Council members look for compromise in Denver7 landmark fight
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The fight over whether a television station building should be named a city landmark went before a Denver City Council committee on Tuesday, and members probed whether the two sides could meet in the middle.
“I hope that the two parties can come together and stop talking in absolutes … and start talking about maybe having a compromise,” Councilwoman Amanda Sandoval said at the meeting. “Because it doesn’t work in our community having these absolutes, either demolition or 100 percent preservation.”
To recap: Denver7, the ABC affiliate also known as KMGH and The Denver Channel, wants to sell its building at 123 Speer Blvd., saying the structure custom-built for it in 1959 no longer fits its needs. The firm plans to relocate elsewhere near downtown.