[Agent Orange]

Central Park is kind of a silly name for the neighborhood, and frankly for the park as well.

Q: What is Central Park central to?

A: Why it’s in the center of Central Park, the neighborhood, of course.

Unlike New York’s CP which is in the middle of Manhattan and is a place of relief and joy for people of all incomes and corners of the island, Denver’s Central Park is self-referential and self-contained, reinforcing the reality that it is closed off to the rest of the city and exists in its own universe. It was a great opportunity to expand the city’s grid and historical mixed used pattern. The street named Central Park Blvd is just an extension of Yosemite, so why didn’t it take that name? Because it has to be distinguished from the (at the time) lower income neighborhoods that surround it.

This is a long time pet peeve of mine. /rant

Also--agree with Sam Hill's take on why Denver's high rise growth has been anemic. Ken has talked about this in the past as well. Our hot areas for the last 10 years are mostly zoned mid to low rise. Given the current state of things, I don't see the CBD becoming a hip, cutting edge area any time soon.