This is the building you get when 39 architects put their heads together. The grand capstone of Denver’s Civic Center was finally completed in 1932 after 26 years in the making. The Beaux Arts tour de force is composed with curved wings around a Corinthian portico carved from 26-ton blocks of granite from Stone Mountain, Georgia. The bronze entrance doors are among the largest ever cast and open into a lobby festooned with panels of Colorado travertine. Surmounting the confection is a slender carillon clock tower supporting a golden eagle; the chimes ring every fifteen minutes.
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