Boston Building
Boston Lofts
Today, the Boston Building is located in the heart of downtown Denver next to LoDo and the 16th Street Mall. It is surrounded by other National Historic Landmark buildings, such as the US National/Guaranty Bank Building (which has been converted to the Bank Lofts), the American National Bank Building, and the Denver National Bank Building. It houses 158 residential apartment lofts, which have retained some of the character of the original building (including high ceilings, exposed brick, pressed-tin ceilings, and original stained glass windows on the 2nd floor). Its exterior features a combination of Renaissance Revival and Richardsonian Romanesque style elements and is clad in Manitou red sandstone. The original building had vaults in the corners of the building, which have been converted into vestibules for the corner apartment units. Some units have even retained the heavy vault doors on the outer vestibule. The property was purchased by Apartment Investment and Management Company (Aimco – stock ticker AIV) in 2000 from National Properties.
Green Initiatives
Prior to 2008, the Boston Lofts purchased steam from Denver's central steam plant to provide domestic water heating and space heating. In 2008, the steam heating system was replaced with high efficiency, condensing boilers fueled by clean burning natural gas. The new system includes a web enabled building control system to maximize the operating efficiency of the new central plant. The retrofit conversion reduced the amount of energy required to fulfill the heating demands compared to the city steam system and also eliminated approximately 300,000 US gal (1,100,000 L; 250,000 imp gal) of wastewater per year.
Tenants
In addition to the apartment lofts, the building also houses 9,600 square feet (890 m) of retail spaces - which is, as of March 2023, occupied by Cobbler's Corner, Tea Cloud and Poke, Native Barber Salon and FASTSIGNS.
Gallery
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Architectural drawing of the historic Boston Building
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Bank Building in the early 1900s.
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A comparison of the Bank Building at different times throughout the 1900s.
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A night shot of the Boston building, which is located in the heart of downtown Denver.
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Converted loft in the Boston Building
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A living room in one of the Boston Building's converted lofts
References
- ^ Denver Infill
- ^ "DURA". Archived from the original on 2010-07-18. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ "OAHP". Archived from the original on 2010-04-02. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
External links
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- Tousled Hair
- Dvine Wine
- FASTSIGNS
- Aimco
- Boston Lofts
- Aimco apartments Archived 2009-08-31 at the Wayback Machine