RiNo - River North

The tremendous success of Riverfront Park and the surrounding development encouraged the introduction of housing and other uses to another industrial area along the South Platte just north of Coors Field. Known as River North Art District (RiNo), this area is beginning to morph into a mixed-use neighborhood characterized by entrepreneurial businesses, local artist studios, galleries, new restaurants, and residential projects.1

On the northwestern edge of the neighborhood, Taxi, designed by Alan Eben Brown Architects and Semple Brown Design and developed by Zeppelin Development, created a new model for mixed-use development combining creative businesses and flexible work space with residences. The architecture of Zeppelin Development’s Taxi 2 captures the area’s industrial character and adapts to fit modern living with simple forms and lines. Designed by Alan Eban Brown Architects, David Baker + Partners, Harry Teague Architects, Stephen Dynia Architects, and Will Bruder + Partners, the project captures the character of the surrounding industrial area by using asphalt, concrete, bin blocks, black iron, and galvanized metal in simple and unpretentious ways. It challenges the traditional notion of public space by creating an interior-exterior public realm focused on building use and program.2

The Design Workshop-planned mixed-use development Denargo Market will anchor the southern edge of the neighborhood, providing a gateway and a visual connection to downtown. The approved 35-acre general development plan (GDP) features three high-rise towers with offices and 2,500 residential units connected by a series of small public spaces and parks.3

• 1. Todd Wenskoski. Colorado Urbanizing: Experiencing New Urbanism. Colorado Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism. CNU 17.
• 2. Ibid.
• 3. Ibid.