But before that chapter of his career, Andrew achieved success in a very different field.
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“As a five-year-old,” Andrew remembers, “my father is in the gay nightclub business and that’s the world I grew up in.”Īndrew eventually took over operation of Tracks, which has since been relocated to the heart of RiNo. So, as Andrew recalls, “a straight Jewish Republican from Brooklyn in the 1970s takes over the gay bar.” And with Andrew’s father, Neil Feinstein, they buy the warehouse across the street and turn it into the first Tracks. After leasing out the bar to an attorney, Marty discovered on opening night that the clientele was mostly gay, and realized that this is an audience that’s not being served properly. In the 1970s, Marty bought a bar downtown, “in what was known as the Bottoms area,” Andrew says, “because it flooded all the time.” The bar, called the Foxhole, catered to truckers. Marty - “rocket scientist turned card counter”, Andrew says - came to DU in 1959 from Brooklyn as a 16-year-old without any money, paying his college tuition with poker winnings. Two generations later, Andrew’s father befriended a man, Marty Chernoff, who would have a transformational impact on Andrew’s career. One of his sons became a union leader and State Senator. Beginning in Leadville selling mining supplies, Michael worked his way to Curtis Park and entered the grocery business, where in 1870 he was one of eight Jewish families to found Temple Emanuel, now the largest synagogue in the Rocky Mountain region. He is also widely recognized for his vision in redeveloping and facilitating several catalytic projects in the River North Art District (RiNo), including projects such as Link 35 apartments, the Cole Market anchor retail and multi-family development, Industry RiNo Station, the HUB, the Catbird Hotel and Denver’s new World Trade Center campus.Īndrew’s roots in Colorado go back to 1863, when the patriarch of his family – Michael Hattenbach – migrated to Colorado from Germany seeking opportunity. Andrew Feinstein is well known in Denver for the 3,000 person capacity EXDO Event Center, one of Denver’s most popular and creative spaces, and the legendary Tracks nightclub.