Although snow is always a possibility during the month of May, it appears that spring has finally arrived here in Denver. The grass has turned green, flowers are springing up, and trees are blooming all over town, including on downtown Denver's 16th Street Mall, as seen in the photograph above. On the right side of this photo is the D & F Tower, which today is an office condo, but many years ago was attached to the Daniels and Fisher Department Store. Eventually, the store was bought by the May Company, moved to the other end of 16th Street, and became May D & F. When I first moved to Denver back in 1981, there were four department stores on what was soon to become the 16th Street Mall: May D & F, The Denver, Joslins, and Neusteters. Within just a few years, all had closed. I suspect those stores had 100 year leases, and since most of them had branches at the nearby Cherry Creek Shopping Center, they decided against renewing. These days, of course, department stores are struggling to survive, and most likely won't. Which of course does not detract from another pleasant spring day in Denver.
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