350 Show Up at Meeting Over Fillmore Plaza
Cherry Creek residents turned out in force last night to protest developers' plans to close Fillmore Plaza and allow a private street to run through it.
Their message was loud and clear: Don't let two well-heeled developers on either side of the plaza dictate what happens to the only public open space in the Cherry Creek North shopping district. A street "is going to bring in the big box stores and the franchises and destroy the charm of the neighborhood and the sense of community," said Barbara Vago, who moved to the area about two years ago.
The developers pushing for the change are Donald Sturm, Christian P. Anschutz and David Steed.
Sturm, who hired different firms to design a private street months ago, owns two blocks in Cherry Creek North, including the building that houses the Tattered Cover.
Cherry Creek is already too crowded with cars. The Plaza is the lone oasis in a sea of congestion. Personally, I think there are too many hotel/luxury condo developments in the area already. I don't think it's asking for too much to keep one small block for us little people.
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Submitted by bob ward (not verified) on Fri, 2006-01-20 14:22.
The Anschutz project proposed for Cherry Creek North is the height of arrogance. The young son-of-Mr. Big holds a news conference with lots of glitz to announce a project that assumes we will give up Fillmore Plaza. Why not get permission first, then have the news conference? Then when pressed as to why the street must be reestablished - wwere told the project will be marginal without destroying Fillmoree Plaza. But at the same time - were gleefully told that these will be the most expensive townhomes in Denver's history. And all of this with a straight face. Guess that's what separates the great from the rest of us - being able to say and do th most absurd things with a straight face.
