I spent some time looking at and photographing the 11th Ave Hostel renovation. As usual, the Denver Architecture Foundation, and the owners of the building did a great job explaining to us concepts that I had never heard before.
This facility was originally built in 1903. Since in 1903, automobiles were a rich man’s plaything, they didn’t need to worry about a garage for the cars. Then again, many people had horses. So the picture below was the entrance to the stable. Once your steed had passed through the doors, there was a small pasture.
In the days when this building was built, gas lighting was the usual style of lighting in a building. Most places didn’t have electricity. These days electricity is a necessity. So you need to run power for electric lights. And of course so we can charge our cell phones.
The original owners didn’t want to destroy the walls to add electrical conduits. And the folks doing the renovation honored that as well. Nice to see the GFIs.
