"From the Land of Everlasting Snow"
The Tivoli building on the Auraria campus in downtown Denver, Colorado operated as a brewery from 1866 through 1969. German-born pioneers founded the original site, and through a series of owners and expansions it grew in size and legend. In 1900, owner John Good renamed it after the famous Tivoli gardens in Denmark, noting that spelled backward Tivoli read, "I lov it." In its heyday in the 1950's, the Tivoli-Union Brewery turned out over 150,000 barrels a day and distributed its beer all over the West. Today the site — consisting of 16 connected buildings — serves as the student union for the three-college campus, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its massive copper kettles and towering smokestack serve as reminders of its storied past. *A percentage of sales from this shirt is donated to the Tivoli Restoration Fund. Tivoli Student Union Colorado T-shirts: Buy 3, get free shipping. |