What’s Happening in Golden Today?
6-6:55AM Cardio Lift Interval (Virtual)
8-8:55AM Tai Chi (Virtual)
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
9AM Golden Walks – Wednesday Morning Celebrating Life @ Golden Library
10AM and 1PM Wild West Walking Tour (2 hours)
10AM, 1PM, and 4PM Wild West Short Tour (1 hour)
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
11:30-12:45PM Community Development Committee @ Golden Visitors Center
2-3PM Google Docs @ Golden Library
3-5PM Hard Times Writing Workshop (Virtual)
6:30PM League of Women Voters – 2022 Ballot Issues Presentation (Virtual)
6:30PM Planning Commission Meeting @ City Hall
Planning Commission will review two cases tonight. The owners of 1815 East Street (map) plan to build an addition on the back of their house. The new section will include an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU).
The owners of 879 N. Ford Street (map) plan to build a new single family home. This project will require “Major Adjustments” This project is classified as a “Suburban Home” under our new zoning code, but it departs from the guidelines in several ways: The normal maximum size is 3200 square feet. This home will be 4985 square feet. It includes 10 “massing articulations” in the front facade; whereas the maximum allowed is 5. It will be 2.5 stories tall instead of the 2 stories allowed by code. The new house will include an ADU. This lot is unusually large, at 21,500 square feet.
The Sustainability Manager will propose changes to our building codes, with the objective of making all new construction in Golden “Net Zero.”
Live Music
5-8PM Sycamore Porch Pickers @ Golden Mill
6:30PM Open Jam/Mic at Over Yonder Brewing
Golden History Moment
117 Years Ago
The November 2, 1905 Colorado Transcript reported a terrible train accident. A southbound train was coming downhill, on tracks that paralleled Tucker Gulch. Two trains–one eastbound, for Denver, and one westbound, for the mountains–waited on tracks at the bottom of the hill. The rails were wet and the hill was steep. The engineer of the southbound train lost control and rammed the westbound train.
With a noise that was heard all over the city, the crash came. The two rear coaches were lifted high in the air….
Colorado Transcript – November 2, 1905
Seven people were seriously hurt, with sprains, bruises, a dislocated shoulder, some broken ribs, and many cuts from flying glass and splinters.
What struck me most about the article was the relentlessly upbeat (“it could have been so much worse!”) tone. It emphasized that no one died. When the passenger coach was struck, the stove (used to heat the car) was “broken and overturned,” but (miraculously) did not start the wreckage on fire. The passenger who sat next to the stove was covered with shattered wood and seriously injured, but not killed.
The railroad employees showed “presence of mind,” “quick action,” and “Herculean effort.” The article ran through scenarios that could have made the accident worse.
The Transcript stated emphatically that “No blame can be attached to any of the trainmen, and the accident was due wholly to the wet rails and heavy grades.”
It was a less litigious time!
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!
