Denver Neighborhoods |

Denver has 79 neighborhoods that the city and community groups use for planning and administration. Although the city’s delineation of the neighborhood boundaries is somewhat arbitrary, it corresponds roughly to the definitions used by residents. These “neighborhoods” should not be confused with cities or suburbs, which are seperate entities within the metro area. Denver, like any city, is made up of neighborhoods that are diverse and unique. Although prices vary drastically, the median home value is $291,900. Brief information and histories about some of the neighborhoods are presented here.

Berkeley Park
Located 15 minutes from downtown, Tennyson Street between 38th Avenue and 44th Avenue is enjoying a renaissance of sorts. Neighboring the former home of Elitch Gardens Amusement Park (now located downtown), it was thought that the neighborhood would fade away. Fortunately, with affordable bungalows and Denver Squares, young families moved in and new, eclectic businesses began to pop up. Located in a 10-block area are a dozen art galleries, a couple of bakeries, ten restaurants, a coffee shop and several boutique clothing stores.

Capitol Hill
While walking the diverse streets of Capitol Hill, you might actually feel the city’s pulse pounding beneath your feet. Once the neighborhood of Denver’s wealthiest citizens, this area, which wears its decadent image with honor, blends the past with the present with ancient Victorian mansions and contemporary condos and apartment complexes. Denver’s 19th-century millionaires built their showplace homes, schools, clubs, and churches here, surrounded by lawns along gridded, tree-lined streets and flagstone sidewalks. Some smaller homes, modest apartments, and institutional buildings survive amid commercial intrusions, parking lots, and high-rise apartments, in this architecturally rich and diverse neighborhood around the gold-domed state capitol. The streets are always filled with people at all hours of the night, the neighborhood is safe and friendly. Young hipsters brood along the same sidewalks that Neal Cassidy and Jack Kerouac treaded, searching for an evening fix of entertainment in one of the diverse array of clubs, coffeehouses, art houses, galleries and bars. It is a great place to observe the way Denver moves through day-to-day life. A wealth of historical sightseeing includes the Molly Brown House and tours of the Governor’s Mansion, which resides in south Capitol Hill near the ultra-trendy Govn’rs Park.

Cheesman Park/Congress Park
A diverse mix of ethnic, age, and income groups populate these old neighborhoods bordering Capitol Hill, barely a mile from downtown. The area serves as a hotbed for Denver’s gay community and fashionable 30-somethings. Cheesman Park, the former city graveyard, is now Denver’s urban emerald. You will find the best mountain views in the city on the park’s central acropolis. The Denver Botanic Gardens occupies the east side of the park and makes for a wonderful romantic stroll. The Congress Park vicinity encompasses Greek Town, a six-block section filled with eclectic festivities and animated diner-type restaurants.

Cherry Creek
Centered by the fashionable Cherry Creek mall and surrounded by nearby luxury housing, the upscale Cherry Creek neighborhood is a thriving, self-contained oasis for residents. This stylish district features some of Denver’s best-known attractions, including the beloved Tattered Cover Bookstore, and Denver’s number one tourist attraction, the Cherry Creek Mall. Between Colorado Boulevard to University and 6th Avenue to Exposition, several hundred stores, boutiques, art galleries, salons, restaurants and cafes provide endless entertainment opportunities. At all times of the year, the 22-mile Cherry Creek path is a haven for biking, running, walking, in-line skating and similar sports. In summer, the Cherry Creek Arts Festival brings thousands to the area to celebrate artistic and musical work by artists and performers from all over the world.

Downtown
Downtown’s vital mix of government, entertainment, business and sport make Denver’s central business district the envy of the West. When time permits, visit the Colorado State Capitol Building, where the eighteenth step places you exactly one mile above sea level, or stroll through the nation’s best collection of Native American art at the Denver Art Museum. Shop away at the Denver Pavilions and Tabor Center or take in a Broadway show at one of the eight theaters comprising the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Spend a day wandering the shores of Colorado’s Ocean Journey or seek adventure at Six Flags Elitch Gardens. At the end of the day, kick back in a brewpub and enjoy a microbrew, or treat yourself to a fine dining experience at one of downtown’s excellent restaurants.

