" listing at Google Maps), 94 S. Broadway, is all about cleaning … except when it comes to the alley, where sign that once proclaimed with dignity, CLEANERS Laundromat & Alterations, now has an overlay of stickers, dangling wires and attention-hungry tags

94 S. Broadway - White Palace Laundrymat

Submitted by garbanzito on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 15:39
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Location

94 S. Broadway
Denver, CO 80209
United States
39° 42' 53.4312" N, 104° 59' 15.1116" W
See map: Google Maps

location of White Palace Laundrymat (so-named because it's within a classy white-tiled building)

ampersands on Broadway #5: reverence for the the Old West inside Fancy Tiger Crafts

Submitted by garbanzito on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 22:13
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59 Broadway - Fancy Tiger Crafts

Fancy Tiger Crafts’ spacious new home at 59 Broadway opened with the new year, and has been decorated inside with retro signage recalling the simplicity & self-reliance of the Old West, including these two classic ampersands; other decor in the new space includes vintage sewing machines, an old windmill, and of course the immensely varied stock of colorful fabrics, yarns, and myriad other craft supplies

(fifth in a series — signage on Broadway may last for decades or a few minutes; focusing on the typographic form of ampersands is both a simple delight and a way to illustrate Baker’s diversity)

59 Broadway - Fancy Tiger Crafts

Submitted by garbanzito on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 21:53
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Location

59 Broadway St.
Denver, CO
United States
39° 43' 3.9216" N, 104° 59' 14.9928" W
See map: Google Maps

northernmost of three storefronts in a building that had sat empty for several years; home of Fancy Tiger Crafts as of 1 Jan. 2012

ampersands on Broadway #4: Club 404 is no more

Submitted by garbanzito on Fri, 12/16/2011 - 16:41
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404 Broadway - Denver Wheel Club 404

Club 404 closed this week for a change in ownership, and presumably a change in style; no word yet whether it will retain its classic 3-dimensional sheet metal sign, with many empty light sockets suggesting a brighter past, but the ampersand here, in a halo of paste and a field of faded red, harks from an era when things lasted longer

(fourth in a series — signage on Broadway may last for decades or a few minutes; focusing on the typographic form of ampersands is both a simple delight and a way to illustrate Baker’s diversity)

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