In case you didn't know it, or you were driving around downtown thinking to yourself what the heck are they building at 14th and Colfax Ave. , the new Denver Justice Center is under construction. Maybe you just forgot about it, since construction actually began in August 2007.
The $380 million project gets you a new courthouse, detention center, and parking garage. The new courthouse will be sporting 35 new courtrooms, and 310,000 usable sq. feet. All in 5 stories. The projected move in date is August 2010.
If you like to watch grass grow, then you can track the progress at this website:
Everything you wanted, and more, courtesy of the internet.
The cool part is that this project includes a large art budget, including the largest single public art commission in Denver's history, to Dennis Oppenheim - $1.2 million.
Also of note, "Ralph Helmick was selected to create a suspended sculpture for the atrium of the Courthouse." Alright Mr. R. Helmick, the pressure is on. It's gotta be beautiful, lyrical, metaphorical, meaningful, impressionable, retro-contemporary, and da' bomb, among other things. You can do it.
OK, what we marching ants need to know is that the three domestic relation's courtrooms are now at 303 W. Colfax in the Yasui building. They were moved out of the Denver City and County Building. The magistrate's courtrooms, 15A and 15B, are still there however.
Before you start driving around trying to figure out where you should go, call the court and get the current filing and courtroom information - it changes from time to time.