People who have just moved to the city probably don't even know about the building's colorful past as a cultural anchor. After an extensive renovation it was reborn as the coffeehouse/cafe Blacksmith. It closed for good in 2009 due to unpaid rent and with it went the murals. From 1990 until 1999 artist Scott Swoveland's colorful murals outside Montrose gay bar Mary's showed off the neighborhood's vibrant reputation as an LGBT redoubt.
