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Civic Center RTD Terminal and Denver Post Tower

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1984, Johnson, Hopson, terminal; Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, tower. 1560 Broadway (southeast corner of E. 16th Ave.)
  • Civic Center RTD Terminal and Denver Post Tower (Richard W. Longstreth)
  • Civic Center RTD Terminal and Denver Post Tower (Richard W. Longstreth)
  • Civic Center RTD Terminal and Denver Post Tower (Richard W. Longstreth)
  • Civic Center RTD Terminal and Denver Post Tower (Richard W. Longstreth)
  • Civic Center RTD Terminal and Denver Post Tower (Richard W. Longstreth)

This rare example of courteous, human-scale high-rise architecture is set back to preserve the view of Longs Peak from the state capitol. On the southeast corner, over the bus station, is a pedestrian plaza overlooking Civic Center.

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Thomas J. Noel
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Thomas J. Noel, "Civic Center RTD Terminal and Denver Post Tower", [Denver, Colorado], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/CO-01-DV014.

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