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By Jill Tucker 3-.2&-g5
Special to The Denver Post
Fast food, say residents of the West Wash-
ington Park neighborhood, means fast traffic
and loads of trash.
About 75 of them picketed on the corner of
East Alameda Avenue and South Lincoln
Street for two hours yesterday to protest the
building of a McDonald's restaurant. The bur-
ger outlet could take over a spot where Na-
tional City Bank used to be located.
Residents of the area say they are con-
cerned about increases in traffic, noise and
litter. The restaurant would bring all of those,
the picketers said.'
McDonald's corporate executives were un-
available for comment.
The protesters carried a variety of signs,
many of which played on the slogans used by
the hamburger chain. "No Big Mac. Stop the
Mac attack," was visible to honking motorists
as they drove toward downtown.
Sara St. Cyr, organizer of the protest, said
McDonald's plans to build a restaurant with a
playground structure, which would possibly
include the adjacent property currently used
by a car wash.
"They don't know anything about our neigh-
borhood," she said of McDonald's executives.
"They just want to roll over us."
St. Cyr said Washington Park's neighbor-
hood plan establishes Lincoln Street as a buff-
er between residential neighborhoods and
businesses lining Broadway.
Doug Linkhart, a state representative and
resident of the area, said the fight is a worthy
one.
"We could just all give up and say go ahead
and take it, but the houses that are here are
great," Linkhart said. "The people are really
dedicated to saving the area."
The Denver Post / Dave auresh
FED UP: Nancy Basta and her daughter Kaitlin show their feelings on McDon-
ald's plan to build in their Washington Park neighborhood.