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 | 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 27, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, Family, History, Neighborhoods, Northwest Neighborhoods, Urban
A River Runs through It…Globeville In Denver, Globeville is known for many things; and many neighborhoods may not brag about them. But on this walk through this crossroad-ed neighborhood, you’ll found nothing but fun, unique, interesting ways to view...
by Lisa Alonge | Apr 20, 2020 | 4-5 Miles, History, Neighborhoods, Northwest Neighborhoods, Urban
Everyone from Everywhere Everyone wants to be in Highland (notice, no “s”.) Residents call it “Highlands”, “LoHi”, “North Denver”….But no matter what folks call it, the City of Denver calls it Highland–the...
