Did you know?
In 1892, the Rocky Mountain News wrote of the Equitable Building, “There are few buildings in the United States that will equal in the graceful beauty of its architecture and the attractive loveliness of its composition.”
Look for news of our next One Past 5 in March 2012!
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December 8, 2011 One Past Five - Equitable Building
Attendees spent the evening wandering the lobby of this Italian Renaissance Revival masterpiece, drink in hand. Guests mingled with friends new and old while marveling at the ornate interior of a building that was the finest office building in the city at its time. While not touring the amazing interior of this 119-year-old building, guests toured the Broker Restaurant, housed in the 1903 Denver National Bank Building’s vaults.
A very special thank you to event sponsors:
Rock Bottom Brewery
Appaloosa Grill
The Broker Restaurant
Sopra Communities
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August 18, 2011 One Past Five - Saddlery
Attendees to this One Past 5 were the first to party in this recently renovated, 102-year old historic building! Guests enjoyed drinks and food while dancing to the bluegrass tunes of "The Hayward Strangers." Also included were tours of the building, included the brand-new 6th floor penthouse addition.
A very special thank you to our event sponsors:
Wynkoop Brewing Company
Wines off Wynkoop
The Hayward Strangers
Wazee Supper Club
Ghost Plate and Tap
The Grizzly Rose
Sudio K2 Architecture
Saddlery
Jenny Thompson Graphic Design
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Our February 24, 2011 One Past Five - Engine House was smoking hot!
The sustainably renovated and restored firehouse, now home to SLATERPAULL Architects, was the most recent historic hot spot for our popular young professional happy hour series. Sustainability tours showed off the building's many original features including the locker room and hose-drying tower. Historic Denver, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and LoDo District, Inc. wish to thank our hosts, SLATERPAULL Architects and SLATERPAULL's Melanie Short, AIA, for allowing us to see their work and for two incredible sustainability tours of the space.
A very special thank you to our event sponsors...
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery
Sip Fine Wine and Spirits
The Celtic Tavern
Fleur Decor
Jennifer Thompson Graphic Design
...for providing the wonderful food, refreshments and OP5 flair!
And thanks to our guests for coming out to support preservation efforts in this amazing place we call home
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October 11, 2010 - One Past 5 - Olinger Mortuary
The Scarlet Salon, which occupies the original chapel of the century-old Olinger Mortuary at 1575 Boulder Street in the hot LoHi neighborhood in Denver, set the spooky stage for a One Past 5 happy hour of historic gothicness!
The Olinger Mortuary was once the temporary resting place for generations of Denverites as they passed from this world to the next. Set on the slope of a hill looking down over Denver, the Olinger Building, at the corner of 16th & Boulder, and later the iconic Olinger sign, once defined the Highlands Neighborhood. When founded, Highlands was actually its own city, built up and away from the dirt and debauchery of downtown. In 2007 a full resurrection of the property was completed when local developers transformed the former mortuary into a hotbed of resturant and business activity.
Thanks to the wonderful people at Scarlet Salon and all who joined us for this marvelously macabre One Past 5!
Learn more about the "resurrection" of the Mortuary...
Historic Denver: Olinger Building from Havey Productions on Vimeo.
About One Past 5
The inspiration for the Historic Denver, Inc. and National Trust for Historic Preservation's One Past 5 preservation happy hours was to allow our guests access into historic spaces that most have never had the opportunity to explore; in the process educating a new audience about the historic preservation efforts that help define Denver as a city that respects its past as it moves toward the future.
First time One Past 5 attendees receive a free annual membership and the opportunity to get more involved in saving the places that matter to Denver. Scroll down (or visit Historic Denver's facebook page) to see photos from our 2009 and 2010 OP5 events.
Past Events
The circa 1920 Malo Mansion at 500 East 8th Avenue is a historic landmark whose colorful list of previous owners have included milling magnate Oscar Malo, the Catholic archdiocese, real estate investor Trenton Parker and millionaire heiress Swanee Hunt. Current occupants, the architects of Buchanan Yonushewski Group, and your hosts, Historic Denver, Inc. and National Trust for Historic Preservation, openend those storied doors for a 20s jazz-themed gathering in tribute to the era in which the mansion was built.
Thanks, especially, to our sponsors: Lala's Wine Bar + Pizzeria, Republic National Distributing Company Liquor, Nordstrom, Scarlet Salon, the National Trust’s Historic Hotels of America and music sponsor KUVO Jazz 89.3 and the Wendy Fopeano/Marc Sabatella Duo.
One Past 5 - The Denver Press Club, November 5, 2009
The Denver Press Club (1330 Glenarm)- place of history and mystery - was the scene of Historic Denver & the National Trust for Historic Preservation's latest One Past 5 happy hour. The city's most colorful characters have sipped & noshed & networked at this elusive place for nearly a century, and on November 5th, Denver's young preservationists joined them in swanky droves.
Many thanks to all who made the evening a success - all who attended, our OP5 Committee and our incredible sponsors: The Denver Press Club, Solera, Nordstrom, Sean Tolliver, Al's Barber Shop, Jerri's Tobacco Shop & Fine Wines and Svdeka Vodka/Republic National Distributing Company.
