Some cool real estate commission images:
er - Civic Center: Colorado State Capitol - The Closing Era
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The Closing Era, designed by sculptor Preston Powers, was dedicated on the east lawn of the Colorado Capitol Building in 1893. The memorial was the original idea of a group of real estate investors who thought that such a sandstone statue would lure newcomers into the Perry Park area of Denver. While this idea never came to fruition, a group called the "Fortnightly Club" and under the leadership of Mrs. E. M. Ashley and Eliza Routt, heard of the idea and thought that the statue would be a nice addition to the State's exhibit at the 1893 World's Fair Exposition at Chicago. The group commissioned Preston Powers, one time dean of the Art Department at the University of Denver and son of sculptor Hiram Powers, to make a bronze sculpture. After the Exposition it was placed for permanent display on the Capitol's East Lawn on a base of granite from Cotopaxi in Fremont County, Colorado. Powers, who was a close friend of the poet John Greenleaf Whittier, commissioned the poem for the base of the statue.
The Colorado State Capitol Building, at 200 East Colfax Avenue, first opened for use in 1894. Designed by architect Elijah E. Myers, the four-story cruciform building, with four similar elevations, is constructed of Colorado gray granite from Gunnison County. The 24-carat golf-leaf covered dome, which rises 150-feet high commemorating the Colorado Gold Rush, was added in 1908.
The interior uses copious amounts of Colorado Rose Onyx, a rare rose marble from a quarry near Beulah, Colorado. White Yule Marble from the quarries near Marble, Colorado was also used for the floors. Important interior spaces include the rotunda with its murals by local artist Allen Tupper True, the House and Senate chambers, and the old Supreme Court chamber. Many of the windows are stained glass, depicting people or events related to the history of Colorado. The halls are decorated with portraits of every president of the United States.
The official elevation of Denver is measured outside the west entrance to the building, where the fifteenth step is engraved with the words "One Mile Above Sea Level." A second mile high marker was set in the 18th step in 1869 when Colorado State University students resurveyed the elevation. In 2003, a more accurate measurement was made with modern means, and the 13th step was identified as being one mile high, where a 3rd marker was installed.
Brigadier General David S. Elmo, Former Deputy Commander, Southern European Task Force - U.S. Army Africa
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Brigadier General David S. Elmo
Deputy Commander, Southern European Task Force - U.S. Army Africa
Hailing from Yonkers, New York, BG Elmo graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Fordham University. He studied at the London School of Economics and later received Masters degrees in Real Estate Development from Columbia University, in Management from Webster University and, in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.
He received his commission through the ROTC program and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps in 1984. His active duty assignments were: as Platoon Leader in the 600th Quartermaster Company (Airborne), Adjutant of the 46th Support Group, and Supply and Budget Officer with the 96th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne); all at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
In 1990, he joined the 353d Civil Affairs Command, The Bronx, New York. BG Elmo mobilized for Operation Just Cause in Panama, serving as the Deputy J-4 of the Civil Affairs Task Force. A year later he mobilized for Operation Desert Shield/Storm, serving first as a Joint Logistics Officer at the European Command headquarters in Vaihingen, Germany; and then as a Civil Affairs Officer during Operation Provide Comfort in Zakho, Iraq. Assigned as an administrator to a refugee camp in Northern Iraq, BG Elmo worked closely with the Kurds, providing relief supplies and logistics, and ultimately resettling them in their home territory. Next, he held a variety of positions within the 353d Civil Affairs Command, including three years as their HHC Commander. In 1996, he mobilized to Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina serving as Liaison Officer to Non-governmental and International Organizations during Operation Joint Endeavor. From 1997 through 2001, he served with the 353d as their Assistant G-5, and as Team Chief for Civil Affairs Operations and Plans with the U.S. Air Force, Europe.
In 2001, for two and a half years, BG Elmo commanded the Southern European Task Force (SETAF) Augmentation Unit based in Vicenza, Italy. Near the end of his tenure, he mobilized with his unit in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, serving as the Deputy Chief of Staff for SETAF. After a brief assignment to the US Southern Command in Miami, in 2003, BG Elmo assumed command the 3220th Garrison Support Unit, in West Palm Beach, Florida. In 2006, he assumed command of the 4,500 Soldier strong 1st Mission Support Command headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico. There, during a three and a half year tenure, he mobilized over 2,000 Soldiers in support of the Global War on Terror. He now serves as Deputy Commander of United States Army Africa, based in Vicenza, Italy.
BG Elmo’s personal awards include the: Legion of Merit Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Joint Service Commendation Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Army Achievement Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters. As a civilian, he is a United States Diplomat, assigned as the Management Officer of the United States Consulate in Milan, Italy.
