A little bit more on Byran Krefft’s main story under the picture. When the Ute was forced to close because of a high rise taking its place, it moved across the street on N. Nevada Ave. and was renamed Ute 70 because it was cable of that technology. The Ute 70 closed when the twin, triplex and mega-plex giants started to be built. The building is still standing and is the only structure left in Colorado Springs that once belonged to the Cooper Foundation chain. A church used it for a while and a indoor “rock climbing” facility called CITY ROCK now has a lease and is packing the kids in. When the economy gets back to normal, the building is slated for demolition so more high rise complexes can be built. Tom Daniels
Sorry, but the COLORADO THEATER was only an artist’s conception in the local newpaper. Cooper Foundation, rather than remodeling an aging TRAIL THEATER, instead sold the property to the First National Bank (on the same corner,) and the bank engulfed the whole quarter of the block with a new bank complex. The theater space was a Walgreens Drug store for many years and is now a Fed Ex office.
A little bit more on Byran Krefft’s main story under the picture. When the Ute was forced to close because of a high rise taking its place, it moved across the street on N. Nevada Ave. and was renamed Ute 70 because it was cable of that technology. The Ute 70 closed when the twin, triplex and mega-plex giants started to be built. The building is still standing and is the only structure left in Colorado Springs that once belonged to the Cooper Foundation chain. A church used it for a while and a indoor “rock climbing” facility called CITY ROCK now has a lease and is packing the kids in. When the economy gets back to normal, the building is slated for demolition so more high rise complexes can be built. Tom Daniels
Sorry, but the COLORADO THEATER was only an artist’s conception in the local newpaper. Cooper Foundation, rather than remodeling an aging TRAIL THEATER, instead sold the property to the First National Bank (on the same corner,) and the bank engulfed the whole quarter of the block with a new bank complex. The theater space was a Walgreens Drug store for many years and is now a Fed Ex office.