- Titel: Report about Denver
- Autor: anonym
- Beschreibung: Ein kurzer Vortrag über Denver mit informationen über Stadt und Land.
- Download Link: Nicht vorhanden
- report about Denver – The Mile High City
- 4 years ago trip through the USA
o landscape Minnesota similar to Mecklenburg
o Colorado, Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore
- History:
o only 140 years old
o city was built from gold diggers
o they didn’t find much gold
o capital of Colorado since 1861
o survived frontier disasters of fire and flood
o always rebuilding better than before
- 1900; 100,000 residents
- 2000; 480,000 residents (like Leipzig)
- but around Denver 1,500,000 residents
- HQ of many companies
- many malls
- Schools:
o Metropolitan Stage College 12,000
o Regis University 10,150
o University of Colorado 10,000
o Teikyo Loretto Heights College 8,600
o Community College of Denver ???
o several theological schools
- when you are on the way to Denver you are driving through prairies without an end
- suddenly the city is in front of you
- 2 lanes become 4 to 5 lanes
- and you see a big skyline
- the big skyscrapers with these mirror glasses aren’t only in Manhattan – in Denver, too
- prehistoric museum – 5th biggest
o many, big and complete skeletons
o much information
- Streets:
o east-west: avenue
o north-south: normal streets
- unfortunately only one day
