Denver through the Decades: The 1980s

This series of online presentations provides a pictorial history of Denver from its inception to current times, more than a hundred years of growth and change. Although we will not hit everything, we’ll highlight the biggies from each decade along the way. All presentations are FREE! Register for the rest of the series here: https://treasureboxtours.com/upcoming.... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This was something of a mixed bag for the city. The wars sparked by the Poundstone Amendment came to an end, and the city, now growing accustomed to looking inward rather than out, was gathering steam in recovering its core. Skyscrapers rode the oil bubble up, at least until that bubble burst. There were some novel things going on in the city, and looking back at the decade, we begin to see the first signs of the good times that would soon reach us. Paddling against the current for so many years would soon pay off in this decade of hard work, disappointments and resolve. The 1980s were rocky, but they still rocked!