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Vanishing vistas: Cherished mountain views falling victim to growth in Denver and along the Front Range

As construction stretched outward along Welton Street, following the light rail line from downtown into Five Points, Tim Oldham eagerly anticipated the growth that would bring vibrant density and commercial amenities to the neighborhood. In the meantime, he and his wife, Kelly, could sit on their second-floor deck and gaze past the surface parking lot behind their house to marvel at Rocky Mountain sunsets, scan the distant ridge line and set their internal compass to the west. But as a building rose from the former parking lot — and rose, and rose, to its final eight-story profile — they charted the trade-off for growth by their vanishing vista.

 

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