In the past I have covered relatively small reinvestment projects happening around central downtown such as plaza and lobby conversions. 1600 Broadway on the other hand is getting a complete re-skin.
Built in 1972, standing 352 feet tall, the 27-story building is very dark and prominent along Broadway. The brown, rocky facade that is currently on the building is very dated doesn’t help ‘brighten’ up this area of downtown.
Well, this is all going to change. Weather sealant has started to climb up the building and a sample has been put up in a corner. Look familiar? The building will be very uniform with what is already in place at the ground level.
Construction will go through the summer and should be done by early fall. It will be very interesting to see what this building will look like after it’s complete. For now, enjoy one of the largest re-skins of a building Denver has ever seen!
The most updated thing about this building are the yellowy windows. Those are staying, apparently.
Darn phone – the most “outdated” part are those yellowy windows.
I was just starting to like this building for its mid-century modernism. Now it will just blend in with the surrounding buildings.
This was definitely not a building in need of a solution.
The gold tinted glass matches the redish brown “stone” material well. When they finish covering this building with the aesthetical equivalent of cardboard, it’s going to really clash in a bad way. And how does changing the building from brown to tan “modernize” its look? How is covering this classy, faux-stone material with flat metal sheets (or whatever they’re made of) an improvement? Who made this decision? lol! Covering up an entire skyscraper with tan metal sheets seems like kind of an important decision. Did they at least have a meeting about this first? Why do I feel like one day somebody’s boss is going to hop out of a cab, look up at the building and go, “Wait, what the… What the hell is this?! All right, that’s it! Who did this to my building?!”
(Sorry, I’m just having fun.)
But am I wrong? I mean I know I’m no real estate expert (or even a real grown-up for that matter) but this one seems obvious to me. We’ll see how it looks when it’s done I guess.