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Downtown Denver Partnership

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Photos: Montbello High School's drum line marches down the 16th Street Mall

    Montbello High School's drum line marched down 16th Street Mall yesterday in preparation for the inaugural Make Music Denver event on June 21. Hosted by the Downtown Denver Partnership, Make Music Denver will be a daylong festival that celebrates World Music Day, simultaneously in more than 450 citi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    The Montbello Drumline drums up business today for Make Music Denver in June

    It's Tuesday, not exactly the day of the week when you expect a downtown parade, especially one that's just for the hell of it, put on seemingly for no reason except to spread some fun. But that's what you'll get this lunch hour, when the award-winning Montbello Drumline marches down the 16th Street ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Occupy Denver pickets Snooze -- and co-owner Jon Schlegel responds

    The proprietors of Snooze were surprised to find themselves at the center of the protest over the proposed urban camping ban after co-owner Brianna Borin spoke in favor of the ordinance at a Denver City Council hearing. Last weekend, members of Occupy Denver flocked to the original Snooze at 23rd a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    New 16th Street Mall vendors are on a roll

    After a winter hibernation, new retail merchandising vendors are wheeling out their wares on the 16th Street Mall. And not only have the offerings grown, but so have the hours: The Downtown Denver Partnership now requires vendors to be on-site between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Urban camping: A timeline of how the ban began -- and where it's headed

    Although there have been rumblings about it for months, Denver's proposed urban camping ordinance has only been circulated in draft form for the past few weeks. In this week's feature, "For the homeless, 'urban camping' is no picnic," Jef Otte took a look at its direct implications by spending a nig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Overnight parking: City employees who implemented plan win accolades, a 5281 Award

    Last year, the city powers-that-be changed the rules to allow overnight parking downtown. But the much-celebrated change came with an equally frustrating dose of confusion, as explained in our cover story, "Feed Me." Now, the team of city employees who helped sort out that confusion has won a Denver ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Colorado Business Committee for the Arts announces finalists for 2012 awards

    Supporting the arts is just good business. That's the basic message of the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, which was founded in 1985 and has grown to over 130 members, just announced the finalists for the 25th annual CBCA Business for the Arts Awards. And not only does this award come with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    The Christkindl Market: The last old-fashioned place on earth

    Rootin' tootin' at the Christkindl Market.​Denver's not generally known for its old-world charm. We've gone straight from cowtown to modern city, it seems, and even our perception of "old-fashioned" has been contemporized for an urban audience. At Christmastime, though, there's at least one tr ... More >>

  • News

    October 13, 2011

    Confusing overnight parking meters leave drivers frustrated

    Rootin' tootin' at the Christkindl Market.​Denver's not generally known for its old-world charm. We've gone straight from cowtown to modern city, it seems, and even our perception of "old-fashioned" has been contemporized for an urban audience. At Christmastime, though, there's at least one tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Shout-out to food trucks and food carts: We need your info!

    Lori Midson​We're revving up a special project here at Cafe Society headquarters, one that will remain a closely guarded secret for the time being, but we can tell you this much: It involves Denver's street-food scene. And we need your help to get it off and rolling: If you own or operate a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Carla Madison, late District 8 councilwoman, was steering the city's food truck task force

    ​Food truck season is rolling right in, but Carla Madison is no longer in the driver's seat. Who's steering the process now?

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Food-truck task force looking at fast fixes for spring

    Then-mayorJohn Hickenlooper visited a food truck in Civic Center Park.​With the warm weather rolling into Denver, can a fleet of gourmet food trucks be far behind? Last year, the truck trend took the town by storm -- but by the end of 2010, things were looking stormy, with Sean and Denon Moore ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Green Awards looking for grassroots ideas: How about recycling by the program's ad?

