When I started thinking about the strip of pedestrian pavement that just turned thirty -- and will celebrate with a birthday party at Skyline Park at lunchtime today -- I realized that it wasn't about hate or love. It's about the downtown of my home city. And lots of memories involving drinking, drugs, cigarettes, boys and shopping.
See also: - Thirty years in, the 16th Street Mall is still going strong - Richard Vincent -- and his 16th Street Mall sculpture -- now a memory - From the Archives: Denver's 16th Street a century ago