Skyline Park Free Summer Concerts and Movies Announced

The Story of Skyline Park

 

Skyline Park, stretching from 15th to 17th Streets along Arapahoe, is a three block oasis in the heart of our city. Sidewalk patios abound. Office workers stretch out in the sun. Throughout the year you can find concerts, events, holiday craft fairs and much more taking place here.

But it wasn’t always this way…

For many years, Skyline Park was a poorly-maintained hub of illegal activity, and not the kind of place where the general public would go to relax. From 1996-2003,  the City, the Downtown Denver Partnership and the Downtown Denver Business Improvement District (BID) worked with the public to develop a series of plans that resulted in a $6.5 million revitalization project funded by the City and the adjacent property owners. The sunken park was raised to grade level, new landscaping and native Colorado materials replaced the crumbling concrete terraces, the fountains were renovated and moveable tables, chairs and umbrellas were installed.  After it opened in 2004, the BID stationed Downtown Ambassadors and outreach workers there to monitor activity and obtain help for those who had made the park their home.

Following the reopening of the park, antisocial behavior plummeted and employees, residents and tourists returned to the park in droves. Today the Downtown Denver Partnership and the BID help maintain the level of activity by coordinating the free movie series Movies in the Park and the Skyline Park Free Summer Concerts. In addition, the staff of the Downtown Denver Partnership help bring nearly 200 other events to the park annually.

“Public spaces are a critical element in any center city,” says John Desmond, Vice President of Urban Planning and Environment for the Downtown Denver Partnership. “Skyline Park has been a real success story for Downtown Denver and a great example of a public-private cooperation. It is proving to have real value as a central gathering place.”

Skyline Park Summer Movies & Concert Series Announced!

The 2010 Free summer concert and movies series has just been announced! Mark the following on your calendars…we’ll see you in the Park!

Skyline Park Free Summer Concerts
Fridays, Noon – 1 pm
               
7/9/2010              John Commons
               
7/16/2010            Coles Whalen
               
7/23/2010            Bob Skism
               
7/30/2010            Halden Walford And The Hi Beams
               
8/6/2010              The Epilogues
               
8/13/2010            The Hollyfelds
               
8/20/2010            Boulder Acoustic Society
 
June 12:
Cats & Dogs, rated PG

Mile High Movies in the Park
In cooperation with Denver Parks and Recreation and the Denver Theatre District
Saturdays at Dusk

July 3:
Field of Dreams, rated PG

July 17 :
Kung Fu Panda, rated PG

July 31:
Madagascar, rated PG

August 14:
Hook, rated PG

August 21:
The Wizard of Oz, rated G

For more information on Skyline Park, please visit www.DowntownDenver.com.