Aspen History
Portal into time: Mine owner wants to preserve Aspen Mountain history
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The Compromise Mine on Aspen Mountain is the site of a historic reckoning between populists and Gilded Age capitalists
Wealth and Property
P&Z approves new building for Hotel Lenado site
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A unanimous, but reluctant, vote.
Wealth and Property
Aspen city staff recommends denial of Hotel Lenado building
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” … building should still be reduced in mass and scale to relate better to the neighborhood.”
Wealth and Property
Crowns say they’re not funding Hunt’s Aspen projects
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“Prior to July, 2010, Crown family members were invested with Mark Hunt in several Chicago properties. Since that date, there has been no business relationship with Mr. Hunt whatsoever.”
Wealth and Property
Price of growth: public projects require new retaining walls
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A roundabout in Snowmass Village and a possible widening of the Aspen airport runway both could require extensive retaining walls due to site constraints.
Land Use
City council approves private tunnel under Durant Ave. for Dancing Bear
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The project is expected to start in October and will require four weeks of utility work just under the street, which will cause traffic delays, and three months of underground digging and construction
Land Use
County expects bids for second private jet center at airport
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A proposal submitted by Landmark Aviation in 2013 has been reviewed and now “trips a decision” that will eventually allow other parties to bid on a contract for a second FBO in Aspen.
Wealth and Property
How the Aspen Art Museum was approved
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People are talking about the new museum’s wooden basket-weave look, its big views of Aspen Mountain from the “public penthouse” on the third floor, and how the building fits in with the neighborhood.
Land Use
Little Annie is rural and remote, but will it stay that way?
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Pitkin County’s rural and remote zone district was adopted in 1994 in large part to preserve the Little Annie area.
Wealth and Property
Base Village owners tired of footing bill
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Owners claim the pay 240 percent more than comparable property owners in Snowmass Village.