Arts & Entertainment  February 10, 2026

Evolving Boulder relishes its past while looking to future

Past icons yield to Boulder's next chapter

Looking east along Pearl Street in the early 1960s. Tom’s Tavern opened in 1959. Courtesy Museum of Boulder
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Amid all the excitement over the arrival of the Sundance Music Festival and development of the Pearl Arts District, many Boulderites still pine for what was.

With BizWest since 2012 and in Colorado since 1979, Dallas worked at the Longmont Times-Call, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post and Public News Service. A Missouri native and Mizzou School of Journalism grad, Dallas started as a sports writer and outdoor columnist at the St. Charles (Mo.) Banner-News, then went to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before fleeing the heat and humidity for the Rockies. He especially loves covering our mountain communities.
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