Comments on: Anyone remember the diner at 8th & Broadway? http://dencx.com/2009/07/23/anyone-remember-the-diner-at-8th-broadway/ Denver art, artists, happenings, music & commentary Thu, 10 May 2012 22:22:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Matt http://dencx.com/2009/07/23/anyone-remember-the-diner-at-8th-broadway/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Matt Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:33:10 +0000 http://dencx.com/?p=27740#comment-145 Thanks Kat, very interesting. You could write a play based on the White Spot. If I think of it I'll take a photo of the corner and post it, although if you can imagine an everyday, sad dirt lot where a neat place used to be, you won't need it. Thanks Kat, very interesting. You could write a play based on the White Spot.

If I think of it I’ll take a photo of the corner and post it, although if you can imagine an everyday, sad dirt lot where a neat place used to be, you won’t need it.

]]> By: Kat http://dencx.com/2009/07/23/anyone-remember-the-diner-at-8th-broadway/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Kat Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:06:37 +0000 http://dencx.com/?p=27740#comment-143 Ah, the White Spot. It came only about a year or two away from becoming an official landmark (50). Actually it was razed in either late 2000 or late 2001. I was one of the last waitresses to work beneath its rotted out concave rooftop. It had such a novel vintage vibe to it that kept the clubbers coming in after 2 to sober up all the time. I'd seen a couple bizarre car crashes at that intersection, heard a story of an employee of 30 some odd years who worked behind the breakfast bar by the name of Eadith, who's boyfriend had fatally shot himself in the head at the door of it, one summer's day. The story of the end of the White Spot is a tragic one of greed and ego. A rich (automotive?) businessman who had claimed that the White Spot was imposing upon part of his property and plans for future business ventures, what ever that may be, finally got the place closed down, condemned and leveled. Johnathan, I believe was the owner's name. He was a very old (late 80s I'd imagine), mild-mannered creature, who walked with a cain. One of the sweetest and most understanding bosses I have ever had, died of a massive heart attack after the destruction of the WS. It seemed that his business was the only thing that kept him going. A direct lifeline for him in a very big way, indeed. What became of the businessman who dealt the fatal blow to that place supposedly, was that he died in a fiery plane crash shortly thereafter. I am no longer in Colorado so I can only imagine what may be at 8th and Broadway now. Ah, the White Spot. It came only about a year or two away from becoming an official landmark (50). Actually it was razed in either late 2000 or late 2001. I was one of the last waitresses to work beneath its rotted out concave rooftop. It had such a novel vintage vibe to it that kept the clubbers coming in after 2 to sober up all the time. I’d seen a couple bizarre car crashes at that intersection, heard a story of an employee of 30 some odd years who worked behind the breakfast bar by the name of Eadith, who’s boyfriend had fatally shot himself in the head at the door of it, one summer’s day.

The story of the end of the White Spot is a tragic one of greed and ego. A rich (automotive?) businessman who had claimed that the White Spot was imposing upon part of his property and plans for future business ventures, what ever that may be, finally got the place closed down, condemned and leveled. Johnathan, I believe was the owner’s name. He was a very old (late 80s I’d imagine), mild-mannered creature, who walked with a cain. One of the sweetest and most understanding bosses I have ever had, died of a massive heart attack after the destruction of the WS. It seemed that his business was the only thing that kept him going. A direct lifeline for him in a very big way, indeed. What became of the businessman who dealt the fatal blow to that place supposedly, was that he died in a fiery plane crash shortly thereafter. I am no longer in Colorado so I can only imagine what may be at 8th and Broadway now.

]]> By: Sean Porter http://dencx.com/2009/07/23/anyone-remember-the-diner-at-8th-broadway/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Sean Porter Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:35:19 +0000 http://dencx.com/?p=27740#comment-128 I was called The White Spot and it was one of the few remaining examples of Googie style architecure in the US. Wasn't it flattened to become the Beauvillion? I was called The White Spot and it was one of the few remaining examples of Googie style architecure in the US. Wasn’t it flattened to become the Beauvillion?

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