Denver has third-most cranes among major U.S. cities, Seattle Times finds
East High school and a crane. Sometimes you just don't want to feel those metal clouds. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
In just a year, Denver has overtaken New York City, Portland, D.C. and more when it comes to cranes in the sky, according to a Seattle Times analysis of data from Rider Levett Bucknall.
From this summer to last summer, the city added 14 cranes for a total of 35, according the Seattle Times analysis. Over the same period, cities like Los Angeles and Boston lost cranes.
Earlier this year, Rider Levett Bucknall noted that half of Denver’s cranes were for residential construction during 2016, and that residential growth is expected to continue during 2017.
Typically, cranes are needed for buildings that are more than five or six stories high, Trey Nobles Sr. of GE Johnson Construction Co. told the Colorado Real Estate Journal.
As always, a bit of context is merited. Though Denver has risen in this particular crane count, we’re still 23 cranes behind Seattle. And even Seattle is way behind Toronto and its 72 cranes.
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story stated that Toronto had more than 72 cranes. Rider Levett Bucknall has since revised their crane count to reflect the fact that Toronto had 72 cranes.
Library peer navigator Carla Respects Nothing is creating space to heal and protect unhoused people from COVID-19
Denver skies may be impacted by wildfire smoke today
“This is Five Points”: A new mural project hopes to bring color and light to the Welton Street corridor
A developer could get another crack at building housing along a busy corner near Sloan’s Lake
Civic Center Park is…a little lost. Here’s how you can guide it into a new future.
Dancing is back at that massive dance hall with German roots in North Cap Hill
Denver has a new plan to keep residents cool — without wrecking the climate
Tree cutting at Loretto Heights campus in Harvey Park prompts yells and yawns
Colorado Symphony will return with a live, indoor, in-person season
Cleo Parker Robinson’s theatre program gives young people of color an opportunity in a field where some saw none
The day we visited the Denver Zoo’s new hospital, vets had to make a hard decision about Koko, a 17-year-old porcupine
We went to every public bathroom in downtown Denver. We have notes.
A new statewide zoning law probably won’t fix Denver’s housing problem, but elected officials hope it leads to more affordable housing
Things to do in Denver this weekend, June 11-13
The first phase of Hurley Place, two 12-story mixed-use towers in RiNo, will begin in 2022
Denver Days: Hundreds of block parties return to the city — here’s how you can host one
People want to turn Park Hill Golf Course into a grocery store, athletic fields and other things
Take a look inside the new Tattered Cover at McGregor Square
Initiative keeping low-level offenders out of police custody re-ups contract for services
