YOU CAN COMMENT ON ANY STORY AT WESTWORD.COM; SEND LETTERS TO [email protected] LETTERS TO THE EDITOR “TICKET TO PRIDE,” CLEO MIRZA, JUNE 16 WE’VE GOT YO U CO VERED Beautiful cover on the June 16 issue! Thank you for continuing to put out a free paper every week. I sometimes think that Westword is the only glue that holds this city together. Amy Monfort Denver I continue to look for more substance and content in the magazine’s pages. Too many ads, not enough articles that address what’s going on in Denver and life. Robert Johnson Denver “FINDING POWER,” TEAGUE BOHLEN, JUNE 16 BRI GHT LI GHT S, BI G CI T Y Everyone used to leave Denver because it was still a cowtown. Now they want to leave because it has big-city issues. Sue Ryan Denver Landmarks that were part of Colorado history, huge parts of my childhood, are 95 percent gone. Restaurants, bars, places to hang out: Many were forced to close due to greedy-ass landlords and land developers. Really special places, replaced by endless monotonous condos, apartments and hipster alehouses…. Johnny Zimmerman Westminster Loved growing up in Denver before it was overrun with houses, highways and big-box stores. J. Christopher McMath Lenoir, North Carolina Cue all the non-Gen X people com- plaining. Blake Kimmel Denver 94th Aero Squadron by Stapleton Airport. Lowry AFB; loved being pulled over by MPs. The Trail Dust, 1082, the warehouse district before Coors Field: Now people push their kids around in strollers down there like it’s nothing. Karen Sanchez Denver Calvin’s is gone. 15th Street Tavern is gone. Rock Island is gone. But other things are here, so that’s cool. Leo Bortolotto Denver I miss Paris on the Platte, Shakespeare’s right across the street, Muddy’s, Synergy, Rock Island. You take the good with the bad. I love the fact that we have a ton more dining options than we used to. With growth comes growing pains, but I’m okay with it. 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