by Lisa Alonge | Apr 20, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, History, Neighborhoods, Northwest Neighborhoods, Urban
Despite Many Attempts to Disappear, Jeff Park Is Still Here Close to the oldest neighborhood on the uplands side of Denver, Jefferson Park has gotten lost in the LoHi, LoDo noise of its nearby neighborhoods in Highland. But the last decade has turned this neighborhood...
by Lisa Alonge | Mar 31, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, 4-5 Miles, Neighborhoods, Northwest Neighborhoods, Urban
High Brow-ing through Regis Neighborhood’s Urban Hike Sitting on the hill just north of I70 is Regis, a neighborhood that broke itself off from its southern celery farmers in Berkeley. Bounded by 52nd St to the north, Federal to the east, Harlan to the west and...
by Lisa Alonge | Mar 30, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, Neighborhoods, Northwest Neighborhoods
Sunny on This Side, Sunnyside One of Denver’s oldest neighborhoods that grew up around sugar beets, the railroad and the smelting industry, it grew out of its “Little Italy” history into a tight-knit community adjusting to a new identity. Taking an...
by Lisa Alonge | Mar 29, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, Neighborhoods, Northwest Neighborhoods
Liberating Change on this Urban Hike through Berkeley Cesar Chavez sets the tone for this urban hike in Berkeley. Despite the scrapping of old homes, the transition from old to new, and the attempt to keep Berkeley from morphing into the something it’s...
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...
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...
