Historic Denver has completed a full Historic Structures Assessment of Denver Union Station. The project, funded by the Colorado State Historical Fund, provides in-depth analysis of the historic station's key characteristics and systems. The assessment was completed by Slater Paul Architects, with grant management services provided by Historic Denver. Now, as plans for the entire Union Station complex move forward the important information provided in the assessment can help prioritize needs and guide decisions.
Download the final HSA here for all the details. (Please note, the document is more than 700 pages, so it may take several minutes to load onto your screen).
Past Discussions on Design
On February 11, 2009 the Union Station Neighborhood Company and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) released draft #5 of the Urban Design Standards and Guidelines for Denver’s Union Station.
A meeting was held on February 18, 2009 in which SOM summarized the make-up of the document and outlined its desired intent. An invitation to comment on the document was made concurrently to the members of the Union Station Advisory Committeeand other consulting parties to the process. A deadline was set for March 5th for the public and advisory members to comment, while a deadline of March 16th was set for consulting parties’ comments based on an earlier agreement. Those comments are now in and are being analyzed. A summary of comments from the public and consulting parties have been compiled and grouped according to popular categories:
The General Development Plan for Denver Union Station was presented to the Land Use and Urban Design break-out group (BOG) and has now been sent to the City for review. Much of the content of the General Development Plan has been crafted over the seven year run of the Union Station Advisory Committee which momentously ended its existence as of Wednesday, March 18, 2009.
Historic Denver has had a representation on the advisory committee and participated actively in visioning efforts. The new authority taking the place of the Advisory Committee is named Denver Union Station Project Authority (DUSPA) and was created by Denver City Council. It has a Board of Directors with membership incorporating representatives of all the partner agencies. DUSPA will be the primary financing entity for the project and will be the contracting entity for the construction contracts. It is likely also to be a key component of any governance structure that is developed for the project. The DUSPA Board meets twice monthly.
For more information about the Denver Union Station’s Urban Design Standards and Guidelines, visit www.denverunionstation.org.
