A man walks by planters near the information kiosk in downtown Aspen separating the road from the pedestrian mall on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
The city of Aspen has placed planters at key locations in the downtown area where vehicle-pedestrian conflicts could occur, and hopefully prevent accidents like the one that happened last Christmas Eve in which a woman was hit by a car on the Cooper Avenue Mall.
The planters are not meant to be actual barriers to stop a vehicle but to give people a sense that there is a difference between the roadway and the pedestrian mall, City Manager Sara Ott said.
, who was behind more than 200 projects in the Aspen area, designed the three-story Bidwell-Mountain Plaza Building located on the Cooper Avenue Mall.
It will be replaced with a two-story building suited for retail and a possible restaurant in the upstairs atrium. Developer Mark Hunt purchased the building in 2012 for $22 million.
Built in 1965, Benedict utilized a western, mountain style of architecture, using rustic elements of the area, including timber, bricks and stone. Also characteristic of Benedict is the covered walkway along Galena Street.
It was thought to be Benedict’s only known intact commercial building, according to a consultant study.
City officials in 2006 contemplated historically landmarking the structure, but it was early in the local conversation about preserving what’s called Aspen’s modern architecture
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Restaurateurs choosing to stay open and those closing dine-in service at least agree on one thing: their decisions are driven by staff and the general welfare of Garfield County.
“We’re going to follow the state,” said A.J. Hasbrouck, manager at Masala & Curry on Cooper Avenue in downtown Glenwood Springs. “They’re kind of our boss, and we feel we have to follow the state guidelines in this case.”
For Jessica Hale, owner of Atina Bar & Grille in Carbondale, and Don Andre, owner of Sammy’s Rocky Mountain Steakhouse in Rifle, that simply wasn’t an option.