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atmdenfer
   
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 |  | Van Briggle building (soon to be no more)
< on 1/26/2009 8:51 PM >
|  | | | The Van Briggle building is nearing demolition nowadays, windows are gone and they've ripped out most of the internals, so if anyone wants a look now's the time. The structure was originally the turntable building for the narrow guage railway that used to run from cripple creek to the cyanide leeching pit at 21st street in the springs (the leeching pit which is currently the site of a housing development...mmm...cyanide). In any case, it's not huge, but it's not gonna be around for long either, probably worth a quick visit if you're nearby.
edit: I dropped by on the way to the bank, and rather than demolishing it, it seems they're re-securing the foundations, so I'm not sure what is going to be put there.
[last edit 1/26/2009 11:21 PM by atmdenfer - edited 1 times]
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Twystr
  
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| | Re: Van Briggle building (soon to be no more)
<Reply # 1 on 1/27/2009 4:04 AM >
| | | | Thanks for the heads-up. I'll check it out this week once this cold weather is outta town
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misplacedfriday
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| |  | Re: Van Briggle building (soon to be no more)
<Reply # 2 on 1/27/2009 5:49 AM >
| | | | Is there anything in it, or is it gutted?
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Twystr
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| | Re: Van Briggle building (soon to be no more)
<Reply # 3 on 1/28/2009 8:36 AM >
| | | | Posted by misplacedfriday
Is there anything in it, or is it gutted?
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I'll know by the end of Thursday evening... I plan to take a look after I get out of college classes.
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atmdenfer
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| | Re: Van Briggle building (soon to be no more)
<Reply # 4 on 1/28/2009 1:05 PM >
| | | | It's pretty much gutted, just construction tools left for the most part.
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Twystr
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Gender: Male
Gimme Biggah Drayyyyynes!
| | Re: Van Briggle building (soon to be no more)
<Reply # 5 on 2/6/2009 2:31 AM >
| | | | Posted by atmdenfer
It's pretty much gutted, just construction tools left for the most part.
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Looks like it's getting a makeover. It's quite nice to see the building as it is, still up and standing. Found a couple new (promising) drains nearby, so a nice scout trip was had today.
[last edit 2/6/2009 2:31 AM by Twystr - edited 1 times]
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atmdenfer
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| | Re: Van Briggle building (soon to be no more)
<Reply # 6 on 2/6/2009 3:28 PM >
| | | | Ah, you noticed the outflows into fountain creek off cimarron, eh.
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Twystr
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Gender: Male
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| | Re: Van Briggle building (soon to be no more)
<Reply # 7 on 2/6/2009 7:17 PM >
| | | | Posted by atmdenfer
Ah, you noticed the outflows into fountain creek off cimarron, eh.
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Yup... Also noted a large 8x8 ft RCT near 21st, and a small headwall further down. The small headwall might be hiding something nice.... Can't tell just yet. Got a system up @ Cache la Poudre and shooks run i'm working out. I'm still trying to track down that rumor of stone drains in colorado springs
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atmdenfer
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Colorado Springs, CO
Gender: Male
| | Re: Van Briggle building (soon to be no more)
<Reply # 8 on 2/6/2009 7:33 PM >
| | | | Stone drains, eh? I think you'd do well to start looking between 21st and Weber, especially along and near Colorado Avenue. If I remember correctly that was the main body of the original town, and it would make sense that when drainage was added it would be stone.
Whether you take a doughnut hole as a blank space or as an entity unto itself is a purely metaphysical question and does not affect the taste of the doughnut one bit. --Haruki Murakami |
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Twystr
location:
39.2N, 104.17W Elev. 6535ft
Gender: Male
Gimme Biggah Drayyyyynes!
| | Re: Van Briggle building (soon to be no more)
<Reply # 9 on 2/8/2009 12:42 AM >
| | | | Posted by atmdenfer
Stone drains, eh? I think you'd do well to start looking between 21st and Weber, especially along and near Colorado Avenue. If I remember correctly that was the main body of the original town, and it would make sense that when drainage was added it would be stone.
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Noted. I'll give it a look when the weather is nice again.
"The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either."
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