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WEST SIDE RECORDER Volume 7—Number 6 Monthly Newspaper of the West Side, Denver, Colorado October, 1970 These pictures show the pool pf water at Fifth Avenue and Elati Street. They were taken on October 12. The last rain had been two days before on October 10. Funds Requested for New Building Denver General Hospital is requesting $1,004,750 in city and Federal funds for construction of a new five story building. The new building would house a health assessment center and an alcoholism and drug addiction center. The health assessment center part of the project would cost $472,375. It would provide facilities for thorough physical examinations on an assembly line basis. A patient would go through a series of testing areas in each of which he would be subjected to particular tests. In this way a patient could be tested for more things in a shorter period of time than is now possible. The alcoholism and drug addiction portion of the new project would cost $532,375. It would provide forty beds for in-patient care: twenty-five for alcoholics, ten for juvenile drug users, and five for narcotics addicts. In addition to in-patient services the center would provide out-patient services for 1,000 alcoholics, addicts, and drug abusers per year as well as day treatment services for 500 patients per year. Counseling and emergency services would be provided. Promises Not ELMWOOD SCHOOL ONE OF Alv!ays Ke?f FIVE TO BE REBUILT IN CITY In February of this year Waldo Benavidez, Chairman of the West Side Improvement Association, showed Roger Olson, Assistant to Mayor McNichols, the pool that existed most of last winter at Fifth and Elati. At the time Olson said that he would have city crews fix the drains in the area right away. The pool, however, is still there. Asked about the drainage problem on October 15, Mayor's Assistant Olson said that in February he had instructed the Public Works Department to take care of the problem and that they had told him that the problem was solved. When the continued existence of the problem was brought to his attention this month Olson said that he would see that the drains were fixed "immediately." Residents of the area report that there is also a drainage problem at Fifth and Fox. A problem that exixsted at Fifth and Inca has been corrected. JUNKYARD IS MOVING OUT The junkyard that has been operated at 814 Mariposa Street may soon be gone according to Ralph E. Livingston of the City Zoning Administration Office. According to Livingston, the property has been ordered cleared of used cars and automobile parts. The operator of the junkyard, Tony Cisneros, was ordered to appear in County Court October 9, but he failed to answer the summons. The land on which Cisneros has been operating the junkyard is zoned R-2 which prohibits junkyards. R-2 is a residential zone for homes and small apartments. In Cisneros' absence the owner of the property, Raymond Bartelson of 3055 So. Milwaukee Circle, was ordered to remove the cars and junk. Work now seems to have been started on cleaning up the areas, but as of October 18 there ware still five cars and assorted auto parts on the lot. Hopefully, though, this dangerous eyesore will soon be gone. Stumps off elm trees cut down alone: 13th Avenue beside Lincoln Park. See related *tory on this page. Also note cartoon on page*. West Side Losing Trees The West Side is one of the areas that has been hardest hit by Denver's infestation of Dutch Elm disease. Concentrations of trees with the disease have been located at Lincoln Park, Sunken Gardens, along Bannock in the vicinity of Fifth Avenue, and along Acoma between Third and Fifth Avenues. The Department of Parks and Recreation recently removed over thirty elms from Lincoln Park. According to City Forester, George S. Stadler, most of the trees that were removed (Continued on page 6) At its October 15 meeting te School Board unanimously voted to accept a staff recommendation that planning begin on five school projects including a new Elmwood and major addition at Fairmont. The recommendation made to the Board by Assistant Superintendent Charles E. Armstrong was for immediate planning of four completely new schools and of a new wing at Fairmont. The new schools in addition to Elmwood would be in the Southeast, Southwest, and Montbello sections of Denver. In recommending construction of a new Elmwood Dr. Armstrong said, "Although the City Comprehensive Plan shows a change in land use from the present residential to commercial and industrial development, there will be a need for school facilities in the area for some time.,, He added, "If pupil membership in a proposed new Elmwood School declines, other uses for the building can be made. Concerning Fairmont, Dr. Armstrong recommened that the site be expanded and that additional classrooms and a lunchroom be constructed. Such an expansion of Fairmont would, he said, permit