    ​The Green Awards came to Denver yesterday, touting the Green Giant-sponsored program that will give $25,000 to the best idea for greening the environment. And to advertise the contest, a giant, temporary eco-ad mural made of grass was created at 22nd and Blake streets, just past Coors Field. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Truck stop: Meeting on mobile food vendors at the Downtown Denver Partnership tomorrow

    The 16th Street Mall has food vendors, but no trucks.​As far as Brian Phetteplace can determine, the last time the city revised the rules for mobile food vendors -- at least the rules as they applied to downtown -- was back in 1996, long before anyone anticipated the current race of food truck ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Brava! Pizzeria and Biker Jim's lead the evolution of street food on the 16th Street Mall

    ​It's hot on the first day of June, and the vast courtyard at the intersection of the 16th Street Mall and Arapahoe Street is crowded. Business people in A-line skirts and pleated khakis are eating their to-go lunches at sunny tables, soaking up a few minutes of real weather outside of the air ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 3, 2009

    The Light Stuff

    ​It's hot on the first day of June, and the vast courtyard at the intersection of the 16th Street Mall and Arapahoe Street is crowded. Business people in A-line skirts and pleated khakis are eating their to-go lunches at sunny tables, soaking up a few minutes of real weather outside of the air ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 26, 2009

    Let There Be Lights

    ​It's hot on the first day of June, and the vast courtyard at the intersection of the 16th Street Mall and Arapahoe Street is crowded. Business people in A-line skirts and pleated khakis are eating their to-go lunches at sunny tables, soaking up a few minutes of real weather outside of the air ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    No reduction yet on $1,000 Zombie Crawl fine

    A Flickr photoWaiting around is a drag -- even for the undead.​Last week, we told you about a $1,000 fine levied against the organizer of the annual Zombie Crawl -- for cleaning up fake blood. At the time, chief crawler Daniel Newman said he was eager to sit down with representatives of the ci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Zombie Crawlers get $1,000 bill -- for cleaning up fake blood

    A Flickr photo"I don't care if real blood is easier to clean up than the fake kind..."​This past weekend's Zombie Crawl on the 16th Street Mall (captured in this slideshow) was a huge success on every level for the bash's founder, Daniel Newman. But that doesn't mean it was cheap. After spendi ... More >>

  • News

    August 20, 2009

    A Taste of Colorado plays head games with a vendor

    A Flickr photo"I don't care if real blood is easier to clean up than the fake kind..."​This past weekend's Zombie Crawl on the 16th Street Mall (captured in this slideshow) was a huge success on every level for the bash's founder, Daniel Newman. But that doesn't mean it was cheap. After spendi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: All aboard for a wonky week

    I'm looking over the Platte Valley at the sliver of the "Travel by Train" sign I can still on Union Station through pricy lofts and office buildings constructed over the last few years. And some day there will be a lot more of them, if current plans for the revelopment of Union Station play out -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    The Sage Building, formerly the Fontius building, gets its name in lights

    After decades of disregard, it's been a busy couple of years for the downtown structure formerly known as the Fontius building. First in the summer of 2007, local developer Evan Makovsky bought the infamously decrepit building at the corner of 16th and Welton streets as part of his ambitious plan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    Wake-Up Call: The week ahead, February 16-21

    The big news: Barack Obama is coming back to Denver, the town where he accepted the Democratic nomination on August 28, and where now, as president, he will now sign the $787 billion stimulus bill on Tuesday, February 17 at the Museum of Nature & Science (conveniently vetted by the Secret Service ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2009

    Buzz Geller dishes on the Bell Tower, mega-rich tenants and the lunacy of Denver's planning department

    The Bell Tower is the most talked-about building in Denver that's yet to be built. Ever since local real estate developer Buzz Geller proposed the strikingly angled 34-story condominium at the corner of Speer Boulevard and Market Street, folks have been buzzing about it -- some grumbling, while othe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: My 16th Street Mall Fix-It Plan

    Click here to see a larger image; it'll take a few seconds. The 16th Street Mall takes civil engineers for granite Imagine that the 16th Street Mall is Denver's smile, and that the granite pavers are the individual teeth that cost over a million dollars a year to floss, fill and cap. RTD is tired ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    Wake-Up Call: Let it snow, let it snow...

