Showdown at Skyline

The future of a great public space hangs in the balance.

A A A Comments By Michael Paglia Thursday, Aug 29 2002

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Inasmuch as past behavior is an indication of future performance, this could spell the end for Skyline Park, and the city will lose yet another great example of historic modern architecture. After all, Mejia was appointed by Mayor Wellington Webb and can thus be expected to do the mayor's bidding. And the Webb administration has made a habit of disregarding important architecture, as the sorry litany of losses such as the Boettcher School, Zeckendorf Plaza, the Denver Post building, Currigan Hall and the TerraCentre amply demonstrate. In all of these cases, action was taken without regard for preservation.

But you know what?

Brett Amole

Skyline Park is one of Denver's architectural gems.

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There is something other than preservation that could save Skyline: money. Not only is the parks department running out of it, but so is the city as a whole, including the government and many of those downtown interests that belong to the Denver Partnership. So perhaps all is not lost.

Skyline's future is unknown, but there is one thing I can predict with absolute certainty: We're not going to see that water wall anytime soon.

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