Post #113937 by ZuluMagoo on Sat, Sep 11, 2004 3:27 PM

Hey Dale - good to hear from another Denverite. There are 5 or 6 of us who post here so keep your eyes open for us once in a while.

Puamana - The top image is from a brochure (undated)for the hotel (shown below). The ads are from various older tourist magazines for Denver. The backs of the types of magazines usually have a section for local restaurants with ads and graphics. I'm always amazed what I can find with a little bit of research.

Here is a historic photo (1957) of the Cosmopolitan (found this online in the Denver Public Library historic photo archive)

Here is the site as it stands today. the parking lot is owned the the Trinity Church (shown in the background). The Cosmo was razed in the mid 80s to make way for a new downtown tower complex. They sure seem to be taking their time (20 years, doesn't look like it will ever be built). Ironically, the engineering firm I work for did the building foundation design for the new structure to be built here. I actually worked on this project about 8 years ago when they tried to get it going again.

Lastly, a matchbook