by Lisa Alonge | Apr 2, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, Family, Neighborhoods, Southwest Neighborhoods
Sitting in the shadow of Washington Park to its south are two cute neighborhoods with a shared history: the now-defunct Town of South Denver. They also make up a perfect canvas for a 3.5-mile walk through Platt Park and Rosedale. The Case of the Missing...
by Lisa Alonge | Mar 25, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, Neighborhoods, Southwest Neighborhoods
Grab a Tall, Fresh Glass of Denver Water on this Urban Hike through Marston If you ever wondered where your Denver glass of tap water comes from, you need to walk in the Marston neighborhood. Way out on the west side, down south, close to Chatfield but not that close,...
by Lisa Alonge | Mar 17, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, Family, Neighborhoods, Southwest Neighborhoods
An Urban Hunt for Denver’s First Red Rocks on Ruby Hill With a gold rush upon Denver, early claimers eagerly mined for whatever they could find. Whether it was gold on Cherry Creek or rubies on Ruby Hill, the early adventurers scrambled to find the first...
by Lisa Alonge | Feb 27, 2020 | 2-3 Miles, Neighborhoods, Southwest Neighborhoods, Urban
Walking through Denver’s Artsy Food Basket in Sun Valley and Valverde Sun Valley and Valverde sit next to each other on the west side of Denver along the Platte. There’s a lot going on in these two neighborhoods. From large commercial cold-pack freezers to...
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 | 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...
