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The glowing red “Bar Bar” sign that hung over the Carioca Cafe at 2060 Champa St. has been extinguished for good. Over the weekend, the century-old building that housed one of Denver’s most-beloved, notorious, and diviest of dive bars was reduced to a pile of rubble.
It was not an unexpected move. News of the impending demolition first surfaced last year. In February, the city approved the property owner’s request to demolish the building. Last month, a demolition company submitted details for how it planned to execute the demolition…