Former Denver Airport Site Gets New Lease On Life

Posted by: Brenda Meyer
Thanks to: Brenda Meyer

2 June 2005 - 9:00am

The old Stapleton Airport area now boasts one of the fastest growing 'new urbanism' projects.

"Since 2002, more than 1,500 houses have sprouted on land here that was once covered by runways from the earliest days of jet travel, as a 7.5-square-mile mixed-use development rises at the former Stapleton airport, about a 15-minute drive east of downtown.

Ultimately expected to have a population of 30,000 when it is completed in about 2020, Stapleton is believed to be the largest project ever undertaken to fill in vacant or underused urban land."

Full Story: New Urbanism in Denver

Source: The New York Times, June 1, 2005

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