16th Street Mall is a mile long pedestrian only street (16th Street) in Downtown Denver that has tons of restaurants, bars, and shops and loads of character! Actually there are buses that are free and take you up and down the mile. They have pianos situated at intervals in the street for anyone to sit down and play and call it the “Make Music Denver” project. I was able to photograph a few of them.
I took two photos of the guy on the left and he looked at me for the second one.
If you’ve been following my blog for any period of time, you know I love reflection photographs, but also have an affinity for statues. After spending a week in Colorado, I think Coloradoans have the same affinity.
I loved this guy’s tattooed arm peeking out holding his dog’s leash!
We stopped at the Yard House Restaurant to have a glass of wine on their patio and to people watch. The hostess was really friendly and the art is cool!
When I went to the ladies’ room, the hostess was visible through this partition…I thought it would make a nice photo.
Here’s that glass of chardonnay…
We took the light rail a couple of stops from this area towards where we were staying so we only had 6 or 7 blocks to walk to our Airbnb. It was a great first day in Denver! Join me tomorrow for the jaw dropping beauty of Red Rock Amphitheater!
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Sherry Lachelle Travels 
Enjoyed your pics, Sherry. I especially loved the tattooed arm. 🙂
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Thank you!
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Reblogged this on Just Go Places.
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OK, you know I live in London when my first thought is what happens to the pianos in the rain? Do you know if they are covered at night or adverse weather? just curious. No point in playing an untuned/broken piano.
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I don’t know. I actually wondered the same thing.
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In spite of the recent flood coverage Denver on average gets rainfall closer to LA’s annual totals instead of NYC’s or London’s rain totals. On the occasions we do get rain there are people who work for a downtown business association (Downtown Denver Partnership) that will put covers on the piano’s when bad weather comes in and at night. Come winter time they remove the pianos and they come back in the spring.
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Thanks for the info. You’re lucky to live there!
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Great photos are all around us. We just need that special eye to see what would make a good composition and you’ve got it.
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Ahhh…thanks Anneli!
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