Create Denver has redesigned a portion of the McNichols Building as a creative installation and flexible coworking space as part of
City Beautiful 2.0.
City Beautiful 2.0, which runs through June 23, celebrates the civic and community engagement ideals of the City Beautiful movement first championed in Denver in 1904 by former Mayor Robert Speer. The installation includes architectural renderings of the Civic Center’s built environment, textiles and the natural elements of the park.
The project also includes coworking space, featuring custom, mobile furniture created by local artists. The space is free and open for use during the McNichols Building's normal hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday.
"Create Denver is helping to establish the McNichols Building as a cultural hub for the city, and we’re officially retiring Create Denver Week so that we can help bring year-round programming and exhibitions to the building," says Lisa Gedgaudas, Create Denver's Program Manager. "We’ve experimented with the use of space in the building, and we’ve come up with a place that will give Denver’s creatives, entrepreneurs, residents and visitors a chance to experience a co-working environment and that will hopefully generate more ideas on how to integrate the building with its surrounding built environment."
Create Denver supports the growth and development of the creative sector, including artists and enterprises such as film, music, fine art, galleries, art districts, fashion and design.
Contact Confluence Denver Development News Editor Margaret Jackson with tips and leads for future stories at margaret@confluence-denver.com.
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