A revamp of an amphitheater at Civic Center Park and adding a restaurant there and at downtown’s Skyline Park are some of the specific park-related projects slated to get money from Denver’s Downtown Development Authority.

About half of the $100 million in DDA cash announced last month, which still needs to be approved by Denver City Council, is going toward green space-oriented projects.

The largest ticket item is $30 million for an overhaul of Civic Center Park, which sits in front of Denver city hall.

Skyline Park, which extends for three blocks along Arapahoe Street downtown, was chosen to get $5 million.

And the city-owned McNichols building, which sits on Civic Center Park, was queued up for $7 million.

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