Skyline Park - Denver, CO
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
N 39° 44.917 W 104° 59.746
13S E 500362 N 4399856
Two plaques commerating the development and renewal of Denver's Skyline Park
Waymark Code: WMBP5J
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 06/08/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Miles ToGeo
Views: 3

The plaques read:

SKYLINE PARK

In 1967 the citizens of Denver voted to renew a blighted area of the city. The reconstruction became known as the Skyline Urban Renewal Project, which was planned and undertaken by the Denver Urban Renewal Authority in cooperation with the City and County of Denver and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The visual center of the Skyline Project is this public park designed by Lawrence Halprin and Associates. It was completed and dedicated to the Citizens of Denver by DURA in 1973. This park was created as a place where people may pause a while to enjoy its beauty and to be themselves renewed.


SKYLINE PARK

The 2004 renovation of Skyline Park into a great public space for all to enjoy evolved from an encompassing public vision that was implemented through the cooperative efforts of design, construction, business, residential, and municipal communities.

John W. Hickenlooper, Mayor
Elbra Wedgeworth, Counsilwoman District 8
Dept. of Parks and Recreation
Dept. of Public Works, Design and Construction Management
Thomas Balsley Associates - Lead Designer
David Owen Tryba - Architects
The Weitz Company

The park offers fountain which run in the summer; areas to read and rest and free Wi-Fi as part of the 16th Street Mall free Wi-Fi (see (visit link) )
Group or Groups Responsible for Placement:
City and County of Denver


County or City: Denver

Date Dedicated: 1973

Check here for Web link(s) for additional information: [Web Link]

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