Autistic Author, Budget, Bobcats, and Kafadar Commons

*Golden Eye Candy – The New Peaks to Plains Trail – click to enlarge*

Virtual Events

6-6:55AM Cardio Lift Interval
8-8:55AM Tai Chi
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10:15AM Virtual: Baby Time with the Library
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop
5:30-7PM Golden Orators Toastmasters
6PM Golden Anti-Racism Collection (Hybrid) – Book and Media Group

Real World Events

*Full moon rising over South Table Mountain – Frank Hanou*

8:56AM Full Moon

7:30AM Citizen Budget Advisory Committee Meeting @ City Hall
CBAC will discuss the 2022 Operating Budget. City Council discussed it last night in a study session, and had some insightful discussion about nice-to-haves and must-haves.

9AM Golden Walks – Wednesday Morning Celebrating Life @ Golden Library
12:30-1:30PM Golden Women in Business Book Club
2-5PM Shakedown Street Market at Over Yonder Brewing
4-5PM Readers Theater @ Golden Library
6-8:30PM 4-H Open House @ Jefferson County Fairgrounds
6PM Golden Anti-Racism Collection (Hybrid) – Book and Media Group
6:30-8:30PM An Evening with Anthony Ianni, Autistic Author and Motivational Speaker

6:30PM Planning Commission @ City Hall
Planning Commission will hold a public hearing regarding 501 McIntyre Street. This land, located west of the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, formerly held a foundry. Now Bobcat of the Rockies, which owns land adjacent, plans to move onto this bigger piece of property.

They will also discuss the City’s Annexation Plan, and decide whether to recommend it to City Council.

Live Music

6PM Live Music @ Miners Saloon
6:30PM Open Jam/Mic at Over Yonder Brewing

Golden History Moment

*Postcard showing the houses on 15th Street (removed during the 1960s) – click to enlarge*

55 Years Ago
The October 20, 1966 Colorado Transcript announced a new central mall planned for the School of Mines campus. At the time, 15th Street through central campus contained several houses. The plan was to demolish them to create the new open space/mall.

*Left: Plan for mall on CSM campus – October 20, 1966 Colorado Transcript Right: Same area, present day, shown on Google Satellite Images* – click to enlarge

For the most part, the plan was carried out. The houses along 15th Street were soon gone, replaced by a large, open lawn.

*Architect’s rendering of Meyer Hall – Colorado Transcript, April 26, 1962 – click to enlarge*

Meyer Hall (opened in 1964) was the southern anchor of the new mall. Meyer Hall was replaced by the CoorsTek Center for Applied Sciences and Engineering in 2017.

*Stratton (right) and Chauvenet (left) – click to enlarge*

Chauvenet and Stratton defined the north side on the mall. The article said those two buildings were earmarked for replacement by a new engineering building. That never happened–Chauvenet and Stratton are still there.

The west end of the mall was (and is) Guggenheim Hall (1906). The east end would be Hill Hall (1958) and “the new Professional Communications and Humanities Center” (later called the Green Center, which opened in 1972).

*Kafadar Commons – Google Street Images*

15th Street was vacated through the campus in 1984, allowing the school to include that in the grassy mall. The area was named Kafadar Commons in 1993, in honor of Ahmed D. and Maryanna Bell Kafadar.

Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!