Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Readers' Poll Winners
Urban Living
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- Sean Cayton
- The Old North End -- voted the Best Neighborhood in Colorado Springs.
Best Street
Gold
Wood Avenue
Silver
Tejon Street
Bronze
North Cascade Avenue
Best Neighborhood
Gold
Old North End
Silver
Old Colorado City
Bronze
Broadmoor
Best Architectural Treasure
Gold
Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
215 S. Tejon Street, 578-6650
www.cspm.org
Silver
United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel
Colorado Springs, 333-4515
Bronze
The Broadmoor hotel
1 Lake Circle, 634-7711
Best Public Artwork
Gold
"Pendulum Clock"
by Starr Kempf
Plaza of the Rockies
Southwest corner of Nevada and Colorado avenues
Erected Nov. 26, 1997
Silver
Gen. William Jackson Palmer Statue
by Nathan D. Potter
Intersection of Nevada and Platte avenues
Dedicated Sept. 1, 1921
Bronze
"Somewhere Everyday"
International Association of Fire Fighters National Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial
by Gary Coulter
southeast corner of Pikes Peak and Hancock avenues
Memorial Park
Dedicated Oct. 15, 1988
Best Indoor Place for Kids
Gold
Children's Museum of Colorado Springs
The Citadel Mall, 574-0077
Silver
Chapel Hills Mall, 594-0111
www.generalgrowth.com
Bronze
Poor Richard's Restaurant
325-1/2 N. Tejon Street, 632-7721
Best Outdoor Place for Kids
Gold
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
4250 Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Road, 636-2544
Silver
Memorial Park
1315 E. Pikes Peak Avenue, 578-6981
www.colorado-springs.com/parksrec
Bronze
Garden of the Gods
Visitor Center, 1805 N. 30th Street,
634-6666
Best Sports Team
Gold
Sky Sox
4385 Tutt Avenue, 597-1449
Silver
Colorado College Tigers, men's hockey
14 E. Cache La Poudre Street, 389-6607
www.coloradocollege.edu/athletics/hockey/
Bronze
United States Air Force Academy Falcons
Colorado Springs, 333-2313
Best Place for a Picnic
Gold
Garden of the Gods
Visitor Center, 1805 N. 30th Street, 634-6666
Previous Best Of Awards: 97 98
Silver
Cheyenne Caon
www.colorado-springs.com/parksrec
2110 N. Cheyenne Road, 385-5940
Bronze
Memorial Park
www.colorado-springs.com/parksrec
1315 E. Pikes Peak Avenue, 578-6981
Best Place for People Watching
Gold
Acacia Park
Northeast of Bijou and Tejon streets
Previous Best Of Awards: 95 96 97 98
Silver
The Citadel Mall
750 Citadel Drive East, 591-5515
Bronze
Colorado Springs Airport
7770 Drennan Road, 550-1900
Best After-midnight Hangout
Gold
Denny's Restaurant
Six locations around town
Silver
Primitivo Wine Bar
28 S. Tejon Street, 473-4900
Bronze
Underground Pub
130 E. Kiowa Street, 633-0590
Best Local Speed Trap
Gold
Martin Luther King Bypass
Silver
I-25 and Circle Drive
Bronze
Fillmore Street and anything
Best Local TV Commercial
Gold
Rug-It Riders
3239 S. Academy Boulevard, 390-5250
Previous Best Of Awards: 94 95 96 97
Silver
McClosky Motors
5517 N. Academy Boulevard, 594-4600
6710 N. Academy Boulevard, 594-9400
Bronze
Colorado State Fair
800/444-FAIR
Best Thing Colorado Springs Needs Most
Gold
Diversity and tolerance
Silver
Good public-transportation system
Bronze
After-hours scene
Best sign that we're all still dreamers
Here's a sampling of what you, our readers, think Colorado Springs needs ...
an amusement park
true alternative radio
a literary-arts venue
a good jazz club
all-night movies
affordable housing
a kosher deli
a genuine New York bagel bakery
better roads
an east-west thoroughfare
a plan
a convention center
to stop growing
better wages
more baseball fields
more outdoor pools
a skate park
racial diversity
religious balance
a sense of humor
a beach
