Susan Turner watches as her husband Bradley Turner, of Aurora, point at their daughter’s house on a large map of the metro area while touring the “Building Denver: Visions of the Capital City” exhibit at the History Colorado Center. (Eric Lutzens, The Denver Post)
History Colorado’s “Building Denver” is a landmark exhibition with high ambition: It aims to tell the definitive story of the growth and development of the state’s most important city.
The sprawling display of artifacts, photos, documents, videos and more is boldly conclusive and, in its way, unique.
History exhibitions tend to tackle cultural topics, such as social systems, politics, art and the unfolding of major events, like wars and human migrations. This one is about architecture, urban planning, the design of streets and neighborhoods.
While that may sound static to some,…
