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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!
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!
Please join us this Saturday morning, October 15, for a one-hour walking tour and overview of Denver’s big Union Station project and its four main components: the public spaces, the transit/transportation facilities, the new private-sector development, and the reuse of the historic structure.
This Saturday’s tour is special, as it represents the one-year anniversary of our DenverInfill walking tours of Union Station! Our first tour was held October 16, 2010, and during the year we’ve had a total of 21 tours with over 250 people participating. Thank you to everyone who’s joined us and made these tours a success!
Here’s how it works: Head on down to the LoDo side of the historic station at 17th & Wynkoop at about 9:50 AM. Whoever shows up, that will be our tour group. We’ll start promptly at 10:00 AM and conclude around 11:00 AM at the new light rail station by Millennium Bridge. The suggested donation for the tour is $10 per person and all proceeds go to the non-profit Union Station Advocates, but you’re welcome to attend regardless of what you can donate.
See you Saturday morning!
Using DenverInfill to keep up to date on this project works pretty well. But seeing it in person is another story.
Ken is out of town, so I will be conducting the tour so please join me this Saturday at 10:00AM in front of the historic station at 17th and Wynkoop. Even if you have taken recent tours, you may want to come along on this one to see the project from a new perspective: 200 feet above.
Since we will be walking a little more than usual, you should plan to spend more than an hour. The suggested (truly optional) donation for the tour is $10 per person and all proceeds go to the non-profit Union Station Advocates.
