Downtown Denver benefactor Manny Salzman has reached his 95th birthday and some people in the ‘hood are throwing a party for him.
Manny’s Bridge, the bridge down Wynkoop Street named for him, is the home of an interactive public light art installation by artist Virginia Folkestad.
The installation is being renovated and re-lit in conjunction with Salzman’s birthday and when complete will be on display nightly year-round.
Manny and Joanne Salzman pioneered LoDo when they moved there in 1980. They worked with the city of Denver to obtain a grant to preserve the historic railroad bridges over Cherry Creek in the mid-1990s converting them to save pedestrian paths.
In 2006, then Mayor John Hickenlooper dedicated the bridge to Manny, and a plaque describes that effort. The Salzmans were also instrumental in the designation of LoDo as a historic area and the formation of the St. Charles Neighborhood Group.
At 95, Manny still pedals his bike daily across the Platte and up the hill into the Highland neighborhood.
Manny Salzman on the bridge named for him in Lower Downtown. (Diane Huntress photo)
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