Lower Downtown (Denver, Colo.) -- History.

Scope and Contents

Collection contains research materials: brochures, bulletins, newsletters, menus, publicity, ephemera, guides used by Eitemiller for his book: Historic tours: for automobile, bicycle, omnibus, or walking: Denver Part 1 Auraria and Lower Downtown including Ninth Street Park and Larimer Square (1977). Photographs and slides by Daniel Eitemiller.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The collection spans 1874–2010 and documents the professional life of Denver urban planning consultant and Ballpark Neighborhood Association booster, Karle Seydel, during a period of heavy investment, preservation, and renovation in Denver’s city center which began in the late 1980s and continued into the 2000s. The bulk of the collection relates to Seydel’s years of urban planning and advocacy work to improve the neighborhood surrounding Denver’s Coors Field from the early 1990s until his...