A major reconstruction of Denver’s 16th Street Mall is officially underway after a groundbreaking in mid-April. The iconic downtown corridor was originally designed by a team that included I.M. Pei, Henry Cobb and Laurie Olin, and the current renovation is the mall’s first major project since it first opened in 1982.
The pedestrian and bus transitway connects two ends of Denver’s central business district—Civic Center and Union Station—and is served by the Regional Transit District’s (RTD) Free MallRide, which stops at intersections along the 1.25-mile length.