    Cocktail party conversation isn't easy this holiday season -- if anyone's holding cocktail parties, that is. Two safe topics: the Broncos (since the team's still winning) and the weather -- which is as Colorado-wacky as ever. A beautiful weekend, then snow today; record highs last Tuesday, record ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    Wake-Up Call: We all have a duty to buy

    When he kicked off Denver ArtsWeek earlier this month, Mayor John Hickenlooper echoed former Governor Dick "Duty to Die" Lamm when he told the crowd, "We all have a duty to shop." Now Denverites will get a chance to put their money where Hick's mouth is, when the mayor and assorted city boos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2008

    Big fences make cranky talk-show hosts

    When he kicked off Denver ArtsWeek earlier this month, Mayor John Hickenlooper echoed former Governor Dick "Duty to Die" Lamm when he told the crowd, "We all have a duty to shop." Now Denverites will get a chance to put their money where Hick's mouth is, when the mayor and assorted city boos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2008

    Big fences make cranky talk-show hosts

    When he kicked off Denver ArtsWeek earlier this month, Mayor John Hickenlooper echoed former Governor Dick "Duty to Die" Lamm when he told the crowd, "We all have a duty to shop." Now Denverites will get a chance to put their money where Hick's mouth is, when the mayor and assorted city boos ... More >>

  • News

    July 31, 2008

    Green Achers

    A vicious recycle on the 16th Street Mall

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2008

    Dialog:City Dialogue

    A vicious recycle on the 16th Street Mall

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2008

    A Tent Grows in Denver

    A vicious recycle on the 16th Street Mall

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2008

    In Memory: Imagining a Great City

    A vicious recycle on the 16th Street Mall

  • News

    February 21, 2008

    The Magnet Mafia Sticks to Street Art

    Matt Feeney and Harrison Nealey have a new way for artists to stick it to the city.

  • News

    September 13, 2007

    A Lot to Love

    What would you do with Block 162?

  • Calendar

    July 5, 2007

    Brain Food

    What would you do with Block 162?

  • News

    May 24, 2007

    16th Street Mall Mishandle

    Aid to the homeless brings out the long arm of the law.

  • Calendar

    July 21, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Aid to the homeless brings out the long arm of the law.

  • News

    December 30, 2004

    Terms of Endearment

    Give me a C! Give me a U! What do you have? The start of the year's biggest scandal.

  • News

    July 29, 2004

    Off Limits

    That's a wrap!

  • Calendar

    December 25, 2003

    Soul Food

    Cafe Nuba kicks off seven days of Kwanzaa

  • Calendar

    November 20, 2003

    Yo! Let There Be Lights

    The lights come on as Denver gears up for the holidays.

  • News

    November 6, 2003

    Pleased to Greet You

    The lights come on as Denver gears up for the holidays.

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Off Limits

    Sic transit gloria

  • Summer Guide

    June 14, 2001

    Take the Taste Test

    Festival of Mountain and Plain...A Taste of Colorado

  • Culture

    January 4, 2001

    Looking Up, Downtown

    Historic Denver puts together an unlikely alliance to save some of the city's coolest buildings.

  • Dining

    February 24, 2000

    Chain Gang

    The links keep growing in Colorado's franchise restaurants.

  • News

    October 16, 1997

    Hanging Out to Dry

    What happens to the kids hanging out at Skyline Park when a restaurant grabs some of the public space?

  • News

    March 14, 1996

    Off Limits

    What happens to the kids hanging out at Skyline Park when a restaurant grabs some of the public space?

  • Dining

    March 22, 1995

    MOUTHING OFF

    What happens to the kids hanging out at Skyline Park when a restaurant grabs some of the public space?

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