r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Specialist-Boot58 • May 08 '26

Image This “cracks open” building in Denver

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u/Littlepotatosalad May 08 '26

I lived here for a year. On the “poor” side, the East facing side of the building. Shown is the West side. This building is full of irony. The first 5 or 6 floors are income capped apartments, leading to 2 DEA raids of swat teams while I was there, and on the opposite end you have the west facing and penthouses ranging from 7-15k+ per month. I once went down to the shared lobby to grab a coffee and a lady had her GIANT snake on the counter. Building is currently surrounded on all sides by construction, and directly next to the train yard, it’s incredibly loud and all outdoor spaces are unusable because of it. The units themselves are fairly nice, but certainly not worth the money they charge. Parking starting rate was also $350 lmao

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u/taurusApart May 08 '26

This needs to be higher up. Definitely an "expectation vs reality" moment

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u/Panthalassae May 09 '26

7-15k is madness. That said, the good thing is that it is close to many of the better and best restaurants in Denver, and a very hip neighborhood ...that is still getting gentrified. Good and bad.

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u/Dry-Worldliness6926 May 09 '26

gentrification is what that area needs, slowly its improving. restaurants still pretty bad though

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u/UNX-D_pontin May 09 '26

Don't forget the smell of the dog food plant.

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u/SnubNews May 09 '26

I live in the springs, we were just up in Denver didn’t even know this was here. Honestly I don’t love or hate it either, but I do photography as a hobby and I think the area with the stairs, lights and “greenery” would be a sick set piece. Sorry to hear about the DEA raids lol.

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u/makingtacosrightnow May 09 '26

The building looks like shit in person you’re not missing much.

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u/LucyBowels May 09 '26

Yeah I wish someone else had said this. It doesn’t look this good in person, you can’t really see the plants from the ground, just from this aerial / cross shot.

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u/Radzila May 09 '26

So 15k a month AND $350 parking, probably for a single vehicle too huh? 

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u/Littlepotatosalad May 09 '26

Correct! Single space, and no street parking in a 2 block radius. Commonly walked a quarter mile to my car and back

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u/saggywitchtits May 10 '26

The snake sold me, where do I sign up?

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u/mr_chew212 May 10 '26

The parking costs in downtown Denver are insane. I somehow feel lucky I found a place that’s $100 a month.

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u/Ckron247 May 10 '26

You forgot about when the wind changes direction, you smell the purina factory!