Mile-High Fun for Fido in Downtown Denver
By Robin Tierney
Are you a dog-lover and an art-lover? Then you know how complicated logistics, and dogistics, can get when you travel to cities with great art collections.
Well, new developments in Denver make things so much easier. You can take Fido art-spotting outdoors and inside several indoor venues. Add that to reasons such as the number of welcoming eateries, parks and boutiques that keep the Mile High City ranked among America’s most dog-friendly cities.
In LoDo, short for Lower Downtown, terrific new hotels, restaurants and lounges have popped up around Union Station, the classic railroad depot magnificently brought back to life in 2014. Dogs are allowed on the attractive station plaza.
When art-spotting with Fido in LoDo, look for works such as the giant King and Queen chess pieces outside Market Street Station and the herd of colorful cows displayed on side-walks between Larimer and Market Streets. The 16th Street Mall, designed by celebrated architect I.M. Pei, is a 16-block-long work of art, with transit lanes patterned with granite blocks and sidewalks mimicking the skin of Western Diamondback rattlesnakes
