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Baker Neighborhood Denver
Location of Denver's Baker Neighborhood:
Northern Boundary: West 6th Avenue
Eastern Boundary: Broadway Street
Southern Boundary: Mississippi Avenue
Western Boundary: South Platte River
History of the Baker Neighborhood in Denver:
By some measures, Baker is the oldest neighborhood in Denver as it has the oldest stock of buildings in the city. The neighborhood includes several 19th century brick houses and several homes by locally famous architect William Lang. More than 80 percent of the neighborhood was developed by 1900. The neighborhood gets its name from turn of the 20th century University of Colorado president John Hutchinson Baker.
About the Baker Neighborhood in Denver:
The Baker neighborhood is a diverse, dynamic neighborhood located in the urban core of Denver, Colorado. First plotted and developed in the 1870’s, Baker has played a central role in the history of Denver. Today Baker enjoys a number of qualities and characteristics that make it a vibrant urban neighborhood including a diverse urban population, preserved historic homes, proximity to Broadway’s Main Street development which promises diverse shopping, casual and fine dining, and an array of entertainment, as well as access to mass transit.
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Capitol Hill Denver
Location of Denver's Capitol Hill:
Northern Boundary: Colfax Avenue
Eastern Boundary: Downing Street
Southern Boundary: 7th Avenue
Western Boundary: Broadway
History of Capitol Hill Neighborhood in Denver:
The average year of construction for buildings in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood is approximately 1920, with some of the oldest single-family homes in the city. The characteristics of Capitol Hill are closely related to other east Denver neighborhoods, which include the hospital district and the North Capitol Hill neighborhood.
Abou Capitol Hill:
Well-known as a haven for artists and bohemians, Denver’s Capitol Hill is one of the most cosmopolitan neighborhoods in Colorado. There are numerous restaurants, clubs, bars, stores, concert venues, and other cultural amenities easily available in the community.
Colfax Avenue has a reputation for a wild nightlife with two concert venues (The Fillmore and the Ogden), and numerous late-night bars, coffeeshops, restaurants, stores and clubs on the street. During the day, lobbyists and politicians from the Colorado State Capitol can be seen making deals in the many restaurants and bars of the neighborhood.
Capitol Hill is next to two major Denver parks, Civic Center Park and Cheesman Park. They both host many festivals, including the Capitol Hill United Neighbors Fair in early June.
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Cheesman Park Denver
Cheesman Park Location:
Northern Boundary: Colfax Avenue
Eastern Boundary: York Street
Southern Boundary: 8th Avenue
Western Boundary: Downing Street
History of Denver's Cheesman Park:
A former cemetery until 1907, Cheesman park was built when the City of Denver purchased the land to convert it to a large park. The park was officially named in 1909 when Gladys Cheesman-Evans, and her mother, Mrs. Walter S. Cheesman, donated a marble pavilion, built in the central-east portion of the park, in memory of Denver pioneer, Walter Cheesman. The donation was conditional that part of the park’s be named Cheesman Park. Denver’s Cheesman Park and the surrounding neighborhood is a unique cultural hub with relatively low crime rates and a plethora of neighborhood events.
About Cheesman Park in Denver:
Cheesman Park has a very dense population for its small size. The neighborhood is a predominantly white, and upper class or wealthy with a large percentage of the population identifying as white and an average household income well above the Denver median. Most people in the neighborhood live in the many Denver apartments within the neighborhood, which are a mix of new buildings and conversions of older mansions.
Only about a quarter of the neighborhood's residents live in owner-occupied units and the average house price is more than double the city average. Cheesman Park has a fairly urban character with its density and closeness to the central part of the city. It contains several areas of commercial activity particularly north of park between 13th and Colfax Avenues and is also home to the 23-acre Denver Botanical Gardens.
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Five Points Denver
Location of 5 Points in Denver:
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History of Denver's Five Points:
Some call Five Points the "Harlem of the West" because of its long jazz history. During the '20's, '30s, '40s and '50s the community thrived with a rich mix of local business and commerce offering the neighborhood butcher, real estate companies, drug stores, religious organizations, tailors, restaurants, barbers and many other main street uses. Although the birth of the neighborhood was historic and prominent, the Five Points community suffered, as many urban areas did, in the late '50's through the late '90's due to the influx of drugs, crime and urban flight. By default Five Points is now connected to key destinations into the foreseeable future due to the rail system. Starting in 2010, a new generation of leadership is now stewarding a rebirth of exciting activity and reinvestment specifically focused on business and commerce along the Welton Street Corridor.
About Five Points:
Five Points is one of the oldest historic neighborhoods in Denver. Adjacent to the downtown central business district, the neighborhood is located in the area of Northeast Denver where the original downtown street grid meets the neighborhood street grid of the first Denver suburbs. Horse-drawn transit served this Denver neighborhood and the limited space to name the transit stops caused the area to be named Five Points.
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Highland Neighborhood Denver
Location of Denver's Highland Neighborhood:
The “Highland” neighborhood in Denver actually refers to two areas: Highlands Proper (East Highland or Lower Highland (LoHi)
Highland Neighborhood-
Northern Boundary: West 38th Avenue
Eastern Boundary: Union Pacific Railroad
Southern Boundary: Speer Boulevard and West 29th Avenue
Western Boundary: Federal Boulevard
West Highland Neighborhood-
Northern Boundary: 38th Avenue
Southern Boundary: 29th Avenue
Eastern Boundary: Federal Boulevard
Western Boundary: Sheridan Boulevard
History of Higland Neigborhood Denver:
Located west of the South Platte River opposite Denver and Auraria, Highland has been popular since the Pikes Peak Gold Rush. In 1859 the Highland company formed, and in 1859 the Platte River bridge was being planned to connect Denver’s Highland neighborhood with Auraria and Denver.
