Mar 16, 2023 | Harvey Park, Mid-Century Modern, Mid-Mod Spotting
A rare mid-century modern “Craner-Built” home in Denver’s Harvey Park. In a neighborhood of over 4,000 homes, there are only about a block built by Craner, and this one stands out as one of the best. Notice how the front door doesn’t face the street! Many of Harvey...
Mar 7, 2023 | Mid-Century Modern, Mid-Mod Spotting, Sunset Lanes, Westminster
Window wall elevation in Westminster’s Sunset Lanes. While all of the 99 homes have the same 3-bed, 1-bath floorplan, these homes designed by Norton Polivnick, were built with several different elevations–this window wall elevation being the most dramatic. A lot of...
Mar 3, 2023 | Good Design, History, Mid-Century Modern, Mid-Mod Spotting
If you know Colorado, you know that 303 was our state’s first area code, and it was our state’s only area code until I was about 10 years old (back when a “landline” house phone was still our only means of communicating over long distances). To celebrate, I wanted to...
Dec 9, 2022 | Denver, Harvey Park, History, Mid-Century Modern, Mid-Mod Spotting
This unique Burns Modern in Denver’s Harvey Park is one of the “Glenwood” tri-level models. One of the interesting aspects of this mid-century modern tri-level design was its inherent flexibility. While almost all tri-levels have an established front and back...
Sep 27, 2022 | Cliff May Homes, Denver, Harvey Park, Mid-Century Modern, Mid-Mod Spotting
My wife and I moved into the Cliff May Homes in Denver’s Harvey Park nearly 18 years ago. We had no idea what we had just bought when we bought it; we just knew that it was something we could afford, and that there was something about it that was like no other home we...