Lower downtown has the ghosts of the red light district from Denver’s gold rush days still haunt the streets of lower downtown, but they are not alone anymore. The area, termed LoDo by locals, was virtually empty 10 years ago. But since the opening of Coors Field, home to baseball’s Colorado Rockies, this 20-block district of 19th-century brick buildings has come alive with energy and entertainment. The original commercial core of Denver underwent a major renovation and now sports a seemingly endless variety of trendy pubs, restaurants, nightclubs, shops and luxurious loft apartments. Larimer Square, at the southern end of LoDo, occupies a portion of Denver’s oldest street. Today, it radiates Victorian charm and bustles with such dining and dancing delights as Josephina’s Restaurant and the 80s disco flashback, Lucky Star. The buildings, now occupied by upscale chains, including Morton’s of Chicago, and Denver originals like the Wynkoop Brewing Company, have long histories as former brothels, saloons and old-time general stores.

East Denver
East Denver, including Park Hill, Montclair, Hilltop and Lowry, is a relatively prosperous and largely residential area through which the park and parkway system provides a touring route. East 17th Ave. Pkwy., East 6th Ave. Pkwy., Montview Blvd. and Clermont, Forest, Monaco, and Richthofen Parkways are interconnected greenways lined by many fine homes reflecting popular architectural styles of the past 100 years. Richthofen Parkway leads to Montclair, an 1885 suburban town which much subsequent infill, annexed to Denver in 1902. This heterogeneous district resembles a catalog of residential styles from the 1880s to the 1990s Two historic districts on what was, until 1994, Lowry Air Force Base commemorate the tremendous impact of the military upon Denver’s development.

Five Points/Curtis Park
Throughout Denver’s illustrious history, Five Points and the Curtis Park district, northeast of downtown, has been a sanctuary for the African American community. Ever since Benny Hooper strolled into town in the 1920s and opened up his club/recreation center/hotel for black servicemen, the streets of Five Points have whispered jazz. Hooper’s club underwent renovation a few years ago and reopened as the Casino Cabaret; it hosts some of the best jazz musicians in the country.

Within the Five Points Neighborhood, this district of Victorian homes includes Denver’s first park (1868), a donation to the city from Samuel S. Curtis, a developer of this pioneer streetcar suburb. It is Denver’s oldest surviving residential neighborhood. Initially a haven for those with the means to move out of the city, Curtis Park evolved into a black, Hispanic, and Japanese neighborhood during the 1920s and 1930s. Comprised of Italianate, Queen Anne and Carpenter’s Gothic homes and many other eclectic Victorian styles. The Curtis Park Face Block Project restored pedestrian ambiance by reinstalling sandstone sidewalks and street trees. The entire neighborhood is experiencing an urban renaissance as small businesses infiltrate the historic district and boost the economy. One of Denver’s liveliest festivals, Juneteenth, fills the streets with laughter and frenzy at the dawn of each summer.

Golden
Located on the western fringe of Denver, surrounded by a jagged hogback and a plethora of wide buttes, Golden is a charming small town (do not ever say it is a suburb) that echoes Colorado’s gold rush heritage. Home of the Coors Brewing Company and the Buffalo Bill Museum, Golden is an excellent spot to experience a part of Western Americana. The locals have traded in their horses for mountain bikes, and the town boasts some of the best trail riding in the country at famed Apex Park and White Ranch Park. Take the kids to Heritage Square for a ride on its 19th century antique merry-go-round or a heart-pounding trip down the alpine slide.

Northwest Denver
The settlement in Northwest Denver began after 1858, when Denver founder William H. Larimer waded across the South Platte River to stakeout “Highlands.” This area began to thrive during the 1880s following construction of streetcar lines and viaducts over the South Platte River and railroad tracks. A wave of Italian immigrants between the 1880s and 1920s established “Little Italy” there, although Spanish-speaking settlers have been most numerous since 1950. Highland Park, known as Scottish Village, because of its curving lanes with Scottish names, illustrates over 100 years of low-cost housing built on tiny lots. The ethnic peoples of Northwest Denver have added to a rich collection of churches, cafes, bars and housing.

South Denver
The town of South Denver sprouted along the Broadway streetcar line and grew to be the largest of the streetcar suburbs annexed by Denver. Incorporated in 1886, South Denver stretched from South Alameda to Yale Aves. Between Colorado Boulevard and Pecos St. The middle-class town was annexed to Denver in 1893. Well preserved for the most part, South Denver has the Denver’s best collection of bungalows and its first International Style dwelling, the Hegner House (1935), at East Dakota Ave. (SW corner of South University Blvd.).

