The following is part of KRCC s Peak Past essay series.
Winston Churchill once said, “We shape our buildings and afterwards, our buildings shape us.”
I keep coming back to that quote recently as I watched the Rocky Mountain PBS show, “Lost & Preserved in Colorado Springs,” directed and written by Kate Perdoni.
We look to the mountains and forget our buildings. We take them for granted, like gravity or air, but they re still important.
The Van Briggle Pottery Company, located at 1125 Glen Avenue/231 West Uintah Street in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its contemporary use is as the headquarters for Colorado College s Facilities Department.