Robert Redford has departed the earthly plane, but he leaves a lasting mark on the Pikes Peak region.

In 2016 Robert Redford and his longtime friend and acting partner Jane Fonda alighted in Colorado Springs to film the 2017 Netflix film, "Our Souls at Night," based on the 2015 novel by Colorado author Kent Haruf. The movie is still available on the streaming platform.

The movie star didn't only shine his light on Colorado Springs, but also Boulder, where he worked as a janitor at the popular burger joint The Sink while attending University of Colorado in 1955. The Sink's website features a mural of Redford.

The Academy Award-winning Redford died Tuesday. He was 89.

Exactly nine years ago Redford walked our streets and gazed at our mountains. After film crews took over two quaint hom

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