University Park
Washington Park’s wild southern neighbor is University Park, home of the University of Denver. The area is a hot spot of cultural activity, and displays some of south Denver’s finest architecture, including the Ritchie Center, a mammoth copper and sandstone structure with a bell tower bedecked in gold. From booming concerts at Magness Arena to mellow, folk gatherings at Swallow Hill, to pizza and pool at Anthony’s Pizza and Pasta this neighborhood offers a little of something for everybody. South Pearl Street is a cozy little shopping spot and is home to the popular Japanese joint, Sushi Den.

Uptown/City Park
An eclectic residential district stretching east from downtown to City Park is home to Denver’s famed Restaurant Row, a collection of elegant fine dining establishments, as well as a scattering of nightclubs and bars. It is also a great place to check out some of Denver’s Victorian architecture and the impressive Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, a Romanesque masterpiece with towering, Gaudi-esque spires. A lively stretch of Colfax, Denver’s longest and most eccentric avenue, wanders through Uptown. The area offers off-the-wall neighborhood bars, excellent ethnic cuisine, and the nation’s best musical acts at the refurbished Ogden Theatre and Fillmore Auditorium. City Park, a beautiful legacy from the City Beautiful period, houses the Denver Zoo and the popular Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

Washington Park
Residents of Denver are the leanest in the land which can be attested by the the active, healthy crowds that are always running or pedaling around the verdant landscape of Washington Park. Volleyball and soccer games fill the park lawns, and the bike path is always glutted with in-line thrill-seekers and fierce-pedaling road bikers. Numerous park benches and giant shade trees make for great places to chat with locals and relax on a weekday afternoon. The surrounding neighborhood is one of Denver’s most affluent, yet is unpretentious and loaded with rare gems such as the hearty Italian restaurant, Carmine’s On Penn.

Wellshire
A residential neighborhood, with its meandering and curvy streets, extends from Colorado Boulevard to University Boulevard and from Yale Avenue to Hampden Avenue. One-fourth of the southeast area is home to the 18-hole Wellshire Golf Course
designed in 1926 by Donald Ross. The 13.4-acre Skeel Reservoir
and mature cottonwood trees make an attractive landscape for golfers. The former clubhouse for the Wellshire Country Club was remodeled in 1976 as the Wellshire Inn at 3333 South Colorado Boulevard.

Historic Neighborhoods
East Denver, including Park Hill, Montclair, Hilltop and Lowry, is a relatively prosperous and largely residential area through which the park and parkway system provides a touring route. East 17th Ave. Pkwy., East 6th Ave. Pkwy., Montview Blvd. and Clermont, Forest, Monaco, and Richthofen Parkways are interconnected greenways lined by many fine homes reflecting popular architectural styles of the past 100 years. Richthofen Parkway leads to Montclair, an 1885 suburban town which much subsequent infill, annexed to Denver in 1902. This heterogeneous district resembles a catalog of residential styles from the 1880s to the 1990s Two historic districts on what was, until 1994, Lowry Air Force Base commemorate the tremendous impact of the military upon Denver’s development.

Capitol Hill
Denver’s 19th-century millionaires built their showplace homes, schools, clubs, and churches here, surrounded by lawns along gridded, tree-lined streets and flagstone sidewalks. Some smaller homes, modest apartments, and institutional buildings survive amid commercial intrusions, parking lots, and high-rise apartments, in this architecturally rich and diverse neighborhood around the gold-domed state capitol.

The settlement in Northwest Denver began after 1858, when Denver founder William H. Larimer waded across the South Platte River to stakeout “Highlands.” This area began to thrive during the 1880s following construction of streetcar lines and viaducts over the South Platte River and railroad tracks. A wave of Italian immigrants between the 1880s and 1920s established “Little Italy” there, although Spanish-speaking settlers have been most numerous since 1950. Highland Park, known as Scottish Village, because of its curving lanes with Scottish names, illustrates over 100 years of low-cost housing built on tiny lots. The ethnic peoples of Northwest Denver have added to a rich collection of churches, cafes, bars and housing.

Curtis Park
Within the Five Points Neighborhood, this district of Victorian homes includes Denver’s first park (1868), a donation to the city from Samuel S. Curtis, a developer of this pioneer streetcar suburb. It is Denver’s oldest surviving residential neighborhood. Initially a haven for those with the means to move out of the city, Curtis Park evolved into a black, Hispanic, and Japanese neighborhood during the 1920s and 1930s. Comprised of Italianate, Queen Anne and Carpenter’s Gothic homes and many other eclectic Victorian styles. The Curtis Park Face Block Project restored pedestrian ambiance by reinstalling sandstone sidewalks and street trees. This historic district enjoys a renewed popularity.

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