Talk:Denver/Archive 2004

Mention Columbine?

Would it be appropriate to mention Columbine in this article?

Is the St. Valentine's Day Massacre mentioned on the Chicago page? I'd say it's already quite well-covered.

I know it didn't actually happen in Denver but the area was a Denver suburb and the school is identified as in a Denver suburb. WhisperToMe 08:50, 2 Jun 2004 (UTC)

• Personally, I'd say go ahead, as long as it's identified as such.Doovinator 18:55, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)

The Columbine massacre in no way defines Denver, or says anything about Denver. It was certainly tragic, and deseves its own article, and any article about Littleton, Colorado should certainly include it, but the Jon Bonet Ramsey murder was as defining as this more recent tragic event was. I'm going to research some of the early history such as the great fire that I remember hearing about. And I know that the cheeseburger was invented in Denver. That fact is certainly important to Denverites, and should be included. Also, the Denver omelet should be mentioned. Perhaps a cuisine section should be made.

• Personally, I believe the Columbine Massacre should be mentioned but not so clumbsily. (ie its in an unincorporated area that some people associate with Littleton. Just say it occured in Littleton, a Denver suburb.) Also, are you sure about the cheeseburger fact being important enough to be included in an article on Denver?

Bartlantz 03:55, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Mile High Step at the Capitol

It's been some years since I was in Denver. When I was growing up the 13th step was said to be a mile high, but I've heard lately this elevation has been tweaked slightly with satellite-based reckoning. Is this still the 13th step?Doovinator 18:20, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)

When I visited (and took that panormaic shot from the capitol dome), I recall there was a circular marker set into the "mile-high" step, and that they reckoned it wrong (but not far off). About 3 steps up from that one, as I recall, was the actual mile-high step. I don't remember any gold covering on either step, though they did have trouble with a citizen collecting gold washed off the dome from the downspouts. The state now collects the water and re-uses the gold. -- ke4roh 19:06, Jul 22, 2004 (UTC)

• Yes, they've been doing that for many, many years now, as I recall hearing that when I was in school too. I didn't realize as a little kid how rare it was for the state Capitol to be covered in actual gold! Doovinator 01:53, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Uninformative map

Which state is depicted? Shouldn't it be shown in the context of the whole of the USA?

Mr. Jones 15:04, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

That's why the article has a link to the article on the state of Colorado. That article has a map of Colorado in the context of the whole USA. Onyourside 11:34, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

But that is an interesting point I hadn't thought of. A map of Colorado is fairly useless to an international reader. It wouldn't be a bad idea to have two maps for major U.S. cities: a state map and a national map. Moncrief 02:21, 21 June 2006 (UTC)