Civitas redesigns 2 iconic Denver parkways as pedestrian friendly

Denver urban design and landscape architecture firm Civitas has designed two Denver parkways. The firm’s design is under construction, transforming the four-lane arterial Alameda Parkway in the Belmar area of Lakewood, where Civitas was asked to revisit the original 1930s vision of the roadway as a grand tree-lined boulevard connecting Denver to the Rocky Mountains.

Hale Parkway concept design shows naturalized creek bed for capturing run-off; the floating boardwalk connects plazas, decks and nature play areas along a now quieter street.

At the same time, in Denver’s Mayfair neighborhood, Civitas is at work on a concept design that reimagines the mile-long, four-lane Hale Parkway as a linear park that favors community while solving stormwater issues.

Published in the March 20-April 2, 2019, issue of CREJ.