Just feet away from where a hit-and-run crash took the life of Nick Cordova, his friends and family blared Prince’s “When Doves Cry” as they let doves soar through the Denver air — a stylish memorial for an even more stylish man.

“Nick is a one-of-a-kind person,” Luci Koester, Cordova’s friend and coworker, said, dressed in a baby blue button-up with large flowers — an ode to the man’s fashion. “He taught us a lot about fashion and got us updated on all of the trends. He showed us all of the love and care in the world.”

Denver District Attorney Beth McCann, along with a collection of friends and coworkers, met at the intersection of North Speer Boulevard and North Grove Street on Friday to celebrate Cordova’s life and install a memorial site sign to the street.

The blue sign, part of the Denver District Attorney’s Office’s Denver Memorial Signs program, implores drivers to “please drive safely,” with Cordova’s name remembered at the bottom.

Cordova, a beloved employee at Blue Pan Pizza in the Highland neighborhood, was traveling home from work on a moped on Nov. 18 around midnight.

Cordova was traveling eastbound on North Speer Boulevard when a white 2002-2009 Chevy Trail Blazer, traveling westbound, crashed into him. The vehicle then fled the scene without helping or leaving information. Cordova died from the crash.

Seven months later, no arrests have been made in the case.

The victim’s friends said the wound is still open.

“This is, unfortunately, something that we see too often in my line of work,” McCann said. “We want to provide a forum for people to gather and honor him in a public way, and also bring attention to drunk driving and driving while impaired.”

While investigators don’t know whether the driver was impaired during the crash, McCann notes that the memorial sign may help people drive more carefully through the remembrance of a tragic incident.

To Khaled and Katianne Tabbara, best friends of Cordova’s who traveled out from California, the day brought about a complex set of emotions.

“It’s grief. It’s joy being here with these people who loved him. It’s encouraging to think that this sign may put the idea in someone’s head to be safe,” Khaled said. “If you’re making a stupid decision, it’s not just about getting in trouble with the law. You may not only take someone’s life, but affect so many people’s lives around them.”

Both Khaled and Katianne noted the sadness that previously surrounded the intersection where their friend — the musician, actor and socialite who grew relationships in cities across the country — died.

Now, the memorial sign has changed the view of the street.

“We were so terrified of seeing this place in person for the first time,” Katianne said. “I think this sign being here and the weather being so nice, it makes it easier.”

Katianne added that though friends and family have mourned Cordova and said goodbyes, spreading his ashes throughout all of his favorite places in the country, they still want answers.

“Sometimes it feels like this happened and nothing is happening to get real closure and justice,” she said. “It was nice to have the police presence and the attorney general here just to know that they haven’t forgotten and we can keep the pressure on.”

The case remains under investigation, a spokesperson with the Denver Police Department told The Denver Gazette.

The department pointed toward two Crime Stoppers bulletins released since the hit-and-run, asking for people to provide information about the suspect, who was said to have been driving a 2002-2009 white Chevy Trail Blazer.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.

“I’m trying to take all of this sadness and turn it into something positive,” Khaled said. “And that is all of these wonderful people we got to meet in this community of friends that he made here. It really shows the everywhere he went, he magnetized. He brought the sweetest people together.”