Re: “Cherry Creek North property owners weighing redevelopment options on prominent corners,” Jan. 7 business news story.
It is disturbing to read that a Seattle developer has “filed for a certificate of nonhistoric status” for a group of buildings in Cherry Creek North that includes the Cherry Cricket. The company says it has “no plans to tear down that building.” However, as history has shown, given the penchant for new development of our mayor, City Council and the zoning board, it is fully expected that demolition is forthcoming. Construction there has created convoluted traffic circulation patterns, congestion and limited parking. This chaos is causing people to avoid the area driving the small independent shops and restaurants out of business. Two days before Christmas, the Cherry Creek Mall was packed but Cherry Creek North was a ghost town. Eventually Cherry Creek North will be a collection of high-rise buildings with unaffordable shops and restaurants inhabited by Denver’s elite. Is this what we want for our city?
DZٲ,Denver
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