by Meg Dunn | Dec 11, 2015 | Agricultural College / A&M / CSU, Then and Now
The 1950s and 60s were a period of tremendous growth in Fort Collins. The city grew both up and out. This same pattern of growth is reflected in changes that took place on the Colorado State University campus. The following Then & Now comparisons are from 1958 and...
by Meg Dunn | Nov 6, 2015 | Agricultural College / A&M / CSU, Then and Now
Every generation has grand schemes of how our built environment should look. Two notable local examples can be found on the Colorado State University campus in the Oval and the Plaza. The Oval, once an alfalfa field, was turned into a large “yard” where...
by Meg Dunn | Nov 2, 2015 | Agricultural College / A&M / CSU, Native Residents, Red Mountain & Soapstone
[Slideshows didn’t cross over when Forgotten Fort Collins became Northern Colorado History. Hopefully I’ll get this updated at some point.] Click on slideshow above to see photos at a larger size and with subtitles. History isn’t always...
by Meg Dunn | Oct 23, 2015 | Agricultural College / A&M / CSU, Architecture & Neighborhoods, Then and Now
Gordon Hazard recently made this aerial view of Aggie Village North, from the CSU Archives, available, and I’ve had a hard time taking my eyes off this photo. There is so much to see and compare! Note that what you see in the bottom image is Aggie Village North...
by Meg Dunn | Aug 21, 2015 | Agricultural College / A&M / CSU, Fort Collins, Schools K-12, Then and Now
I have a love hate relationship with trees. I didn’t use to. I used to just plain love them. But I didn’t used to put Then & Now photos together for posts on this site. And now that I do… suddenly I hate trees. They can be such turds sometimes. I...
by Meg Dunn | Mar 6, 2015 | Agricultural College / A&M / CSU, Then and Now
One of the things that it’s taken me awhile to grasp is the fact that for a long time, the buildings around the Oval and along College Avenue were pretty much the sum total of what people thought of when they mentioned CSU (or the Agricultural College, or...
by Meg Dunn | Jan 13, 2015 | Agricultural College / A&M / CSU, Architecture & Neighborhoods, Fort Collins
When the army first moved Camp Collins from Laporte to the area where Willow and Linden are today in downtown Fort Collins, they were essentially moving to an open plot of ground, most likely inhabited by only prairie dogs and pocket mice. Joseph Mason’s...
by Meg Dunn | Jan 9, 2015 | Agricultural College / A&M / CSU, Architecture & Neighborhoods, Then and Now
If I were to take away your computer, your smart phone, and your Rand McNally (All the young folks are probably scratching their heads at that last one.) could you tell me where Rembrandt Drive in Fort Collins is? … No? I didn’t think so. I couldn’t...
