The 16th Street Mall has been under construction for three years, leaving the heart of downtown Denver covered in fences. While the project still has a long way to go, it’s expected to wrap

Projects on major streets and at Denver International Airport should be finished in 2025.

On the Monday after an attacker on the 16th Street Mall stabbed four strangers — killing two — Denver Mayor Mike Johnston stood on the mall and declared that the city was still safe. The random acts of violence that claimed two lives on the pedestrian shopping street Johnston calls “Denver’s living room” over the weekend are “exceedingly rare,