the abandonment of Alameda School at West Byers Place and Bannock Street. The five projects for which planning will now begin should be ready for construction by 1972. The planning and construction sched- dule which the School Board adopted shows construction beginning on the Fairmont addition in January, 1972 with completion in December, 1972. The schedule for the new Elmwood shows construction beginning in February, 1972 with completion in September, 1973. Only funds for planning and working drawings for these projects will be budgeted until a year from now. New Buildings: Montbello, Southwest, Southeast, and Southeast. Replacements: Elmwood, Alcott* Berkeley. Additions: Fairmont, Whit- tier. Junior High School— New: Southwest. Additions: Gove, Byers, Skinner. Senior High School- Additions: East, West. New Yield Lane Cancels Out Effect Of New Light at Navajo and 13th A truck using the new no-stop right tuii i lane at Mariposa and 13th. This is directly in front pf the Mariposa Child Care Center. A new pedestrian crosswalk and traffic light have been installed on 13th Avenue midway between O- sage and Marisposa. Down the block at the intersection of 13th and Mariposa a new traffic island has been installed making the eastbound right turn lane of 13th Avenue a yield lane. The pedestrian crosswalk was installed at the request of neighborhood residents. A young boy, Armando Alvarez, 10, was killed at this location on October 30,1969. Many children from the North Lincoln Park Homes cross 13th Avenue in this vicinity to get to Lincoln Park. Unfortunately the added safety of the midblock pedestrian crossing is cancelled out by the increased .risk caused by the new traffic island at 13th and Mariposa. Children crossing 13th at Mariposa must now cross a lane of traffic that is never required to stop. In the past the traffic in what is now the yield lane had to stop when the light on 13th was red.
Object Description
Call Number | Auraria archive |
Title | West Side Recorder Volume 7 No 6 |
Creator | West Side Recorder |
Date | 1970 October |
Summary | Newsletter dedicated to community life in the Auraria neighborhood prior to the construction of the Auraria campus |
Description | 8 p. |
Is Part Of | Auraria Neighborhood Collection |
Subject | Community newspapers--Auraria (Denver, Colo.) |
Geographic Area | Auraria (Denver, Colo.) |
Format-Medium | Document |
Rights Contact Information | Property rights are held by Auraria Library Archives and Special Collections, Denver, Colorado. |
Reproduction Available for Purchase | No |
Description
Call Number | Auraria archive |
Title | West Side Recorder Volume 7 No 6 |
Creator | West Side Recorder |
Date | 1970 October |
Summary | Newsletter dedicated to community life in the Auraria neighborhood prior to the construction of the Auraria campus |
Description | 8 p. |
Subject | Community newspapers--Auraria (Denver, Colo.) |
Geographic Area | Auraria (Denver, Colo.) |
Format-Medium | Document |
Reproduction Available for Purchase | No |
Full Text | WEST SIDE RECORDER Volume 7—Number 6 Monthly Newspaper of the West Side, Denver, Colorado October, 1970 These pictures show the pool pf water at Fifth Avenue and Elati Street. They were taken on October 12. The last rain had been two days before on October 10. Funds Requested for New Building Denver General Hospital is requesting $1,004,750 in city and Federal funds for construction of a new five story building. The new building would house a health assessment center and an alcoholism and drug addiction center. The health assessment center part of the project would cost $472,375. It would provide facilities for thorough physical examinations on an assembly line basis. A patient would go through a series of testing areas in each of which he would be subjected to particular tests. In this way a patient could be tested for more things in a shorter period of time than is now possible. The alcoholism and drug addiction portion of the new project would cost $532,375. It would provide forty beds for in-patient care: twenty-five for alcoholics, ten for juvenile drug users, and five for narcotics addicts. In addition to in-patient services the center would provide out-patient services for 1,000 alcoholics, addicts, and drug abusers per year as well as day treatment services for 500 patients per year. Counseling and emergency services would be provided. Promises Not ELMWOOD SCHOOL ONE OF Alv!ays Ke?f FIVE TO BE REBUILT IN CITY In February of this year Waldo Benavidez, Chairman of the West Side Improvement Association, showed Roger Olson, Assistant to Mayor McNichols, the pool that existed most of last winter at Fifth and Elati. At the time Olson said that he would have city crews fix the drains in the area right away. The pool, however, is still there. Asked about the drainage problem on October 15, Mayor's Assistant Olson said that in February he had instructed the Public Works Department to take