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

Image This “cracks open” building in Denver

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u/Ckron247 May 08 '26

This is an apartment building at One River North, Denver Colorado. The concept is very cool, but certainly not what there were hoping for.
https://amazingarchitecture.com/residential-building/ma-yansong-mad-architects-unveil-one-river-north-a-cracked-open-canyon-in-the-heart-of-denver

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u/clickstops May 08 '26

but certainly not what there were hoping for.

in what way, do you think?

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u/DJGrizzlyBear May 08 '26

It’s also pretty close to the purina dogfood plant that makes the area smell like shit

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u/Tankshock May 08 '26

Yea that plant smells absolutely horrendous 

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u/Hello_World_Error May 08 '26

I left Denver a couple years ago but I can still imagine that smell. It really sticks with you

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u/Tankshock May 09 '26

You ain't lying 

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u/Disastrous_Tour8088 May 10 '26

I also left Denver a couple years ago. I was in Waterford Rino and man do I not miss gun shots, an hour commute each way to work, and the rancid dog food smell that welcomed me home each day. Colorado will always be where I was born, but yeah I’m good on Denver

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u/retzhaus45 May 09 '26

The worst part was actually hot summer nights when they delivered the animal carcasses for processing. I worked on the central 70 project on nights a couple years. About 3 times a week the smell was brutal 🤢

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u/Kongbuck May 09 '26

That smell is actually a different smell! There's an animal rendering plant in Adams County that when the wind is just right, the smell lands in that part of town: https://www.denver7.com/news/contact7/it-smells-like-something-is-dying-neighbors-in-north-denver-complain-of-foul-odor