DENVER, Colorado—Denver Union Station and The Crawford Resort not too long ago accomplished a refresh, together with updates to the Nice Corridor and every of the resort’s 112 guestrooms.
Initially opened in 1881, the Denver Union Station first reopened in July 2014 after a $54 million renovation that included the creation of The Crawford Resort, which is called for city preservationist and Union Station Alliance member Dana Crawford. The present renovation was led by Sage Studio, the in-house technique and inventive staff at Sage Hospitality Group. Sage Studio partnered with international built-in design agency DLR Group, which focuses on adaptive reuse, for the redesign of the Crawford guestrooms. New York’s Goodrich reimagined and redesigned all public areas, together with the Nice Corridor and Cooper Lounge.
The Nice Corridor has been reconfigured to make the big house really feel extra natural, with curved strains that mirror the arches, plantings, and lighting designed by Goodrich. Banquettes, sofas, and furnishings, created for the interiors, in addition to {custom} carpets, create heat and softness within the house. Denver’s Magik Studios hand-painted six massive panels on the perimeter, every depicting a Colorado panorama. The Cooper Lounge has been refreshed with new furnishings and lighting and now options banquette seating.
The Crawford Resort has up to date the visitor arrival expertise with the creation of a brand new foyer known as The Parlour, which is separate from the Nice Corridor with personal elevator entry to the visitor flooring. The house has an upholstered reception desk and a cloth chandelier, together with new and classic furnishings and art work. The Crawford Parlour hosts a schedule of every day foyer programming, together with dwell native music and welcome cocktails.
The Crawford’s room refresh was designed to embrace the structure of Denver Union Station. Every guestroom has custom-made furnishings and window therapies in jewel tones of emerald inexperienced, deep rose, cobalt blue, and burnt orange, with a mixture of domestically sourced artwork and floral ceiling coverings. Arched doorways had been added to honor the Mizpah Arch that welcomed friends to Denver Union Station within the early 1900s. The visitor beds are anchored by scalloped headboards with pearl-inspired sconces. Facilities embrace an in-room Cooper Lounge cocktail expertise and Grown Alchemist bathtub merchandise.
Know-how upgrades embrace the addition of Loftie alarm clocks. The Crawford has partnered with Loftie to be the primary resort to share {custom} content material with friends. Each grownup and kids’s bedtime tales shall be obtainable with every model celebrating Dana Crawford’s life and her legacy as a girl chief for downtown Denver.
Denver Union Station is owned by the Union Station Alliance, which is made up of Sage Hospitality, McWhinney, Metropolis Avenue Traders, Belz Associates, Larimer Associates, and City Neighborhoods.
Denver Union Station is house to a number of native outlets and eating places together with Ultreia, created by Chef Jennifer Jasinski, and the Mercantile Eating & Provision created by Chef Alex Seidel. New meals ideas now open within the Nice Corridor embrace Press, which serves made-to-order Latin-inspired tortas and tacos. Snooze, an A.M. Eatery, moved to a bigger house inside Denver Union Station this fall. A brand new dessert bar and a café by Olive & Finch will open contained in the transit hub in early 2025.
“We wish to say that you would be able to’t construct historical past. Denver Union Station is the guts of downtown Denver and we’re devoted to its preservation,” mentioned Denver Union Station Space Basic Supervisor Ed Blair. “We need to provide an elevated expertise for all friends—from the commuter grabbing a espresso on their method to work to the in a single day visitor staying at The Crawford Resort.”
