In two different neighborhoods, Denver is poised to get two visually unique and stunning buildings: Populus and One River North. Three weeks ago, we mentioned that Populus has officially begun construction, and while One River North has been under construction for some time, it was barely peeking out of the ground in our last roundup.
Fast forward a few months, and One River North is now up to five floors, with work starting on the sixth. The sixth floor is where things start to get interesting, and is the floor where the large “gash” begins to take shape, according to the renderings. While we may not see much from the concrete structure alone, it will be an interesting sight to see this building take shape from here on out.
Below we have a bunch of photos around the project site.
As a bonus, here is one more photo showing the dense streetwall forming along Blake Street. One River North is the furthest building on Blake Street.
It’s exciting to see this project go vertical and start to take shape!
| Project Description | Developer | Architect | Contractor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Stories | 187 apt homes | 9,000 sf retail | 176 (v) 40 (b) parking | R Cap Blake Street |
MAD / Davis Partnership |
Saunders Construction |
Really wish DOTI would trash all that free street parking. It’s unnecessary and dangerous.
I have a dream of leasing the land in front of the RTD station right there and putting in some pickle ball courts. perfect place to add pickle-capacity, a little added noise there wouldn’t harm a soul!
Oh no. What a maintenance nightmare.
You commented this on the last One River North post as well. Would you rather Denver not have architecturally daring buildings? Don’t be such a downer, I assume you didn’t design it and I also assume you are not going to be the one doing the maintenance.
How do we get Denver to plant a million trees on the grass between the train tracks and Blake St from 36th to 40th street? Very unique/ rare opportunity to add a bunch of trees in our urban core.
Anyone else in favor of this?
Part of the grass is the ROW that’s reserved for the L Line extension down Downing (or wherever) to the 38th & Blake Station. The rest is still RTD land that is stormwater detention. Just go out there and spread some cottonwood seeds.
I’m honestly surprised there aren’t more cottonwoods in the detention pond.
Fiend of mine came to visit me from DC, and I live in this area. Biggest issue he had with Denver was the lack of trees
I am glad to see this building happening even though I have my reservations on how it will look over time. My experience is that buildings that are difficult to maintain end up being horribly disfigured with fixes. I am glad someone is taking a risk and doing something other then a blah box. I guess it’s a lets wait and see. It could be a funky exception….or tired before it’s time.