We had a Kress Store but don't know what happened to the building ... maybe torn down. Colorado Springs has done it's share of tearing down historic buildings. One was a historic stage/burlesque theater, which became a movie theater, which was torn down to be replaced by a street-level parking lot. The project to replace the theater never came to realization. It housed one of the remaining Wurlitzer organs made in the early 1900s before the city absconded with it to put into the City Auditorium, the same auditorium they've wanted to tear down and still do despite its place on the historic register. Colorado Springs also tore down one building that was the first Catholic Church (St. Anne's) in COS for a park that largely sits rarely used except by the homeless. The diocese tried repeatedly to save the church, which was originally built as a home. Even an investor group raised $1.5M to buy the building and land, but that fell on deaf ears.

Hi Lavinia! Those are great wood floors. It would make a wonderful ballroom dance space. It would be a perfect urban grocery store, as well. There must be issues with the building that make it cost prohibitive before it can be occupied. I've never looked into it. The Film Studios use it as a movie set every once in a while — it was used for filming a few weeks ago — that's why it's clean.

Looks like real wood floors? The curved glass is interesting. Must be something someone could do with this building.

Hi Teagan. The Cress Building is on Central downtown with cool curved glass display windows in the the front. It would make so many great things, but it's sat vacant for rent for years.