Upcoming Phil Goodstein Talks and Tours

December 2015-February 2016

Thursday, December 3: From LoDo to SoDo, 7:00 pm

Promoters of Santa Fe Drive have heralded the area as SoDo, south of downtown.  How it parallels the rise of LoDo is a subject in Phil Goodstein’s new book, How the West Side Won.  This is a free talk on the subject at City Stacks, 1743 Wazee Street.  A copy of this schedule is at LeonardLeonard.com/neighborhoods/walkingtours.  Information about Goodstein’s books is at capitolhillbooks.com

Friday, December 4: Where is West Denver? 7:00 pm

Many are apt to confuse the North Side with the West Side.  A discussion of Phil Goodstein’s new book, How the West Side Won, will deal with Denver geography, comparing his new study with his North Side Story at a North Denver bookstore that doubles as a wine bar, the Book Bar, 4280 Tennyson Street (at the southeast corner of West 43rd Avenue.)  720/443-2227

Saturday, December 5: East Side/West Side, 1:30 pm

Early on, Denver was split by Cherry Creek into the East Side and West Side.  Goodstein will talk about both his How the West Side Won and his book on the East Side, Curtis Park, Five Points, and Beyond at Rosenberg’s Bagels, 725 26th Avenue.  (This is at the corner where 26th Avenue intersects with 27th Street, Washington Street, and Welton Street.)  720/420-9102.

Friday, December 11: The Scum of the Earth, 7:00 pm

The Scum of the Earth is a church in the heart of West Denver at the northeast corner of West 11th Avenue and Kalamath Street.  It will host a talk about West Denver churches during a Luminarias Festival on Santa Fe Drive.  This is a free event.  (Kalamath Street is one block west of Santa Fe Drive.)  303/832-2586.

Monday, December 14: Denver’s Oldest Bar, 7:00 pm

The Buckhorn Exchange at West 10th Avenue and Osage Street has been around since 1893.  It is a veritable museum of western hunting art.  Phil Goodstein will talk about it as part of his new How the West Side Won.  (Osage Street is five blocks west of Santa Fe Drive.  The bar is adjacent to light rail station at West 10th and Osage.)  303/534-9505.

Wednesday, January  13: Everything about Denver 6:30–9:00 pm

This is the first week of a four-part seminar on the history of Denver.  The class will deal with the logic of the Denver street system and the Pikes Peak gold rush.  The cost is $15.00 per person.  It gathers in a private home at 1330 Monroe Street.  (Monroe Street is four blocks west of Colorado Boulevard.)

Wednesday, January  20: The Growth of the Mile High City, 6:30–9:00 pm
This is the second week of a four-part seminar on the history of Denver.  The focus will be on the growth of the 19th-century city, the impact of tuberculosis, and sensational sex scandals.  The cost is $15.00 at 1330 Monroe Street.

Thursday, January  21: From the North Side to the West Side, 6:00–7:00 pm

The Gardens at St. Elizabeth’s is a historic retirement community near West 32nd Avenue and Eliot Street.  It hosts a free talk about the inter-relationship of North Denver with West Denver as part of the promotions of How the West Side Won.  (Eliot Street is one block east of Federal Boulevard.  This is the highrise.  Enter about a half block to the east of Eliot Street.)  303/964–2000.

Wednesday, January  27: Denver: The City Beautiful, 6:30–9:00 pm

This is the third week of a four-part seminar on the history of Denver.  Denver was in upheaval during the first third of the 20th century.  A veneer of parks and distinguished architecture cloaked intense struggles and the way the Ku Klux Klan ran the city in the 1920s.  The cost is $15.00 at 1330 Monroe Street at 1330 Monroe Street.

Wednesday, February 3: The Rise of Modern Denver. 6:30–9:00 pm

This is the fourth week of a four-part seminar on the history of Denver.  It examines how Denver has grown since World War II, a place desperately seeking an identity while growth and sprawl have been seemingly endless.  The cost is $15.00 at 1330 Monroe Street at 1330 Monroe Street.

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