Commission Approves Historic Status Application For Tom's Diner

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DENVER (CBS4) - The Denver Landmark Preservation Commission recommended Tom's Diner get historic status. The building has been at its location at Colfax Avenue and Pearl Street for 52 years.

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The owner was trying to sell the building to developers, but community members heard about it and launched a campaign to save the diner.

They submitted an application to get it landmark protection.

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While the commission is recommending the diner get that protection, the city council still has to give the final approval.

Business Den reports the owner, Tom Messina, said he feels "kicked in the gut" by the decision.

"This property is basically all I have, and what I have based the future of me and my family on," Messina said before the commission.