The bridge was the governor’s idea to celebrate the state’s 150th anniversary. But it was panned by lawmakers, historic preservationists and, apparently, the public.
Alternative solution, block off the road to get ready for construction. Then realize it’s nice not having that road there, and get rid of it. Money saved and it’s nicer.
That was my proposed alternative I encouraged my friends to call about. I don’t know how it wasn’t obvious that if your goal was to increase pedestrian safety and encourage visiting your park in the middle of downtown (which was the public justification in the survey) that the best way to do that would be to get rid of the 2 highways trisecting your park. Grass them over to both remove traffic and increase park space, install meandering leisure paths through a history walk, and have local Coloradoan artists produce for a dedicated Coloradoan history sculpture park.
Oh, and if you really, really want members of the public to use your public park get rid of the helicopter parent rangers that yell at you for touching the oldest tree in Denver or for falling asleep, get rid of the signs that forbid standing still or loitering (at a fucking park of all places), and don’t close off the grass areas periodically.
You could even go so far as to install more trash cans or make the bathrooms available 24/7.
It’s not that the public didn’t care about your fake liberty bell, it’s that your park is kinda a hostile environment with shitty infrastructure.
See these are all good suggestions, but with what little I know about Colorado your best bet is to challenge them to a fist fight during a hockey match and winner designs the park.
You could even sell tickets and raise money for the reconstruction. Lol
Alternative solution, block off the road to get ready for construction. Then realize it’s nice not having that road there, and get rid of it. Money saved and it’s nicer.
That was my proposed alternative I encouraged my friends to call about. I don’t know how it wasn’t obvious that if your goal was to increase pedestrian safety and encourage visiting your park in the middle of downtown (which was the public justification in the survey) that the best way to do that would be to get rid of the 2 highways trisecting your park. Grass them over to both remove traffic and increase park space, install meandering leisure paths through a history walk, and have local Coloradoan artists produce for a dedicated Coloradoan history sculpture park.
Oh, and if you really, really want members of the public to use your public park get rid of the helicopter parent rangers that yell at you for touching the oldest tree in Denver or for falling asleep, get rid of the signs that forbid standing still or loitering (at a fucking park of all places), and don’t close off the grass areas periodically.
You could even go so far as to install more trash cans or make the bathrooms available 24/7.
It’s not that the public didn’t care about your fake liberty bell, it’s that your park is kinda a hostile environment with shitty infrastructure.
See these are all good suggestions, but with what little I know about Colorado your best bet is to challenge them to a fist fight during a hockey match and winner designs the park.
You could even sell tickets and raise money for the reconstruction. Lol