Join State Historic Preservation Officer, Dawn DiPrince, and local developer Sam Edelson for a conversation about the challenges and opportunities encountered during a massive project aimed at repurposing an old VA medical center into housing for Aurora. Learn more about what it was, what it's going to be, and what challenges they faced along the way. It's adaptive reuse and preservation for a new day!

Jim Hartman, Grant Bennett, and their partners in preservation were the masterminds behind the massive effort to reimagine and reframe the stunning Pancratia Hall building on the Loretto Heights campus in Southwest Denver. Originally completed in 1930, the building served as a dormitory, classroom, and religious space for the Sisters of Pancretia and the Catholic elementary and secondary school for girls in Denver. Learn more about what it took to save the space in this fascinating conversation with Colorado’s Chief Historic Preservation Officer, Dawn DiPrince. For more information and photos from the episode, visit: https://www.historycolorado.org/podcasts

David Fishering shares the story of renovating the Montrose Potato Growers Building from its early uses as the headquarters of the Fruit and Produce Association in the early 1900s to its current form as “The Association,” a community marketplace in the repurposed warehouse. The space offers a social spot to host clubs and meetings, as well as vendor space to sell goods, and food. David shares his personal history with the area and the familial effort with his dad to purchase the iconic Montrose building and secure the funds to preserve it. Join Colorado’s State Historic Preservation Officer, Dawn DiPrince, and discover some of the effort and fine details that went into this adaptive reuse project that preserved an era of Montrose history. For more information and photos from the episode, visit: https://www.historycolorado.org/podcasts

Erin Clark, Chief Real Estate Investment officer for the Denver Housing Authority, shares the story of the iconic, mid-century mod, turquoise building at 655 Broadway in Denver, Colorado. What was once the Silverado Bank, this 1950s steel framed building has been transformed into 110 permanently affordable apartments. Join Dawn DiPrince, Colorado's state historic preservation officer to discover this wonderful example of adaptive reuse and learn more about office to residential conversion. Who were the partners and what was the financing? For more information and photos from the episode, visit https://www.historycolorado.org/podcasts