by Lisa Alonge | Apr 30, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, East Neighborhoods, Neighborhoods
Surprising Hale It’d be easy to expect that the Hale neighborhood would be like its neighbors to the west and east, Congress Park and Montclair–full of bungalows, a mansion here or there, but not much else. But walking through Hale came with several...
by Lisa Alonge | Apr 29, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, East Neighborhoods, Neighborhoods, Urban
Two Schools, Two Seminaries, and One Log Cabin In a neighborhood named after two Denver Public School teachers, containing several other religious schools and housing two seminaries, it’s no surprise that at one time this neighborhood was dry–as in no...
by Lisa Alonge | Apr 29, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, Neighborhoods
Welcome to Congress Park, BungalowVille Perhaps Congress Park should be renamed BungalowVille. Sitting in the shadow of the ghastly tales of its northern neighbor, Cheesman Park, there’s not much that sticks out about Congress Park. But if you love bungalows and...
by Lisa Alonge | Apr 29, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, Family, History, Neighborhoods, Northwest Neighborhoods, Urban
We Were Here First *please note that this article was written in 2017, and I have updated it in 2020. Many of the pictures, though, I have kept in the article, as the artwork no longer exists. They’ve been demolished by the I70 expansion. Please consider this...
by Lisa Alonge | Apr 28, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, East Neighborhoods, Neighborhoods, Urban
A Quirky and Finessed Urban Hike thru East Colfax A fun and interesting neighborhood full of finesse and quirkiness sits east of downtown that many people know as East Montclair, but it is officially called East Colfax. It is a neighborhood whose namesake, the...
