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Robert Walter Speer (December 1, 1855 – May 14, 1918) was elected mayor of Denver, Colorado three times. He served two four-year terms in office from 1904 to 1912. He died from Influenza, early on in the worldwide epidemic of that year on May 14, 1918, while halfway through a third term in office that had started in 1916.
Robert W. Speer: 1904–1912 27: Henry J. Arnold: ... William H. McNichols Jr. December 31, 1968–July 2, 1983 ... Mayor of Denver
William H. McNichols Jr. William Fitz Randolph Mills; John C. Moore (Denver mayor) Robert Morris (Denver mayor) N. J. Quigg Newton; ... Robert W. Speer; Benjamin F ...
Civic Center was an idea that originated with former Denver mayor Robert W. Speer. In 1904, Speer proposed a series of civic improvements based on the City Beautiful Ideas shown to him at the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Speer hired Charles Mulford Robinson among others to develop plans for the
Second, Speer’s creation of an addition and then an amusement park provided him with experience as the central figure in pulling big plans together with powerful Denver men. Third, the neighborhood was his home. Robert and Kate Speer built their residence at 505 Clarkson Street (now demolished) in 1890, and they lived there until 1906.
The 22-year-old son of the mayor of Denver had a meltdown and berated a police officer during a confrontational cop stop that was caught on bodycam.
Denver Mayor, 20-Plus Others Find Hertz Abandoned, Take Whatever Has Keys. Fred Smith. November 13, 2024 at 1:51 PM. Denver Mayor Takes Part in Hertz: Battle Royale George Rose - Getty Images.
Then-mayor Robert W. Speer eased the transition by beautifying and extending Richthofen's system of parkways and boulevards from the central city into the suburb, planting many trees and erecting fountains and monuments. In 1907, the Montclair Improvement Association was formed to push the City of Denver into providing "graded, curbed, oiled ...