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Animals and Artwork Themes Amble You through La Alma/Lincoln Park

Animals and Artwork Themes Amble You through La Alma/Lincoln Park

by Lisa Alonge | Feb 27, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, Family, History, Neighborhoods

Animals and Artwork Themes Amble You through La Alma/Lincoln Park Animals and Art might be the themes of La Alma/Lincoln Park neighborhood. With MaxFund, a no-kill pet shelter, on its eastern boundary and the Buckhorn Exchange on its western, both places show the...
Twirl among Carousels on this West Highland Urban Hike

Twirl among Carousels on this West Highland Urban Hike

by Lisa Alonge | Feb 26, 2020 | 4-5 Miles, History, Neighborhoods, Northwest Neighborhoods, Urban

Twirl among Carousels on this West Highland Urban Hike The story of West Highland neighborhood is very similar to that of Highland neighborhood (notice no “s”, according to the official list of Denver neighborhoods.) Like its eastern neighbor, West...
Walking the Historic Fairmount Cemetery and Windsor Gardens

Walking the Historic Fairmount Cemetery and Windsor Gardens

by Lisa Alonge | Feb 25, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, East Neighborhoods, History, Neighborhoods

Walking the Historic Fairmount Cemetery and Windsor Gardens Most people think of the neighborhood of Windsor being just Windsor Gardens, an active senior living neighborhood. But “Windsor” also includes a small subdivision tucked into the SW corner of...
Take a Bohemian Ramble through CapHill’s Buttoned Up Neighborhood in Denver

Take a Bohemian Ramble through CapHill’s Buttoned Up Neighborhood in Denver

by Lisa Alonge | Feb 4, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, History, Neighborhoods, Urban

A Bohemian Meander through a Buttoned-Up Neighborhood Capitol Hill and its northern neighbor, North Capitol Hill, make two contrasting neighbors with a common history. Part all-business, part Bohemian, this area just east of Colorado’s Capitol, which it...
A Lake or a Leak, Sloan’s Urban Hike in Denver

A Lake or a Leak, Sloan’s Urban Hike in Denver

by Lisa Alonge | Feb 3, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, 4-5 Miles, History, Neighborhoods, Northwest Neighborhoods

Sloan’s Leaky Lake Creates a Neighborhood To the west of downtown Denver, you’ll find one of Denver’s wettest outposts, Sloan’s Lake. Is it a neighborhood or a water body? It’s both, but there’s lots of story to be told about its...
A Circus-themed Urban Hike through Barnum Shows Elephants, Gorillas and Lions

A Circus-themed Urban Hike through Barnum Shows Elephants, Gorillas and Lions

by Lisa Alonge | Jan 31, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, Family, History, Neighborhoods, Southwest Neighborhoods, Urban

A Circus-themed Urban Hike through Barnum Shows Elephants, Gorillas and Lions “There’s a sucker born every minute.” Or so said P.T. Barnum, co-founder of Barnum and Bailey’s Circus. Walking the Barnum neighborhood brings up the circus...
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