Arkins Promenade is a 400-foot-long elevated walkway along the South Platte River in RiNo.
For generations, the South Platte River has been Denver’s dumping ground, so the people and businesses that nobody wanted have ended up alongside its banks: smelters that processed ore during the gold and silver mining days, post-World War II factories that dug in later, and junkyards and auto industry companies in more recent times. Immigrant families lived nearby in previous decades, while the unhoused find places to sleep near the river today.
Denver Parks and Recreation cut the ribbon on the three-block-long Arkins Promenade and its centerpiece, a winding 400-foot-long elevated walkway, complete with benches, a picnic table, porch swings, overlooks and a suspended net for kids to play in. “It’s not an object for people to look at and say, ‘Wow, that is really cool.’ It’s a place for them to get off of the main path, rest, hang out and have a different experience,” said Michael Moore, founder of Tres Birds, the architectural firm that designed the walkway. “The intention was to give people a different perspective on the river and connect them with nature in a deeper way.”
The $5.5 million project was primarily funded with money from the Elevate Denver Bond, which voters approved in 2017, with the rest coming from the parks department.
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