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Data Changelog

Boulder Lens's place catalog is hand-curated and continuously verified against official sources. This page tracks the changes that matter to you as a visitor — places added, removed, or recategorized, and corrections to details that turned out to be wrong. It doesn't cover behind-the-scenes app/code changes.

  • 2026-07-21
    Three places recategorized

    Groundworks Art Lab and Tinker Art Studio moved from Art Gallery to Craft Studio — both are teaching studios (classes, memberships, camps), not galleries. Sombrero Marsh Environmental Education Center moved from Museum to Outdoors, since it's really an education site paired with public trail access.

  • 2026-07-21
    Finished filling in missing details across the whole catalog

    Every place that was missing a neighborhood, description, or tags now has them — over 200 listings enriched across Wellness, Culture, Civic, Drinks, Food, Coffee, Outdoors, and Shopping categories in this final round.

  • 2026-07-20
    Two reopened businesses restored

    Khow Thai Cafe reopened as a takeout-only spot at a new Arapahoe Ave address after being listed as closed. The former D'Angelo's Italian Deli space reopened under new ownership as Angelo's Subs, a Philly-style sandwich shop.

  • 2026-07-19
    Duplicate listing cleaned up

    Boulder Baked Broadway's address turned out to be a duplicate of an already-listed Boulder Baked location. Retired the duplicate entry and corrected the address on the real one.

  • 2026-07-19
    Added Velvet Elk Lounge

    A live-music venue on 13th St downtown, added after being independently verified against its official site and local press.

  • 2026-07-19
    Coverage gap audit: dog parks, drinks, murals, and games

    Added Dog Parks as their own proper category — four City of Boulder dog parks were already on the map but miscategorized as generic parks. Added three cidery/meadery/winery spots, built out a downtown Mural Art Walk (seven murals forming a walkable loop), and added three indoor fun-and-games venues (an escape room and two board-game spots). Also checked for a dedicated comedy club — none currently exists in Boulder, so instead added a note about an existing recurring stand-up night inside an already-listed bar.

  • 2026-07-16
    Cleaned up overstated claims in place descriptions

    Removed a handful of unverifiable superlatives from listings — like an inaccurate "flagship store" claim and an unsupported "best wings in Boulder" claim — so descriptions only state what can actually be backed up by a source.

  • 2026-07-16
    Filled in missing details for the first 50 places

    Kicked off a broader round of filling in neighborhood, description, and tag details for places that were already on the map but only carried bare, minimal data from an earlier import — each one individually verified against an official source before its details were added.

  • 2026-07-12
    Retired two permanently-closed businesses

    Two listings confirmed closed for good were marked closed rather than deleted outright, keeping the record accurate without breaking any existing links to them.

This page covers recent history — older changes predate it. Every place on the map still links to its own sources, and you can always check the Sources page for what powers the data behind Boulder Lens.