care of the problem and that they had told him that the problem was solved. When the continued existence of the problem was brought to his attention this month Olson said that he would see that the drains were fixed "immediately." Residents of the area report that there is also a drainage problem at Fifth and Fox. A problem that exixsted at Fifth and Inca has been corrected. JUNKYARD IS MOVING OUT The junkyard that has been operated at 814 Mariposa Street may soon be gone according to Ralph E. Livingston of the City Zoning Administration Office. According to Livingston, the property has been ordered cleared of used cars and automobile parts. The operator of the junkyard, Tony Cisneros, was ordered to appear in County Court October 9, but he failed to answer the summons. The land on which Cisneros has been operating the junkyard is zoned R-2 which prohibits junkyards. R-2 is a residential zone for homes and small apartments. In Cisneros' absence the owner of the property, Raymond Bartelson of 3055 So. Milwaukee Circle, was ordered to remove the cars and junk. Work now seems to have been started on cleaning up the areas, but as of October 18 there ware still five cars and assorted auto parts on the lot. Hopefully, though, this dangerous eyesore will soon be gone. Stumps off elm trees cut down alone: 13th Avenue beside Lincoln Park. See related *tory on this page. Also note cartoon on page*. West Side Losing Trees The West Side is one of the areas that has been hardest hit by Denver's infestation of Dutch Elm disease. Concentrations of trees with the disease have been located at Lincoln Park, Sunken Gardens, along Bannock in the vicinity of Fifth Avenue, and along Acoma between Third and Fifth Avenues. The Department of Parks and Recreation recently removed over thirty elms from Lincoln Park. According to City Forester, George S. Stadler, most of the trees that were removed (Continued on page 6) At its October 15 meeting te School Board unanimously voted to accept a staff recommendation that planning begin on five school projects including a new Elmwood and major addition at Fairmont. The recommendation made to the Board by Assistant Superintendent Charles E. Armstrong was for immediate planning of four completely new schools and of a new wing at Fairmont. The new schools in addition to Elmwood would be in the Southeast, Southwest, and Montbello sections of Denver. In recommending construction of a new Elmwood Dr. Armstrong said, "Although the City Comprehensive Plan shows a change in land use from the present residential to commercial and industrial development, there will be a need for school facilities in the area for some time.,, He added, "If pupil membership in a proposed new Elmwood School declines, other uses for the building can be made. Concerning Fairmont, Dr. Armstrong recommened that the site be expanded and that additional classrooms and a lunchroom be constructed. Such an expansion of Fairmont would, he said, permit the abandonment of Alameda School at West Byers Place and Bannock Street. The five projects for which planning will now begin should be ready for construction by 1972. The planning and construction sched- dule which the School Board adopted shows construction beginning on the Fairmont addition in January, 1972 with completion in December, 1972. The schedule for the new Elmwood shows construction beginning in February, 1972 with completion in September, 1973. Only funds for planning and working drawings for these projects will be budgeted until a year from now. New Buildings: Montbello, Southwest, Southeast, and Southeast. Replacements: Elmwood, Alcott* Berkeley. Additions: Fairmont, Whit- tier. Junior High School— New: Southwest. Additions: Gove, Byers, Skinner. Senior High School- Additions: East, West. New Yield Lane Cancels Out Effect Of New Light at Navajo and 13th A truck using the new no-stop right tuii i lane at Mariposa and 13th. This is directly in front pf the Mariposa Child Care Center. A new pedestrian crosswalk and traffic light have been installed on 13th Avenue midway between O- sage and Marisposa. Down the block at the intersection of 13th and Mariposa a new traffic island has been installed making the eastbound right turn lane of 13th Avenue a yield lane. The pedestrian crosswalk was installed at the request of neighborhood residents. A young boy, Armando Alvarez, 10, was killed at this location on October 30,1969. Many children from the North Lincoln Park Homes cross 13th Avenue in this vicinity to get to Lincoln Park. Unfortunately the added safety of the midblock pedestrian crossing is cancelled out by the increased .risk caused by the new traffic island at 13th and Mariposa. Children crossing 13th at Mariposa must now cross a lane of traffic that is never required to stop. In the past the traffic in what is now the yield lane had to stop when the light on 13th was red. |
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