Union Station, 17th and Wynkoop
``Then, further right, the Union Station at the foot of 17th Street came
into view, and unless Dad's firmly-believed-in-restroom call made detour
necessary, we avoided the building because of the deadend trainshed tracks
on its other side.'' [First Third p. 81]
Union Pacific Train Tracks
Area where Neal and his father wandered on Sundays. West of lower downtown area.
``Sunday was `my day' to...tramp from morn to night over the miles of
countless wonders that I set out to find below the Larimer line of Denver's
bowery in a vast area where more and more often I came to roam away much of
my childhood. Now, father knew this region better than most Denver people,
yet soon not so intimately as my impressionable mind which, once initiated,
expelled much of its early yearning in searches through the ever-new
complexities abounding there in myriad profusion.'' [First Third, ps. 79-80]
Literary Kicks
Neal's Denver
Contributed by
Andrew Burnett