In a recent , Denver Post editorial page editor Chuck Plunkett bemoaned the state of the 16th Street Mall, which he believes has lost its way and is no longer a good example of “that impossible-to-plan-for mix of civic and weird.”
Plunkett related a recent trip to the mall where he found himself between police with guns drawn and a “disheveled and slightly dirty man shouldering two overstuffed, slightly dirty packs [who] said he was carrying a bomb.”
Echoing statements about the mall made by many downtown office workers and visitors, Plunkett wrote, “Itap not truly convivial anymore. Itap increasingly antagonistic.”
Responding to Plunkett’s column, Denverite’s Erica Meltzer offered a , relating an educational visit to the 16th Street Mall with her children, who asked her a number of questions about the mall’s denizens. Meltzer suggested the mall presents a useful opportunity to confront a number of questions about society, and said her recent visit didn’t leave her believing the mall isn’t “working.”
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