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16th Street Mall as seen from the Daniels & Fisher Tower. The 16th Street Mall is a pedestrian and transit mall in Denver, Colorado that opened in 1982. The mall, 1.25 miles (2 kilometers) long, runs along 16th Street in downtown Denver, from Wewatta Street (at Union Station) to the intersection of 16th Avenue and Broadway (at Civic Center Station).
The 16th Street Mall is changing and Mayor Hancock was there to break ground on renovations to an area that has suffered low foot traffic even before the pandemic. Denver7's Colette Bordelon reports.
The Denver Millennium Bridge is the world's first cable-stayed bridge using post-tensioned structural construction. [1] Located near LoDo (Denver's lower downtown), in Riverfront Park, it connects the 16th Street Mall with the Commons Park in the Central Platte Valley District of the Union Station neighborhood.
In 1979 federal approval was granted for the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver, originally known as Transitway. The project allowed express bus productivity to double and was eventually intersected by RTD's first light rail line, the D Line, at Stout and California streets. Construction began in 1980.
Birds-eye view of Denver and the Rockies as viewed from the tower of the Daniels and Fisher Stores Co., 1913. Built as part of the Daniels & Fisher department store in 1910, it was the tallest building between the Mississippi River and the state of California at the time of construction, at a height of 325 feet (99 m). [2]
The plaza’s most recent owner, Lakeshore Mall LLC, bought the property in 2005. In 2007, the same owner purchased the vacant mall to the south, Mid-Cities, at 828 Memorial Drive.
LoDo and the 16th Street mall are home to hundreds of bars, restaurants, and cafes, attracting many residents from the metro area and supporting the 30,000 plus residents living in the central business district. [2] Additionally, Downtown Denver is home to the second largest performing arts center in the United States. [citation needed]
Washington Capitals and Wizards owner Ted Leonsis, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and other officials celebrated the start of an $800 million downtown arena ...