{"id":1590,"date":"2012-01-10T22:23:56","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T05:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=1590"},"modified":"2012-01-10T22:23:56","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T05:23:56","slug":"central-park-blvd-29th-ave-intersection-feels-lonely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=1590","title":{"rendered":"Central Park Blvd.-29th Ave. Intersection Feels Lonely"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>\nThe construction is done, and the median removed. The traffic lights are up, and cars come and go. More than likely, the experts were right, and the intersection will be safer. However, there is something missing. The feeling of togetherness that a four way stop can bring. Being able to look your neighbors, and even people from Aurora, in the eye and give a hand wave to say, \u2018no, you were here first, you go ahead\u2019 was a special feeling.\n\nThat is all long gone now. \u201cI really miss the old intersection,\u201d says Stapleton resident Joe Schmit. \u201cYeah, I know in the long run it is probably better, but it just seems so barren without the median and lonely with no one to look at when you come to a stop.\u201d\n\u201cWas there any way we could have at least kept a patch of grass or something in the middle,\u201d questions resident Adam Koch. \u201cFunctionality-wise, it is great. But from an artistic perspective it fails on every aspect.\u201d\nResidents are confident that the new look will grow on them, but for now it even can seem confusing. \u201cI get to the light, and I am basically lost,\u201d says Kelly Lance. I don\u2019t even recognize the area, and sometimes have to use my GPS.\u201d In the end, it was a victory for safety, but an abomination of art. ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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