From Wikipedia:
Built as part of the Daniels & Fisher department store in 1910, [the Daniels & Fisher Tower] was the tallest structure west of the Mississippi [...] Modeled after The Campanile (St. Mark’s Bell Tower) at the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy, the 20-floor clock tower has clock faces on all four sides.
I’ve been curious about the history of this odd building. It’s previous connection to the department store explains the ugly brick sheathing that is now on its west side.
See also the view of 16th Street from the top of the tower, 1925 and a closer-to-earth photo of 16th Street, Denver, 1933.
I don’t care how great that little scrollball is, this is beyond the pale.
As you may have noticed, some renovations have been happening here at the blog. Building a new theme allowed me to explore some of the (great) changes that have happened in WordPress 2.8—namely the improvements to the Media Gallery—and get my hands dirty with a little bit of AJAX integration. It also gave me a good excuse to re-build things on the Carrington theme framework; that framework makes my life so much easier. Commenting is gone for now, but may make a comeback later as I have time for development. I hope you like it!
