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LoDo Bars and Restaurants Are Ready for the Neighborhood's Next Era
When then-Denver Post columnist Dick Kreck dubbed the old warehouse environs of lower downtown "LoDo" in 1983, the area had a sketchy reputation and plenty of boarded-up buildings. In March 1988, Denver City Council passed an ordinance that gave …