Denver, CO
No. 5 Fighting Hawks dominate No. 4 Denver, 5-2, in series opener – KVRR Local News
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND ATHLETICS)– No. 5 North Dakota put together one of its best games of the year, dominating fourth-ranked Denver by a 5-2 score in the series opener on Friday night from a sold-out Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D.
With the win, UND (17-6-2, 8-4-1 NCHC) stands alone atop of the league standings with 29 points and clinch the season series win over Denver (17-6-2, 8-4-1 NCHC) heading into Saturday’s finale.
Jackson Blake put his stamp on the contest in the second period, notching a goal and an assist to extend his point streak to seven and give him 10 points in that span. Cameron Berg also tallied a multi-point contest, striking for an empty net tally and an assist on Blake’s power play strike to make it four straight tilts with a goal for the junior.
Dylan James (5), Griffin Ness (3) and Ben Strinden (5) each potted goals while goaltender Ludvig Persson finished with 17 saves on 19 shots against to notch his third-career win over Denver and hold the Pioneers to their lowest goal total all season.
After a scoreless first period that saw play dominated by the hosts, UND finally broke the scoreless seal just over five minutes into the middle frame when James pounced on a loose rebound in the crease following a Blake rush to give the green and white a 1-0 lead.
Ness stretched the advantage to 2-0, rifling a shot into the top corner off the rush for his third goal of the season and second over the last three games with just over eight minutes to play in the stanza.
Denver cut the lead to one, but NoDak answered right before the end of the second period on the power play with Blake striking just 17 seconds into the man advantage for his team-leading 16th of the season to take a 3-1 lead into the locker room after 40 minutes.
The visitors trimmed the deficit to 3-2 with under six minutes to play, but Berg and Strinden hit the empty net in the final 60 seconds to secure the 5-2 victory.
North Dakota goes for the series sweep tomorrow night at 6:07 p.m. from the Ralph. Fans can catch all the action on Midco Sports, NCHC.tv and the Home of Economy Radio Network.
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Postgame Notes
- UND sits alone in first place in the NCHC standings with 29 points
- NoDak improves to 158-135-16 all-time against Denver and 93-46-10 at home
- The Hawks have won two of the last three meetings between the two sides after dropping four straight
- Cameron Berg has 10 points in nine career games against Denver
- Berg also has six goals and two assists in his last seven games
- The junior has also scored in four straight games
- Jackson Blake has 11 points in seven career games against Denver
- Blake extended his point streak to seven games and has scored in three straight
- UND has gone 18 straight games without a loss in regulation
- Ludvig Persson finished with 17 saves on 19 shots
- The Hawks are 12-1-0 this season when scoring at least four goals
- UND is 14-0-0 this season when leading after two
- NoDak is 12-for-36 in league action on the power play after a 1-for-2 game
- Blake, James and Ness were named the game’s three stars, in that order
- UND finished with a 28-17 faceoff advantage, with Louis Jamernik V going 8-2
How It Happened
First Period
No scoringSecond Period
05:12 | UND – Dylan James pounces on a rebound to make it 1-0 UND 11:41 | UND – Griffin Ness snipes a shot off the rush to extend the lead to 2-0 13:18 | DU – Zeev Buium banks a puck off a UND defender and in to cut the lead to 2-1 17:10 | UND – Jackson Blake snaps one home on the power play to make it 3-1 NoDakThird Period
14:42 | DU – Aidan Thompson cuts the lead to 3-2 late in the third period 19:05 | UND – Cameron Berg hits the empty net to give UND a 4-2 advantage 19:32 | UND – Ben Strinden seals the victory with the second empty netterDenver, CO
Denver man in custody after shooting injures 2 at Edgewater bar
Two people were taken to the hospital after a physical altercation ended with shots being fired at an Edgewater bar early Saturday morning, police say.
According to the city of Edgewater, a group of people got into an altercation of some kind around 1:45 a.m. at Skyline Pub near Sheridan Boulevard and West 20th Avenue.
The altercation started inside and then moved outside, which is where the shots were fired, according to Edgewater Police Sgt. Bob Brink. The suspect and the victims did not know each other and all three were patrons of the pub.
A 29-year-old Denver man pulled out a gun and fired, hitting two people, investigators say. That man has not yet been identified but police say he’s now in custody.