After a large flood destroyed parts of Denver in 1864, many people moved up the hill to the west. The new 15th Street Bridge made the western hills accessible and streetcars made the area even easier to reach over the years. After annexing Potter Highland and Highland Park, the Town of Highland was formed in 1885. The founding fathers eventually found it difficult to maintain city services. In 1896, after considerable discussion, the residents voted to allow Denver to Annex the town.
Separated from the city by the South Platte River and neighboring railyards, Highland remained suburban in character for quite a while attracting a variety of different immigrants. Large numbers of Italians migrated to the area. Scottish Highlands was a project of late 19th century developers who wanted to "brand" a new neighborhood with a unique identity.
The arrival of the Denver Tramway Corporation streetcar line in Highland better connected the area to Denver CBD and led to large growth. As a streetcar suburb, Highland developed commercial centers near streetcar stops, many of which still exist today.
About Denver's Highlands Neighborhood:
The “heart” of Denver’s Highland neighborhood is the area around 32nd and Lowell in the West Highland neighborhood, now renamed "Highland Square".
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Lincoln Park Denver
Location of Denver's Lincoln Park Neighborhood:
Southern Boundary: 6th Avenue
Northern Boundary: West Colfax Avenue
Eastern Boundary: Speer Boulevard
Western Boundary: South Platte River
History of Denver's Lincoln Park Neighborhood:
The neighborhood, which has about 7,000 residents, is one of Denver's oldest and is just to the south of the area where Denver was first settled in the 1850s. Many houses date from about 1900.
About the Lincoln Park Neighborhood in Denver:
Institutions in the Denver’s Lincoln Park neighborhood include Museo de las Américas, the region's first museum dedicated to the art and culture of Latinos; Denver Health hospital complex; Denver West High School, the Hispanic and Asian Chambers of Commerce; the Buckhorn Exchange, a 105-year old restaurant that holds the state's first liquor license; and the Sunken Gardens Park along Speer Boulevard.
Lincoln Park is located near the center of the neighborhood, located at Mariposa St. and West 11th Avenue. The park has many amenities including a basketball court, football field, lighted football field, horseshoe pit, outdoor pool, recreation center, lighted softball field, tennis court, and a sand volleyball court.
Housing in the neighborhood includes many single family detached houses, including two-story brick Victorians, row houses, duplexes, brick bungalows and one-story stucco houses. One of the prominent housing developments is the Parkway Center apartment and condominium complex, with 1,050 units, at 12th and Galapago Street.
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LoDo (Lower Downtown) Denver
Location of Denver's LoDo Neighborhood:
Northern Boundary: South Platte River
Southern Boundary: Lawrence Street
Eastern Boundary: 20th Street
Southern Boundary: Speer Boulevard
History of Lodo Denver:
Prior to European exploration of the Denver area, Native Americans had small camps along the South Platte River near or in what is now known as LoDo. After gold was discovered in the river in 1858, Settlers began building on the square mile plot that would later become the current LoDo neighborhood. Therefore, LoDo is both the original city of Denver, as well as the oldest neighborhood. Then like now, LoDo was a bustling and sometimes wild area known for its saloons, and brothels.
Just like the rest of Denver, LoDo went through its ups and downs and the Lower Downtown Historic District was created with the intention of encouraging the preservation and vitality of the area. It was during this time, that the neighborhood started to experience a renaissance. New businesses started to pop up and slowly LoDo became a destination neighborhood.
About LoDo Denver:
The LoDo area has now revitalized itself into a hip new neighborhood filled with nightclubs, restaurants, galleries, stores, bars, and other businesses. New residential development has continued to expand around LoDo, transforming old warehouses into beautiful, and pricey, new lofts.
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Wash Park Denver
Location of Denver's Wash Park Neighborhood:
Washington Park (generally referred to as "Wash Park") is broken down into eastern and western sides: both have their own neighborhood organizations and different historical trajectories. Since 1972 official city statistics have tracked “Wash Park West” as separate from the easterly "Wash Park." The (eastern) Washington Park neighborhood has borders defined by the city of Denver as Downing Street, Cherry Creek, I-25, and University Boulevard. A large public park (Washington Park) is located within the neighborhood.
History of Washington Park Denver:
Washington Park was initially designed by the German landscape architect Reinhard Schuetze between 1899 and 1908. His design remains fairly intact and included Smith and Grasmere lakes, and the Lily Pond, all fed with a city ditch that Shuetze had edged with Russian willows and other trees.
Washington Park as a neighborhood started growing soon after the founding of Denver though it was still fairly rural. By 1886, there was a large enough population to start Denver's first suburb, South Denver, which was annexed into Denver in the 1890’s. Development hastened with the creation of the large central park in 1899. The majority of Wash Park homes were built of brick between 1900 and 1940.
Denver poet Eugene Field lived in the Wash Park neighborhood. His cottage was moved to the northwest corner of the park, and serves as the home of the non-profit Park People organization. Recently, Wash Park has become an extremely popular urban Denver neighborhood because of its prime central location, closeness to the park, and its access to several small commercial business districts.
About Washinton Park:
Washington Park has become one of Denver’s most popular neighborhoods. On a nice summer day it is easy to count at least 50 volleyball nets and a large number of vibrant of barbeque parties. Wash Park is the largest park in this district and is over 100 years old. It hosts over 250 picnic permits per year and has many unique features such as a 2.6-mile jogging path, the busiest recreation center in Denver and 2 of the most flamboyant flower gardens in Denver. It has several soccer fields, 2 playgrounds (1 handicap accessible), 1 basketball and roller blade court, 1 horseshoe court, 10 tennis courts and a lawn bowling green and 2 lakes and 1 pond. Smith Lake has a boathouse that can be rented out for various events.
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