When we say Denver's changing, we don't just mean high rises and widening highways. It's the small ways that neighborhoods morph into something new.
"The rose house," as you may know it, is no more.
Decadent rose gardens have filled the front yard of a home at South Logan Street and East Alameda Avenue for decades.
"It just was thrilling to see hundreds of roses in bloom," Lucy Powers, a neighbor said. "This wonderful woman, very festive looking... she'd offer roses to people if you were walking by."
The house has a new owner now, named Ellen. Ellen decided to part ways with the large concrete planters, and as the planters go, the roses must go with them.
Powers got a hold of Ellen through the realtor and asked if the the neighbors could take the roses. Ellen agreed they should all go to good homes. She had until noon Tuesday to remove what she could before construction trucks came to bulldoze the concrete.
"I was just hoping beyond hope that we could at least save some of the roses because they are decades old, and extremely beautiful," Powers said. "I think construction can be good, and it can be disgraceful, and I think it can be important. But it is, in this particular case, I wish it could slow it down."
The demolition crews helped dig up the roses and they tore out the planters.
Powers said it would mean so much to the previous owner to know someone saved those flowers.
There are a few left, as of Tuesday evening. The contractors left them near the house, if you'd like to give them a new home. Please be considerate of the new owner if you decide to stop by for a rose.
