A city's boom years, captured in a single infographic

One Floor Up wanted to capture what made Denver worth moving to during its fastest growth years. The case was not economic data alone, it was quality of life, and that is a harder thing to chart.

The source material arrived as pages of research. I cut it to the handful of facts that actually landed, then built an illustrated system around them, mountains, rail lines, and light, so the graphic feels like the city it is describing rather than a chart about it.