16th Street Mall name change part of $175 million project that should wrap up this fall A woman rides her scooter up 16th Street in Denver on May 13, 2025. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver ...

Johnston said this was not just a reopening of a street but the entire downtown. Johnston said 16th Street will also be known as The Denver Way, "which has two meanings. One, it is literally the ...

On May 20, Denver officials announced the new-old name of the 16th Street Mall: 16th Street (as we predicted in the 2025 Best of Denver). Yes, after paying $100,000 to a branding company, the city ...

Editor’s Note: I, too, thought the 16th Street Mall was the TABOR Center, where my dad took me and my sister to walk through the shops and go to the food court.

Last month Denver city leaders announced that they are dropping the "Mall" from 16th Street after completing major renovations. While the shuttles have a new name, nothing else is changing.

Empty storefronts still line 16th Street Mall, and the vacancy rate is twice as much as the rest of downtown’s average of 15%. There are 45 spaces that are empty right now along the mall.

DENVER — Free bus service through downtown Denver is back with a new name. The Regional Transportation District (RTD) renamed its 16th Street Free MallRide service as the 16th Street FreeRide.

The city has been renovating 16th Street for more than three years at an estimated cost of $175.4 million, according to the city. 16th Street stretches over a mile in downtown Denver.