by Lisa Alonge | May 13, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, History, Neighborhoods, Northwest Neighborhoods, Urban
A Secret Gem in Clayton Honestly, I had no idea where Clayton was. Although I had driven past Clayton College at the corner of MLK and Colorado a gazillion times, I had no idea that tucked up north of MLK, east of Colorado, West of York, and south of 40th Ave was a...
by Lisa Alonge | May 13, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, Neighborhoods, Northwest Neighborhoods, Urban
Snuggle Up to Cole Snuggled into a little corner of Denver sits the community-minded neighborhood of Cole. With a mostly rectangular boundary stretching to the north from Martin Luther King Blvd. (32nd Ave.) to 40th Ave and east from Downing St to York St, Cole...
by Lisa Alonge | May 12, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, Neighborhoods, Northwest Neighborhoods, Urban
A Palette of Opportunity in Chaffee Park Denver’s military payroll grew from $3 million in 1939 to $152 million at the World War II’s end. No place is more evident of the impact of returning soldiers on Denver’s mid-century growth explosion than here...
by Lisa Alonge | May 12, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, Family, History, Neighborhoods, Urban
People, Libraries, and Civic Pride in Upper Denver’s UpDo Urban Hike The Civic Park Neighborhood together with its neighbor to the north, Central Business District (now called Upper Denver, or UpDo), is about people. With 10,000 residents in the ‘hood and...
by Lisa Alonge | May 12, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, Family, History, Neighborhoods
Rooted in Kindness, City Park West This weekly Denver neighborhood walk takes you through what I think might be the most kind neighborhood in Denver, City Park West. From open doors to inviting churches, the invite to enjoy this neighborhood came from several open...
by Lisa Alonge | May 12, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, Neighborhoods
Slaves, Squares, and Shakespeare in Denver’s City Park Little did I know that by walking through Denver’s City Park and its accompanying neighborhood I would learn about slave cargo, Shakespeare’s elm and Denver Squares. Yet this week’s Denver...
