I’m happy to announce that I’ve just uploaded a major upgrade to DenverInfill’s Central Platte Valley district page.
Previously, all of Downtown Denver’s Central Platte Valley infill projects were described on a single page and their locations identified on a single aerial photo that covered the whole area from 15th to 20th Streets and Interstate 25 to Wewatta Street. There are so many infill developments in this area (over 30) that the resulting aerial photo map was covered with project numbers at a scale that made it somewhat difficult to clearly discern the many projects’ exact locations. To see what I mean, view the “old” CPV page here.
Now, the Central Platte Valley district has been divided into four subareas, each with its own page, plus a main CPV district overview page. Each project site is now also identified with a yellow box, similar to how the Downtown infill projects are displayed, to make it easier to understand the location of each new CPV development. In addition, since all of the Central Platte Valley has been master planned and is already divided into development parcels, I’ve also added project sections for all CPV development sites–even if there’s no active proposal there now–so that when a new project is announced, its site is already identified on DenverInfill.
Finally, I’ve broken from tradition and used newer 2004 color aerial photos for the base aerial images. Doing so is particularly useful for the CPV, as much of the district’s infrastructure didn’t exist when the black-and-white 2000 aerials, used throughout the rest of DenverInfill, were taken.
I hope you like the upgrade to the CPV district page and that it will allow you to more easily keep track of all those great urban infill projects sprouting up in Downtown Denver’s Central Platte Valley!
boo ya!
ery nice new organization, its great to see them in more detail
nice. very nice.
Is that little Excel Energy steam plant building on Wewatta and 19th going to stay there? That will sure look out of place with all the new buildings around it.
this is a pretty phat upgrade. with so much going on in the CPV, this serves not just the planning/development smartmob, but also residents, the terminally curious. good job and thanks.
Ken,
Are you using ArcMap to overlay the roads on the imagry?
Anyone checked out the movie presentation for 1800 Larimer? Looking pretty diesel.
http://www.1800larimer.com/movie.htm
Anyone following the fate of the union station plan? It's looking pretty bad in my opinion. You probably know from this blog that the light rail was moved away from the station, but now we may have commuter rail lines at the surface. Seems like the pedestrian environment and connection between CPV and downtown is quickly dying.
I was reading that they are now building a tunnel underground all the way to the light rail station from Union station instead of having people come up to groud level. They are also going to allo traffic on 16th between Wynkoop and Chestnut. Your right not much about the project seems pedestrian friendly now. Who wants to sit out at a cafe with 8 or more trians moving around near you?