Confluence Park

Confluence Park is an urban park encompassing the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River in Denver's Lower Downtown (LoDo), a bustling neighborhood of 19th-century brick warehouses and storefronts that has been redeveloped since the late 1980s.

Current Usage

The park includes cement trails often filled with walkers, runners, and bikers. Some grassy areas, river overlooks, and park benches are also available. One pedestrian bridge (soon two--as of May 2004) crosses the South Platte River at Confluence Park. The eastern edge of the South Platte in Confluence Park has been transformed into a kayak run, immediately across from R.E.I.'s (Recreational Equipment Inc.) Colorado flagship store. The park is adjacent to a number of new up-scale townhouses, apartments, and loft developments, another park bordering the South Platte downstream, train tracks, and Denver's skatepark. The park is scheduled for major renovations in 2007, according to the Cherry Creek News.

On warm Sunday nights fire performers and drummers practice fire spinning to the sounds of a drum circle by the water. Video from CNN photoset on flickr

History

Confluence park marks the area where gold was discovered in 1858 by William Greeneberry Russell. This gold discovery led to the founding of Denver.

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