{"id":3023,"date":"2008-04-20T01:07:40","date_gmt":"2008-04-20T06:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2008\/04\/20\/road-trip-denvers-16th-street-mall\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:08:34","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:08:34","slug":"road-trip-denvers-16th-street-mall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/04\/20\/road-trip-denvers-16th-street-mall\/","title":{"rendered":"ROAD TRIP: Denver&#8217;s 16th Street Mall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2197\/2424840386_edb531b77a.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>DENVER, COLORADO<\/strong> &#8212; After viewing one of the craziest buildings I have ever seen &#8212; the <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/search\/?s=int&amp;w=all&amp;q=cadet+chapel+colorado&amp;m=text\">Cadet Chapel of the Air Forces<\/a> in Colorado Springs  &#8212; I whipped up I-25 and spent some time in downtown Denver. Like Albuquerque yesterday, I only had about two hours to explore, so I concentrated on  the city&#8217;s rather impressive 16th Street Mall, a three-kilometre long pedestrian zone.<\/p>\n<p>The mall is in the heart of Denver&#8217;s downtown. It&#8217;s a great mix of of caf&eacute;s, restaurants, shops, office buildings, vendors, and public art. While Albuquerque&#8217;s pedstrian mall was tame and quiet, Denver&#8217;s mall was buzzing with people. The sidewalks and patios were packed and it seemed to be a good mix of tourists, office workers, and locals. What excited me about the mall was that Denver and Toronto share very similar weather, which means that I can shoot down naysayers who argue that Toronto can&#8217;t have a significant pedestrian mall because we have four months of snow. I saw trucks with snow plows that were doubling as watering trucks for the trees and planters. What I saw in Denver could very well be the future of a new Yonge Street Mall in Toronto. Dare I dream.<\/p>\n<p>The following photos (22 of &#8217;em) take a look at the urban design and street furniture of the 16th Street Mall.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2123\/2424837864_7f5fa541b8.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2265\/2424025241_19780a1491.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Calling the 16th Street Mall a pedestrian zone is slightly misleading since those on foot share the road space with a number of hybrid buses that run in dedicated lanes (above images). The buses are free and run the entire length of the mall. The lanes have a curb on the &#8220;sidewalk&#8221; edge but are smooth on the middle part. The materials used for the pedestrian areas and bus lanes are the same, which gives you the impression that one form of transport is no more significant than the other. Buses nearly rub up against you if you are not paying attention (like the man in the photo directly below who yelled at the driver for being clipped on the shoulder).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2295\/2424027281_74a445af4a.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2218\/2424022495_183fa8c8b9.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Besides being hybrid electric, I really liked that buses had three exits\/entrances. Its easy for Denver to do this since the bus ride is free, but the TTC should take note of these babies &#8212; loading and unloading times could be seriously decreased with this kind of a bus (or streetcar for that matter).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2312\/2424845814_df7ab42bf5.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2321\/2424844690_a3cfd3074a.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2378\/2424032183_fb75ed9521_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2378\/2424032183_fb75ed9521.jpg\" height=\"143\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[ <em>click on above image to see <a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2378\/2424032183_fb75ed9521_b.jpg\">larger version<\/a><\/em> ]<\/p>\n<p>What was also nice to see were the LRT trains that cut through perpendicularly to the mall (above images). Each had their own dedicated lane &#8212; eastbound was on Lincoln Street, while westbound passengers got on at California Street about 200 feet away. Intersecting with the pedestrian mall is important, I suspect: the dedicated lines show people that mass transit can move fast and frequently, and there are more eyeballs on the 16th Street Mall than anywhere else in the city at any given time. The nicely designed and full accessible LRT stops fit in well on the periphery. Again, I hope the TTC takes note of these stops as they plan for Transit City: the shelters are attractive and could easily fit into the streetscape of the suburbs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2220\/2424034941_ca55fe771d.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3222\/2424848698_f116144cde.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The median that separates the bus lanes have vendors&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3007\/2424849236_49a0b0e7a2.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3078\/2424850140_d3d08e1307.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2184\/2424846850_e6dbb0bfe4.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2034\/2424026645_77081405d8.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; seats, chairs, artful benches&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3151\/2424836798_c66cd92443.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2094\/2424022909_0572bf1224_o.jpg\" height=\"748\" width=\"496\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; chess tables, each of them unique, and used as a table for lunch&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3108\/2424838272_715ee1fd86_o.jpg\" height=\"750\" width=\"498\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; info pillars that are ad-free and easy to identify and actullay dispense maps&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2389\/2424036353_94048479da_o.jpg\" height=\"748\" width=\"499\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; trash bins that fit it nicely (and, again, are ad-free)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3145\/2424035831_8619f75167.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3002\/2424036649_13bf8ebc19_o.jpg\" height=\"591\" width=\"498\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and a series of planters that gave the area some vibrant colour.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3175\/2424837098_2edc745360.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3215\/2424846084_1ffed4634f_o.jpg\" height=\"749\" width=\"498\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also of note were the bike racks, common trash bins&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2077\/2424022137_a09aaa6c6b.jpg\" height=\"332\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and their very own version of our moose: bull cows.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BACKGROUND ON MY TRIP:<\/strong><br \/>\nMy trip is a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153driveaway\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for a vacationing snowbird &#8212; I&#8217;m driving his car back home in exchange for paying my plane fare and gas expenses (read my <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/04\/09\/help-pick-the-route-of-my-road-trip\/\">first post<\/a> for more info on what a driveaway is). It was arranged by my friend David Smaller and his little organization called <a href=\"http:\/\/hittheroad.ca\/\">Hit The Road<\/a>. You can join the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=2855879236\">Facebook group<\/a> to receive notices of upcoming driveaway opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><em>all photos by Matthew Blackett\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DENVER, COLORADO &#8212; After viewing one of the craziest buildings I have ever seen &#8212; the Cadet Chapel of the Air Forces in Colorado Springs &#8212; I whipped up I-25 and spent some time in downtown Denver. 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