A Conversation with John Hickenlooper, Mayor of Denver
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works Podcast
Length: 23:37
Mayor of Denver since 2003, Hickenlooper is an unstinting supportor of the arts, eager to demonstrate that it’s culture that makes a city vibrant. “Culture first, commerce follows” is his oft-quoted mantra and he knows this from the business side. He was a successful entrepreneur who established the first brewpub in the Rocky Mountains which eventually grew to seven restaurants in the Denver area. In the process of building his restaurants, he became involved with numerous downtown Denver renovation and development projects and is credited as one of the pioneers that helped revitalize Denver’s Lower Downtown historic district.
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Mayor of Denver since 2003, Hickenlooper is an unstinting supportor of the arts, eager to demonstrate that it’s culture that makes a city vibrant. “Culture first, commerce follows” is his oft-quoted mantra and he knows this from the business side. He was a successful entrepreneur who established the first brewpub in the Rocky Mountains which eventually grew to seven restaurants in the Denver area. In the process of building his restaurants, he became involved with numerous downtown Denver renovation and development projects and is credited as one of the pioneers that helped revitalize Denver’s Lower Downtown historic district.
Transcript
Transcript of conversation with John Hickenlooper
Mayor John Hickenlooper: The kinds of activities that lend themselves to historic neighborhoods and historic preservation, are also the kinds of activities that are connected in some way with culture, that you often see. It’s almost like a evolution where you’ll go into an older, abandoned part of a city. In New York, you’ve seen generation after generation of this, but you also see it in Chicago. You see in San Francisco. You see it in Denver where an abandoned part of the town-- first, the art galleries go in and they’re almost like the pioneers. And then once they establish a beachhead, then sometimes you’ll find some lofts, some people that want to live in a place that’s a little more urban. They’ll come in, and then you get certain other businesses, usually restaurants, are kind of a close follower to the galleries. There’s...
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| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renewal | Doug and Judy Smith | Doug and Judy Smith. | Creative Commons | 2009 | 00:00 |
Additional Credits
Interview conducted and edited by Jo Reed
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