One of the people who was shot suffered non-life-threatening injuries and the other is in “stable but critical condition,” according to police. They also have not been identified but a police spokesman said one is a man and the other is a woman. Both are 28 years old.
No other details were available Saturday afternoon and police did not immediately respond to questions about the shooting.
Skyline Pub sits immediately west of Sloan Lake in a strip mall with other businesses on either side.
Denver, CO
A zebra sanctuary in Park Hill? A wave pool? Denver residents weigh in with ideas for massive new city park
Many Denverites’ ideas for what should go in the city’s newest park are on the practical and predictable side: Hiking trails. A pond. A dog park. Maybe even a botanic garden.
Then, there are the wild cards.
A zebra sanctuary, a wave pool, a skijoring training area.
These suggestions, both the realistic and the ones that seem pulled straight from a 10-year-old’s imagination, are just some of the options that Denver Parks and Recreation likely will weigh as officials decide what will be built at the former Park Hill Golf Course property once it becomes a public park.
In an attempt to get a feel for what Denverites want to see in the new park, The Denver Post conducted an informal online survey this week. As of midday Friday, it had garnered 318 responses.
The 155-acre former golf course in northeast Denver has been the subject of debate and consternation for decades. After several citywide votes over whether the land should remain open space, be developed into housing and shops, or a mix of both, the decision has been announced by Mayor Mike Johnston: the full property will become a park.
When it opens this summer, the not-yet-named park will be the city’s fourth largest behind only City Park, Sloan’s Lake and Washington Park.
But the fight over the land isn’t totally over.
In the next round, city officials will weigh which amenities they should pursue for the future park. While the area will open initially as open space, Parks and Recreation plans to solicit feedback, a process that will inform how officials develop the park further.
The city has suggested it may add some lower-cost developments to the park, like picnic tables or a disc golf course, as it builds a long-term plan.
Officials will rake through input from residents near and far, consider the city’s bank account, design a park, and — almost certainly — leave some, or many, residents frustrated when their ideas lose out.
Here’s some of what The Post learned in its survey: Of 15 potential amenities listed in the survey as options, seven received more than 100 votes from the respondents (who could choose more than one).
They were, in descending order: Hiking trails, a playground, picnic tables, a pond or lake, a botanic garden, a dog park, and a performance space or stage.
Nearly two-thirds of respondents said hiking trails were an amenity they wished to see in the park.
Those who answered also had an opportunity to say which amenity they most wanted. Twenty-four people said walking trails were the amenity they dreamed of the most, while 20 said a dog park, 16 said pickleball courts, 14 said a golf course and nine said a disc golf course.
Here are some of the suggestions residents made when given a “fill in the blank” option. Answers are transcribed almost exactly as they were written:
- Dog park!
- Anything but another dog park
- SKATE PARK (CAN BE SMALL)
- Could we make part of it a zebra sanctuary?
- Skijoring training area
- Kid stuff
- TREES
- Artificial wave machine
Some of the most creative ideas:
- A city-funded vet office for wildlife so there is a place where people can bring injured wildlife
- Locking wooden stocks for public shaming
- Film at Park Hill showing movies on a big screen
- Roller rink
About 80 of the respondents said they lived in Park Hill neighborhoods.
Irene Andress, 70, has lived in the area for the last 10 years. A frequent visitor of City Park, Andress hopes the city will build a pond to bring in migratory birds to Park Hill. She would also love to see a bike loop.
“We don’t have great trail access here at Park Hill,” she said. “We just need something where you can get in your regular exercise.”
Shontel Lewis, who represents the neighborhood on the Denver City Council, said it’s early in the feedback process but, mostly, her constituents just want to be a part of the decision-making process around the park’s development.
“And that doesn’t mean that it’s not a park for everyone,” Lewis said. “The residents can have the opportunity to design what they believe the vision for that park should be, and it can be a park that is open to the public and meets the needs of the greater Denver metro area.”
The city is in the process of formally acquiring the property through a land trade deal with the owners, Westside Investment Partners. Pending council approval, Johnston has agreed to give the developers a 145-acre parcel of land the city owns near Denver International Airport.
