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Due to Saturday morning’s chilly forecast, there will be no Denver Union Station walking tour on Saturday, November 5. Our next tour is scheduled for the third Saturday of the month, November 19. Check this blog for a confirmation of a Union Station project walking tour a day or two before the Saturday in question.
Have a great weekend!
Don’t forget tonight’s event at the convention center. See Ken’s post below.
There is good news to report. The hole is drained and excavation work on the bus terminal has resumed. A variety of factors caused long delays in getting the pumping and filtering systems in place. The ground water is contaminated with substances in addition to those found in the first phase, the clean water standards have gotten more stringent, and very few labs in the country are equipped to perform the required testing. The delays are not expected to impact the Spring 2014 completion of the project. Here is a shot that I took on Tuesday before the snowstorm.
The walls/seats are being installed around the planters near the light rail station. Here’s another photo from Tuesday. It appears that the walls are being installed along the inside edges of the foundations to maximize clearance between the planters, as suggested in some DenverInfill comments.
The two teams competing for the right to redevelop Denver’s historic Union Station (as part of the larger Union Station Transit District project) will be making their presentations to the public this Thursday, November 3, 2011, at the Colorado Convention Center starting at 6:00 PM.
The two teams’ general reuse concepts were revealed this spring, and we covered them over at DenverUrbanism. First, here’s an introduction post on the process RTD created for selecting the winning development team. Then, here are two posts about the concepts themselves: this one about the Union Station Neighborhood Company’s proposal and this one about the Union Station Alliance’s proposal.
Since then, both teams have fully refined their reuse concepts, submitted formal proposals to RTD, and have been interviewed by RTD’s selection committee. Before RTD makes their final selection later in November, the public is being given the chance to hear presentations from both teams on their formal proposals and provide feedback to RTD on what you like or don’t like about both.
Here’s a blurb on the event from RTD’s press release:
The two and a half-hour event will be held in the Colorado Convention Center, Rooms 201 and 203, 700 14th Street (at California) in downtown Denver and begin at 6 p.m. Each team will have 30 minutes to present the details of its proposal with a 30-minute question/answer session with the public following each presentation. The first presentation by Union Station Neighborhood Company starts at 6:15 p.m., and the second presentation by Union Station Alliance will begin at 7:25 p.m.
For the full press release, please click here.
This is an exciting moment in the larger Union Station project. The rehabilitation of the historic structure and the various activities that will be taking place within it will contribute significantly to the overall success of the project and, in particular, the activation of Wynkoop Plaza along the Downtown side of the station. This is a major public presentation on Downtown’s biggest civic project—I hope you’ll be there!
