Rampage shatters the peace of Sunday evening on the Westside
Sunday night in our creaky old house on West Bijou Street began calmly and hopefully, as do most Sunday evenings.…
Old Colorado City merchants find strength in numbers
Old Colorado City Associates (OCCA) is a business group open to any person or business conducting business in Old Colorado…
Otra Vez offers treasures running gamut from shoes to paintings
Otra Vez, a consignment store at 2314 W. Colorado Ave., is just a few steps away from the Goodwill Store…
Westside in danger of turning into ‘false-front’ neighborhood
What do we most need on the historic Westside? Lots of answers come to mind. We need better road maintenance…
The Siberians are coming! Oh wait, they’re already here
What’s the most abundant tree in Colorado Springs? A few decades ago, you might have chosen cottonwoods, pines, ash or…
Collectors looking for pot of gold at bottom of rainbows
Collectors and collections — they go together like love and marriage. And to complete the poem, there are folks who…
A fool and his money are soon parted — but who cares, we had fun anyway
Do you like to gamble? Like to take risks? Do you think that one of these days you’ll hit a…
A man named Smith was no ordinary painter of this region
Francis Drexel Smith (1874-1956) was an atypical artist in the Colorado Springs art community. He wasn’t a professional artist, he…
When Cripple Creek burned, help was on the way soon
April 25, 1896, was a clear and bright day in Cripple Creek. It was a lively and prosperous (although dirty…
Let’s make the Westside the very best it can be
Reading the annual report from downtown Colorado Springs, one thing was abundantly clear: Compared to Old Colorado City and the…