Denver Parks and Recreation hasn’t yet started to solicit feedback, but residents can sign up to be notified once the process has begun on its website. The city plans to build upon input it has received in the past with surveys, pop-up events, public meetings and open houses, said Stephanie Figueroa, a spokesperson for the parks department.
The park’s development will be funded through a 2018 voter-approved 0.25% sales tax called the Parks Legacy Fund, which dedicates dollars for parks, trails and open space in the city.
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Denver, CO
Denver mourns Dana Crawford, a legend who shaped the city
Developer and preservationist Dana Crawford has died at 93, leaving a legacy of championing the stories of the past found in the buildings and spaces of Denver and Colorado.
“Her fingerprints are all over the place,” said Walter Isenberg, CEO and co-founder of Sage Hospitality and a close associate of Crawford for decades.
“Our city and frankly our state wouldn’t be what it is without Dana.”
“You just feel the power when you’re in her presence. And you know that what she says she means. She’s courageous, she’s bold. And my God she sees something out of nothing,” said Mary Jane Loevlie, who is leading the effort to redevelop the old Argo Mine in Idaho Springs that Crawford has been working on in recent years.
“Dana was a visionary whose passion and determination helped shape Denver into the historic and dynamic city it is today. Her legacy is found in the fabric of Denver — not just in the historic buildings she saved but also in the spirit of pride she instilled in our community,” said Denver’s City Council in a release.
Dana Crawford has restored and redeveloped nearly a million square feet of property in Denver, starting in the 1960s, with her first signature project coming after she drove down Larimer Street as she looked for opportunity and realized the historic buildings, though dilapidated, had enormous value.
“When she really first stated on Larimer Square, the notion of historic preservation wasn’t really in vogue,” said Isenberg. There were some properties being restored in St. Louis and San Francisco, soon in Boston. But urban renewal in the era commonly called for tearing down old buildings.
“She ran up against lenders and city officials and others who doubted her and they all were proved to be wrong,” said Isenberg, who later partnered with Crawford to restore the Crawford Hotel. She found herself in a world of development and finance dominated by men recalled Isenberg remembering a story she had told about seeking financial support.
“She went in to talk to these bankers and all men and the President of the bank wouldn’t even turn his chair around and look at her.”
“She was refused, turned down by all these men. So she had to have her husband be her front man,” said Mary Jane Loevlie, a friend who has been working with Crawford in recent years on the old Argo Mine project in Idaho Springs.
“She was doing the background manipulating but they were the front men saying, ‘OK Dana we can get this done for you.’”
The Argo Mine project calls for restoring the old mine building and building a gondola to a mountain top with restaurants and views along with miles of biking and hiking trails. Crawford loved the big round table where 10 people could sit in a circle and share ideas.
“Even though she had the power in the room nobody was the head of the table,” said Loevlie.
Crawford’s list of projects includes the restoration of Union Station where the Crawford Hotel bears her name – even though she didn’t want that at first. Isenberg recalls sitting in the restored Cruise Room in the Oxford.
“We walked out of the Cruise Room and walked down the street and walked into the Great Hall of Union Station and Dana said to me, she looked up and said, ‘We’re going to turn this into a great hotel.’” She had conceived rooms up on the third floor no one else may have thought of.
“What I’ve always said about Dana is, look where Dana’s going, wait four or five years and then go there because she is so far ahead of all of us,” said Isenberg.
What she recognized was the buildings were not just physical structures.
“That story was worth preserving. And with the preservation of the real estate you preserve the story of the place,” Isenberg recalled.
In the long list of projects there is Larimer Square, the Oxford, the Acme Lofts, the Edbrooke Lofts, Cooper Flats Condominiums and the Flour Mills Lofts where she lived. She had in recent years helped with projects in Pueblo and Trinidad in addition to Idaho Springs.
“We are bringing this place back to the economic generator that it once was at the turn of the 20th century and she saw it immediately,” said Loevlie.
Loevlie, who shared a birthday with Crawford, remembered her friend for the parties.
“We had some of the most raucous parties with the widest spectrum of people that you could imagine. There wasn’t a party that Dana didn’t like.”
Loevlie visited Crawford Thursday night before her passing. Earlier this month Crawford had been filing preservation documents on behalf of property in Trinidad. She was involved until the end.
“She knew I was there and she was surrounded by her loved ones in her beloved loft,” she said.
“She’s just always going to be in my soul.”
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