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...
by Lisa Alonge | Feb 25, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, Neighborhoods, Southwest Neighborhoods, Urban
An Academic Amble through University Neighborhood Potatoes. That’s what used to cover the land where the current University neighborhood is at Downing and University, I25 and Dartmouth. Dad Rufus H. “Potato” Clark was the great donor of the land, which developed...
by Lisa Alonge | Feb 5, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, Family, Neighborhoods, Northwest Neighborhoods
Five Points Neighborhood. Filled with Pride “Five Points isn’t a neighborhood,” said our guide, “it’s a location manufactured by Denver’s Tramway and made up of several neighborhoods who didn’t want to be called Five...
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...
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...
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...
