Pueblo and Southern Colorado (Denver, Colorado Springs: home, transfer to, good schools)

[McGowdog]

It didn't miss Pueblo West and Colorado City so much.

Ah, yes. That was right at Christmas from 06'. They had 52" of snow and cows died because they were stuck in snow and could not eat. Some that walked back and forth formed a path and helicopters could drop hay on the path. Some that couldn't make it to the path died in deep snow looking at food. It was sad. 6 blizzards in a row caused that one.

But this here pick was taken after just one of those 6 blizzards. Imagine that.

[Josseppie]

This is part of Downtown Pueblo from our newest parking garage. You can see the Riverwalk, the professional bull riders building (PBR), Angelos Pizza, and the side of the Vail Hotel.

[Josseppie]

This is Pueblo's tallest office building at 216 feet. It was built in the early 1970's.

[Josseppie]

This is some biographical information on Pueblo. I post this on threads, on this site, where people ask opinions on what city they should move to. I decided to post it here for those people who do not see those threads but look at this and want some basic information on Pueblo:

Pueblo is the southern most large city in Colorado, 35 miles south of Colorado Springs on I-25, and is the economic and shopping hub for southern Colorado and has a population of 110,000 and a metro population of over 150,000. We have more sunny days then Florida and are in the "banana belt" as most of the major snow storms other cities in Colorado get miss Pueblo, the snow we do get usually melts in a day or two. During the summers the highs usually are in the 90's with some days above 100 but never 110 and the nights are cool with evening temps in the 70's and 80's!

There are many things to do here some including:

1. Pueblo has a decent club scene, we have our version of LODO that is known as the historic Union ave area and the Riverwalk. There are many bars and restaurants that are popular. If you come down in the summer the Riverwalk is a fun place to walk. There are major developments planed for the area and as they get started I will post pics.

2. The Colorado state Fair is Colorado's largest single event and has the most concerts out side of Denver and is in august. The State Fair parade is Colorado's largest parade and a must see if you like parades.

3. The Pueblo reservoir is fun and has great bike trails.

4. There is a nice local art, symphony and theater scene but nothing like Denver obviously.

5. The Professional Bull Riders (PBR) who are headquartered here are starting a wild west fest this spring and they want it to eventually be larger then the Greeley Stampede and Calgary Days. They already have the team finals here during the fair! Jan 15 is the next PBR event at the State Fair, it will be a nationally televised event!

6. We have many great local restaurants from itialn to Mexican to European bistro. I have heard then on KOA talk about how they like to come to Pueblo and visit our family owned restaurants!

7. The Chili festival in the fall is a great and many people attend. It is on the Riverwalk.

8. College football has returned to Pueblo at CSU Pueblo, so if you like college football it is a must see!

If you want more information on anything I talk about feel free to ask, I will do my best to answer you!

[Josseppie]

This is Pueblo's historic Thatcher building built before 1915 and is 7 stories tall. It was built and named after one of Pueblo's early important families.

[vegaspilgrim]

I am really interested in Pueblo. I don't see myself living there, but it's a place I'm kind of intrigued about. That would be cool if you (in addition McGowdog's mountain of photos) could give us a virtual tour of the ins and outs of Pueblo and surrounding areas.

One thing I'm really interested in about Pueblo is the deserty kind of landscape and vegetation in the surrounding areas. As others have noted, it reminds me a lot of New Mexico. That would be cool if you had some pictures that really illustrate what the natural landscape in the area looks like-- similar to what I did for my Cherry Creek State Park photo tour.

[Josseppie]

Originally Posted by vegaspilgrim

I am really interested in Pueblo. I don't see myself living there, but it's a place I'm kind of intrigued about. That would be cool if you (in addition McGowdog's mountain of photos) could give us a virtual tour of the ins and outs of Pueblo and surrounding areas.

One thing I'm really interested in about Pueblo is the deserty kind of landscape and vegetation in the surrounding areas. As others have noted, it reminds me a lot of New Mexico. That would be cool if you had some pictures that really illustrate what the natural landscape in the area looks like-- similar to what I did for my Cherry Creek State Park photo tour.

Thank you for your comments.

That is my goal is to get people from other parts of the state to see Pueblo who might have never seen it before so they know we are a real city down here lol

I have many pictures of the city but none of the surrounding area, after seeing your pictures that gave me some ideas on what I can take around the Pueblo area. Obviously it wont be with a sky line but that's ok lol.

[Josseppie]

Here is one I found that shows the scenery from Pueblo.

I was actually taking a picture of the new dorm going up at CSU- Pueblo but shows some of the great views Pueblo has of the mountains! This is Pikes Peak and can be see from most parts of the city.

Why I never understand it when people say Pueblo has no views of the mountains?!?!?!?!

[Josseppie]

I found another picture showing Pueblo's landscape.

This is of the new Vesta's Wind turbine plant going in south of town in our new industrial park, The St. Charles Industrial Park.

As a side not when the Vesta's turbine plant is completed, it will be the largest of its kind in the world and I will post pictures of it here!

You can see Pueblo in the distance, the one building you can kind of see is the Well Fargo "high rise" that I have pictured above. Given how that 7 story building looks I cant wait for Pueblo to get some 20 stories tall, will look awesome!

Behind that you see our water tower on the north side then the mountains in the distance, not good from this angle as I was trying to get the construction more.

[Josseppie]

I found this one and had to post it with the other ones about the environment around Pueblo.

You can see the Rocky Mountain steel mill in the back ground and the city maintenance building.

I like this pic because it shows how Pueblo has a Midwestern manufacturing city feel to it. To be honest I like that as compared to the high tech feel of the cities up north, I think it is because I have grown up here.

This was taken from the new parking garage in downtown Pueblo.