Just a few hundred feet downstream from Confluence Park and literally in the shadow of the 15th St. viaduct, a few acres of land has remained wild since earliest Denver history. A minor watercourse draining Lower Downtown into the river subjects this area, once called The Seeps, to flooding during spring runoff, so it has never held a permanent structure. Then, with its incorporation into Commons Park, it won a perpetual conservation easement. In 2000 it was honored as a quiet area of natural beauty, contemplation, and regeneration as The AIDS Memorial Grove of the City of Denver and the State of Colorado. With nothing more than walkways, benches, and a dedication inscription, it is as likely as any part of the city to retain its original appearance before Denver was ever settled.
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I'm so pleased that The Grove: Colorado AIDS Memorial made the list. A simple place for remembrance of those who were lost and all but forgotten due to a pandemic that began 40 years ago. It's also a place of reflection for the times we are all going through now, except that there's still no vaccine or cure for HIV, the virus that caused AIDS. May Peace be with those who survived and with the families and friends of those who did not.