Brave New Colfax: Examining the Makeover of the Longest Commercial Street in America

by Paul M. French

It’s Monday evening and I’m parked illegally on Colfax, walking through cones and rubble with a heavy bundle of paper in each hand—what gym rats call a farmer’s carry. In theory, publishing this magazine would be a glamorous enterprise. In reality, it’s a paper route at age 37. Being a small business owner, as folks along this street will tell you, is a…