Denver’s South Platte River revitalization looking good

July 31, 2010 · Posted by in Building 

 

Confluence Park in Denver | flickr user jessicareeder

EPA blog Greenversations just gave a shout-out to a part of Denver that looks very different now than it did a few short years ago:

Confluence Park seen from REI, across the S. Platte River | flickr user Payton Chung


While visiting Denver over Memorial Day weekend, I walked from my downtown hotel to the lower downtown area and the South Platte River. I did not expect to see a revitalized waterfront with very busy bicycle paths lining the river along with new apartments and condos.

I had the same experience! I lived in Boulder before from 2005-2007, left, and came back in 2009. On my first trip back to downtown Denver, I was really impressed with the changes. The river is a much more prominent part of the city now thanks to that area, which is called Confluence Park (due to the confluence of the South Platte River and Cherry Creek).

 

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