URBAN PUTT DENVER A Perfect Round for Dining One of the few remaining structures from Denver’s streetcar history becomes a Denver eatertainment destination. By Donna Boss | Photos by Brandon Johnson Photography or many years Denverites and visitors made their way to lower down-town to dine at The Old Spaghetti Factory in the historic Denver City Cable Railway Building. Now, fol-lowing a $5 million renova-tion, customers come to this 132-year-old location for an entirely different entertainment, food and beverage experience at Urban Putt, a concept origi-nated by owner Steve Fox in San Francisco. Testing their skills at miniature golf, customers see replicas of Denver’s landmarks such as Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Coors Field and Denver International Airport on the course. During their stay, customers frequent a full-service bar and restaurant featuring comfort foods NKMGHTKGF�f;EJKEMGP�f;CPF�f;YCHƃG skewers, hand-tossed pizzas and peanut butter mousse pie. Included in the National Register of Historic Places, the Cable Building is a timber-framed warehouse space completed in 1889. It originally functioned as a cable powerhouse and F repair center for the lower downtown area. Designing the interior of a historic place brings myr-iad challenges. The most UKIPKƂECPVEJCNNGPIGHCEKPI the architects when creating the Urban Putt Denver con-EGRVYCUJQYVQUWKVCDN[ƂNN the vast 9,000 square feet of open industrial space and 16-foot-high ceilings with objects and areas that could match the building’s original grandeur. They did so by wrapping the bar, restaurant, arcade, party rooms and kitchen around the mini-golf course. Matching the theatrics of this history with a moody steampunk atmosphere, Roth Sheppard Architects allowed the dynamic and busy mini-golf course to be on display from nearly any vantage point. “The aural din coming from the mini-golf course provides continual energy and a high level of excitement,” says Chris Holzwart, AIA, LEED AP, who served as project 36 FCSI PROJECT SHOWCASE 2021