As a commuter along the light rail, it's been shocking to see the changes at the yard since UP shut down the place. All the trains in for repair have been taken away, of course. 90% of the track has been yanked out. I'm sure a decent amount of soil decontamination needs to be done.
I do hope that some of the classic structures on the site can be preserved. There's a lot of history there, and Denver has seen in the past decade or two how much modern appreciation there is for old brick buildings.
Burnham Yard closing ends chapter of Denver history | Life on Capitol Hill
By Lucy Graca. As commuters riding RTD’s C or E Lines rise over Santa Fe Drive and pull into the 10th and Osage station, they might look down at the mass of railroad tracks and lines of locomotives and freight cars gathering graffiti to the west. Drivers heading west on the Eighth Avenue …
Yep, very worried that it will be nothing but million dollar condos for as far as the eye can see.
+Stan Pedzick I will be curious to see how the 10th & Osage station becomes an additional touchpoint across the space.
+Dave Hill yep, I have been having the same thought since ComiCon when I saw that all the locomotives in the repair yard had disappeared.
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