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6-6:55AM Virtual Dynamic Circuit
8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10AM – Foss Market @ 13th and Arapahoe
10:15AM Spanish Story Time with the Library
11:40AM-12:30PM All Levels Yoga Virtual
2-3PM Active Minds Mondays
4-4:30PM Kids Martial Arts Class
5-6PM Young Readers Book Club
6:30PM Historic Preservation Board Meeting
HPB will consider two cases tonight. The first is a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for the house at 10th and Illinois. The owner plans to build an ADU over her garage. The home is a non-contributing structure in the 8th and 9th Street Historic District.
The second case concerns the Astor House. Foothills Art Center will be taking over the Astor House and plans extensive renovations, including a large addition. They brought their initial plans to the Historic Preservation Board last month, asking for a Certificate of Appropriateness. HPB had some concerns, including two in particular:
First, the addition was to be surrounded by a metal screen, and the Board felt that material was inappropriate for a historic building in a historic district. The new plan calls for brick construction, with windows similar to those on the original part of the Astor House.
Second, the Board was concerned about the size of the addition. They thought it might overshadow the original historic building, and thought it might be consuming too much of the back yard. The revised version protrudes 3-1/2 feet less into the yard.
The Board will consider the changes and decide whether the design is now “Appropriate” for the historic property.
Golden History Moment
65 Years Ago
The June 7, 1956 Colorado Transcript described a June 4th flood on Clear Creek. “Flood waters roared down Clear Creek canon Monday afternoon after a dam broke below Georgetown when a spillway collapsed. The flood washed out several bridges, sending debris downstream, took out part of Highways 6 and 40 and caused much property damage in Idaho Springs and that area.”
Fortunately, the canyon widens as it approaches Golden, and the damage here was minimal. The baseball fields in Lions Park and about half a block of 10th Street were covered with water.
City personnel were warned of the impending flood at 11AM and the crest reached us at 3:02PM. According to the City Engineer, the water rose a full foot at the Ford Street bridge between 2:57 and 3:02PM. The flow went from 6.1 miles per hour to 10.4 miles per hour.
The Transcript reported that the flood carried debris from washed out bridges and parts of automobiles. We were in the process of building a new bridge at Ford Street that summer, and the City was very concerned that no harm should come to it. Street and Water Department employees were ready with poles to dislodge any debris that threatened the bridge, but none accumulated. They attributed that to the increased span (10 feet wider) and height (1 foot higher) of the new bridge.
June is always an exciting time to watch the Creek! The USGS provides near-real time information about the flow of Clear Creek.
The Golden Transcript (originally called the Colorado Transcript) has been publishing since 1866. The Golden History Museum has been working on digitizing the historic issues. You’ll find old Transcripts online at coloradohistoricnewspapers.org.
