{"id":2448314,"date":"2019-09-03T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=312277"},"modified":"2019-09-03T21:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T03:30:00","slug":"downtown-aspen-street-to-become-one-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/downtown-aspen-street-to-become-one-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Aspen street to become one-way"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.7690355329949\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-312277-743\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/Crystalpalace-atd-090419-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/Crystalpalace-atd-090419.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy rendering | A rendering of what the Crystal Palace will look like when it becomes a boutique hotel.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>A rendering of what the Crystal Palace will look like when it becomes a boutique hotel.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy rendering<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/Crystalpalace-atd-090419.jpg\" alt=\"A rendering of what the Crystal Palace will look like when it becomes a boutique hotel.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/Crystalpalace-atd-090419-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/Crystalpalace-atd-090419-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy rendering | A rendering of what the construction site at the Crystal Palace will look like from Hyman Avenue.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>A rendering of what the construction site at the Crystal Palace will look like from Hyman Avenue.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy rendering<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/Crystalpalace-atd-090419-1.jpg\" alt=\"A rendering of what the construction site at the Crystal Palace will look like from Hyman Avenue.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/Crystalpalace-atd-090419-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/Crystalpalace-atd-090419-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy rendering | A map of what the one-way traffic flow will look like when Hyman Avenue and Mill Street becomes a one-way road.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>A map of what the one-way traffic flow will look like when Hyman Avenue and Mill Street becomes a one-way road.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy rendering<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/Crystalpalace-atd-090419-2.jpg\" alt=\"A map of what the one-way traffic flow will look like when Hyman Avenue and Mill Street becomes a one-way road.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/Crystalpalace-atd-090419-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/Crystalpalace-atd-090419-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy rendering | A rendering of what the bracing will look like on the historic Crystal Palace walls during construction.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>A rendering of what the bracing will look like on the historic Crystal Palace walls during construction.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy rendering<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/Crystalpalace-atd-090419-3.jpg\" alt=\"A rendering of what the bracing will look like on the historic Crystal Palace walls during construction.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/Crystalpalace-atd-090419-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/Crystalpalace-atd-090419-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Carolyn Sackariason\/The Aspen Times | Beginning on Thursday and lasting at least 18 months, cars will no longer be able to turn left on Mill Street from Hopkins Avenue. Two blocks on Hyman Avenue and Mill Street will become a one-way road to accomodate the Crystal Palace rennovation.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Beginning on Thursday and lasting at least 18 months, cars will no longer be able to turn left on Mill Street from Hopkins Avenue. Two blocks on Hyman Avenue and Mill Street will become a one-way road to accomodate the Crystal Palace rennovation.<\/strong><br \/>Carolyn Sackariason\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/09\/Crystalpalace-atd-090419-4.jpg\" alt=\"Beginning on Thursday and lasting at least 18 months, cars will no longer be able to turn left on Mill Street from Hopkins Avenue. Two blocks on Hyman Avenue and Mill Street will become a one-way road to accomodate the Crystal Palace rennovation.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/downtown-aspen-street-to-become-one-way\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/downtown-aspen-street-to-become-one-way\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">Hyman Avenue and Mill Street in downtown Aspen will become a one-way street on Thursday and remain that way for at least 18 months while the Crystal Palace dinner theater is remodeled into a <a id=\"N0x1a220c0N0x1a1f900:N0x1a220c0N0x198a840\" href=\"http:\/\/crystalpalaceproject.com\/\">boutique hotel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Traffic will flow east and then north from the corner of Monarch Street, down Hyman Avenue and then onto Mill Street to the intersection at Hopkins Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Two-way traffic will resume on the north side of that intersection on Mill Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Barriers will be placed on the street and a new bike lane will be painted Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">While that occurs, all parking along Mill Street and Hyman Avenue will be taken by the construction site in order to stripe the new traffic configuration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Stop signs will be placed at the Hopkins Avenue and Mill Street intersection, with a four-way stop in force beginning Thursday, according to Patrick Harris, the city\u2019s construction mitigation officer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">He also confirmed that 14 parking spaces on Hyman and Monarch will be eliminated during the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Remaining parking on Hyman Avenue and Mill Street does not change, so parallel parking will continue, according to Harris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Because the northwest corner of Hyman and Monarch will be part of the construction site, the Hunter Creek bus cannot make the turning radius it needs and will be rerouted to Aspen Street and then onto Hyman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The developer, Mark Hunt and his contractor, Centaur Construction, must use a portion of the street to brace the west and north walls of the building, which are historic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">A 26-foot-deep basement will be excavated on the site, and the development will include two full stories and a recessed third story across the 9,000-square-foot lot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Chris Bendon, a land-use planner representing Hunt, said it will be a tricky project because it\u2019s in a confined space where business is being conducted all around it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cDowntown projects are technically complicated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Hunt received <a id=\"N0x1a220c0N0x1a1fae0:N0x1a220c0N0x198b020\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/trending\/boutique-hotel-conversion-in-works-for-aspens-crystal-palace-building\/\">approval<\/a> in 2018 to build the 20-room hotel, along with a spa, fitness center, pool, restaurant and cafe, and a rooftop terrace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Bendon said the project team last month visited with the surrounding businesses on the one-way route and have addressed people\u2019s concerns regarding trash service and deliveries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cFor the most part, people are appreciative of the notice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Gena Buhler, executive director of the Wheeler Opera House, which hosts hundreds of performances a year and thousands of guests, said the one-way street will impact loading access and parking for large shows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe have had fantastic communication from the project and are confident that we have plans in place to work through this during the next 18 months, including traffic stops for truck access,\u201d Buhler said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">A project kickoff meeting is scheduled for Wednesday in the Crystal Palace building from 5 to 7 p.m. The design team will go over construction phasing, scheduling, impacts of the project and what it means for neighboring businesses, special events and transportation providers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">A second meeting is scheduled for Sept. 11 from 5 to 7 p.m. also at the Crystal Palace, located at 300 E. Hyman Ave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">City Engineer Trish Aragon has said in the past that the one-way street route will return to two-way traffic after the construction project is over, unless council and the public would like the change to be permanent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The city made Galena Street and Cooper Avenue one way from Hopkins Avenue to Hunter in the mid-2000s first as an experiment, which then became a permanent change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:csackariason@aspentimes.com\">csackariason@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/downtown-aspen-street-to-become-one-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rendering of what the Crystal Palace will look like when it becomes a boutique hotel.Courtesy rendering A rendering of what the construction site at the Crystal Palace will look like from Hyman Avenue.Courtesy rendering A map of what the one-way traffic flow will look like when Hyman Avenue and Mill Street becomes a one-way [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2448314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 03:13:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}