Dougal Brownlie, The Gazette
Celestino Loya, left, takes a photo of his wife Maria Loya at the Garden of the Gods Park in Colorado Springs on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017 as they are framed by a recent addition – A large blue metal frame that was installed at High Point near Parking Lot #9. The frame is an approximate height of 12 feet and has been gathering controversy from the local public. Getting your player ready...
More than 20,000 people had signed an by Monday morning demanding that a 12-foot high steel frame intended to promote Colorado Springs’ Olympic connections be removed from the Garden of the Gods.
The frame, which was bolted into the rocks at High Point last week, has from those who believe it desecrates the natural beauty of the park, which is world-famous for its soaring, red rock formations and views of Pikes Peak.
The petition derides the frame as a “cheesy hashtag marketing campaign” that violates the spirit of the agreement under which the Perkins family donated the 480-acre Garden of the Gods to the city in 1909.
