Crawford, who with her son, Jack Crawford, is principal of Urban Neighborhoods, 40 years ago saved the historic Larimer Square from thewrecking ball. Although Crawford never met Kerouac, he definitely spent time in the seedy bars and pool halls in what is now LoDo. LoDo, and surrounding neighborhoods, is now one of the hottest properties in Denver.
Here's a snippet of what Kerouac wrote about Denver in 1947: "There were smokestacks, smoke, rail yards, red-brick buildings, and the distant Downtown gray stone buildings, and here I was in Denver. He let me off at Larimer Street. I stumbled along with the most wicked grin of joy in the world, among the old bums and beat cowboys of Larimer Street."
Crawford decided to name her latest project to honor Kerouac. Shereceived permission from his estate to do so.
Not all of the buyers are fans of Kerouac, but like the location nearCoors Field and LoDo, as well the design. Others get a kick out of living in a place named after Kerouac.
"We have 18 units left," Crawford tells GlobeSt.com. "They're pricedfrom $299,000 to $429,000. The smallest is 985 sf and the largest is 1,326 sf."
That equates to about $304 per sf. Crawford expects the last units to go fairly quickly. "We're seeing a lot of traffic," she tells GlobeSt.com.
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