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Show i Dicccsc of Denver r0ny I OUB DENVER LETTER. tel. ? j 01d catholic Landmark Gives Way to J Modern Growth. ! j (Special Correspondence.) i I f0r over thirty years the old academy I , t Mary, on California street, has ' f Hen 'an object of veneration to the 3 ('a'liolii's of Denver, and now, while I I tij' comparatively in good condition, it 1 -e'Vi be relegated to the sacred past Mnd be forever wiped from the face of rcr ' the earth. It is not a pleasant thought, vi f imt then, sentiment must needs give' J .v.n'- before the sweep of a growing f ,j',v- while the people of Denver I reVet the passing of old St. Mary's, " I the Hitters fec-I that they must keep rr-- i Bbrr;i.t of the ever changing times, n I Jird i1(1v that the business center of i ! uv iiy has extended to their very .! I avails, move on they must. Not very i ! long aso the six lots facing on Fif- 1 ' toenth street wore sold for. 500,000 and J u.,nn th'-ni has been reared a hand- ' 1 t-.'me seven-story business block. The pretty shade trees were f-ut down and ; the iar fu!ly shaded arbors were aban- i ' ,.iii"l. t.ill there remained the grounds j I fit the west of the convent, which i 1 made an ideal recreation spot. The j ; I j.pv.vds i if the first sale went toward -! iiftir.g the mortgage from the balance ' of 'he property and also assisting L,o- I ! retto Heights. Mother Praxides; dur- j I jug iii.r reet nt visit to this city, de- I riiied that the block which has been I i lmiit en the convent grounds renders $ ; ,i,e vahie of the place as a young la- i j t;i,s' seminary practically diminished. J i j; j.- ii' i w her hope to dispose of the i ; i;i!anre of the property at a figure suflit'i nt to buy new ground and erect i ' a more iiio'lcrn building on Capitol hill. V If the six l"ts fronting on Fourteenth i p meet an be disposed of at a good iipiire, plans for the new building will j ! i. at once begun. The jirepent structure is more com- jhii iieus than necessity demands, hav- j jni: been originally built for a board i tiff ? fi, iioe. Put has ceased to exist as such Hin e the opening of Loretto Heights 1 . B,a . my. The right wing is unused, ki 5 jin'l a far smaller building could be Sa! i mrt ie to serve the purpose. |
