University DU Denver Condos Lofts For Sale
Dr. John Evans, Colorado’s second territorial governor, founded the Colorado Seminary in Downtown Denver in 1864. It financially failed and closed in 1868.
Evans founded the Denver Tramway company which became the largest in Denver. He also invested in real estate and railroads. In 1880, Evans reopened his school under the name “University of Denver.” Looking to expand the campus, Evans [...]
Capitol Hill Denver Condos Lofts For Sale
Cities are generally formed near a source of water or transportation such as a river. For Denver, this location was the confluence of South Platte River and Cherry Creek. Cities tend to expand in the direction of where people want to live. For Denver, this was west/northwest towards the elevated ridge of the Town of Highland and views of the [...]
Five Points Curtis Park Denver Condos Lofts For Sale
In 1868, real estate developers Ebert and Case donated a park to the city to entice people to buy their land and build homes. They named it after Samuel Curtis, an early settler.
Downtown Denver streets follow a diagonal grid while the rest of the city’s streets follow a mostly traditional directional grid. Unusual intersections result [...]
City Park Denver Condos Lofts For Sale
Hard to believe that City Park was simple prairie covered with buffalo grass, cactus, sage brush and an occasional tree. City Park’s 320-acres were principally designed by Henry Meryweather in 1882 with design enhancements by Reinhard Schuetze in the 1900s and Saco DeBoer in the 1920s.
1896 saw the Denver Zoo begin with a single native black bear. Using [...]
Uptown Denver Condos Lofts For Sale
East and contiguous to Denver’s Central Business District you will find the North Capitol Hill neighborhood. In the 1880’s, this area was known as ”East Denver” since it was the eastern-most area of the city. When the Colorado state capitol area was developed was just south of the neighborhood, it was identified as North Capitol Hill on the city [...]
Platt Park Denver Condos Lofts For Sale
With the “e” or without the “e” — that is the question! The South Platte River is nearby and creates the confusing of Platte Park versus Platt Park. Actually, the park was named in honor of Civil War Colonel James Platt who was an area resident and businessman.
The Town of South Denver was formed in [...]
Lowry Denver Condos Lofts For Sale
The Colorado National Guard Field, opened in 1923, was renamed Lowry Field after Denver’s World War I hero Francis Lowry. The City of Denver purchased land in the area in 1932 and encouraged the U.S. Army Air Corps to open an airfield. In 1937, equipment and hangars were relocated from the National Guard airfield to the new Lowry Army [...]
Stapleton Denver Condos Lofts For Sale
The Curtiss-Humphreys Airplane Company was formed in 1919 nearby Stapleton. In 1929, the Denver Municipal Airport was opened and renamed Stapleton Airfield honoring Denver’s mayor Benjamin Stapleton in 1944.
As Denver grew, the air traffic demands grew proportionately. City planners knew that the capacity of Stapleton International Airport would be exceed and began planning its replacement. In [...]
Jefferson Park Denver Condos Lofts For Sale
In 1896, the Town of Highlands, which included the area surrounding present-day Jefferson Park, was annexed by Denver. In the early 1900s, a park was created when a former city dump site was filled and landscaped. As was the custom in the day, the park was named after a president — President Jefferson in the case of [...]
Washington Park Denver Condos Lofts For Sale
Shortly after Denver was founded in 1858, development began around a buffalo watering tank in the Washington Park area. That watering tank would become today’s Smith Lake. In 1886, Denver’s first suburb was incorporated as South Denver and included the Washington Park neighborhood.
After the 1893 Silver Crash, South Denver was annexed to Denver due to [...]
