Possible Changes to the East Street Historic District

*Golden Eye Candy – Patrick Klein – Housing Project on 24th – click to enlarge*

COVID Updates

43.1% — *% of Jeffco residents (16+) who have received either one or both shots (as of last Friday) – source*

EVERYONE IS ELIGIBLE TO GET THE VACCINE!

Appointments to Get the COVID Vaccine
State of Colorado’s Find Out Where You Can Get Vaccinated page | Lutheran Medical Center | JCPH Clinic in Arvada (70+ only) | www.vaccinespotter.org/CO/

Jefferson County Public Health’s COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center: 303-239-7000 | State Hotline to answer questions, including location of vaccine providers: 1-877-268-2926. It is staffed 24 hours a day

Golden Testing Sites
Mines COVID Testing | Jeffco Fairgrounds COVID Testing

Virtual Events

6-6:55AM Virtual Dynamic Circuit
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10:15AM Spanish Story Time with the Library
11:40-12:30AM All Levels Yoga Virtual
12-2PM Community Conversations: A Conversation about Privilege: Session 1 of 2
2-3PM Active Minds Mondays – Aviation
4-4:30PM Kids Martial Arts Class
5-6PM Young Readers Book Club – Humor

6:30PM Historic Preservation Board Meeting
HPB will consider a request by the owners of 904 Arapahoe Street (map) to be included in the 8th and 9th Street Historic District. The house is located within the district, but is currently considered “non-contributing.” (As I recall, when the historic districts were created, homeowners could choose to opt out. One reason an owner might opt out would be to avoid any pressure to conform to historic guidelines. One reason an owner might opt in is to be eligible for historic preservation tax credits.)

After the business meeting, they will hold a study session to discuss a draft letter that staff has written to suggest HPB’s stance on the proposed new zoning code. One thing that surprised me in the letter is a suggestion that the East Street Historic District be defined as “Transition or Core” (in the parlance of the new zoning code) rather than “Peripheral” (single family homes). Transition and Core areas allow cottage compounds, duplexes, and triplexes. At present, the East Street Historic District is almost entirely single family homes. Should be an interesting discussion.

Golden History Moment

*Colorado Transcript – April 5, 1930 – click to enlarge*

91 Years Ago
The April 5, 1930 Colorado Transcript included this advertisement for The Fair Store’s 9 Cent Sale. There were some great deals!

**Above**: Architectural rendering of the building at 23rd and East from the April 5, 1971 Golden Transcript. **Below**: Google Street View of that building.

50 Years Ago
The April 5, 1971 Golden Transcript featured this soon-to-be-built office building at the corner of 23rd and East Streets. It was to have 7,000 square feet of office space and parking for 30 cars. It would cost an estimated $170,000 and would be done the following August.

Apparently plans changed, because another article in the October 9, 1972 Transcript said that the building had “been sitting half-completed for over a year and residents in the area have complained it is a hazard.” Also apparent is the fact the somebody finally finished it, because it’s there today!

Many 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!