Dec 132010

Golden Traingle, Denver Broadway Street

Restaurants, Bars & Clubs

97

Walker’s Paradise

Walk Score

Andrew’s on Lincoln
Armidas
Arbys
Bar Standard
Bannock Street Garage
Cap City Tavern
Cherokee Dining on 12th
The Church
Cuba, Cuba
Dazzle Jazz Restaurant & Lounge
Denver Pizza Company
Dozens
Funky Budda Lounge
La Rumba
Le Central
Luciano’s Pizza
Mad Greens
Melitas Greek Cafe
Opal
Palettes
Parsley
Pints Pub
Racines
Spicey Pickle
Sutra Room
Tony’s Bistro
Taste of Philly
Vinyl
Zocalo

Coffee Shops &  Grocery Stores
Aviano Coffee
Dazbog Coffee
Gateaux
Novo Coffee
Metropolis Coffee
Rooster & Moon
Tony’s Market
King Soopers
Whole Foods

Salons & Spas
Corepower Yoga
Eden II Day Spa
Denver Althetic Club
Matrix Fitness & Spa
Pilates Aligned
Rave Skin & Body
Spa in The City
Spa Universaire

Artists Studios and Galleries
Art Gineer
Art Silk Photography
Blujack Studio and Gallery
Camera Obscura Gallery
Door 74 McGuinness Studio
Gallery 1261
Native American Trading Co.
Michele Mosko Fine Art
Patrons Art & Framing
Roach Photos & Gallery Roach
Walker Fine Art
William Havu Gallery
Wilson Adams Gallery
Zeitgeist
ZModern

Museums & Cultural Centers
Art Institute of Colorado
Byers-Evans House
The C.E.L.L.
Civic Center Park
Clyfford Still Museum
Colorado Ballet
Colorado History Museum
Colorado State Capital
Curious Theatre Company
Denver Art Museum
Denver City & County Building
Denver Firefighters Museum
Denver Musicians Association
Denver Mint
Denver Public Library
Kirkland Museum
Molly Brown House Museum
Sunken Garden Park
US Post Office

Speciality Stores
Bulthaup Kitchens
Denver Community Federal C.U.
Distinctive Properties
The Collection
Flower Gallerie
The Gabriel Foundation
Howard Lorton Galleries
The Lighting Studio

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Dec 122010

Denver’s Trendy Lower Highlands, also called LoHi is located adjacent to Riverfront Park on the West Side of I-25. It is close enough to Downtown and LoDo with only a short jaunt across the walking bridge on 16th street and Commons Park. LoHi is full of life, you can lose a Sunday afternoon at LoLa’s sipping Cocktails listening to Jazz and eating Tacos overlooking the skyline.

LoHi Olinger Sign

The Neighborhood overlooks the new Commons Park, the Central Platte Valley and the Downtown Denver Skyline. The street have some of the oldest real estate in the city going back to the mid-1800′s along with moden infill townhomes w/rooftop patios that overlook the skyline

•¨      Commons Park is a 30-acre park with wetlands and trails along the South Platte River.

Bridge Connecting LoHi with Riverfront Park & LoDo

·¨      The 16th Street Mall Shuttle will connect the 16th Street Mall to the Central Platte Valley and the Highlands.

•¨      The Light Rail Spur connects riders between Central and Southwest Light Rail Lines to Denver Union Terminal and 16th Street Mall and many of the Central Platte Valley’s attractions including Coors Field, Invesco Field, Auraria Campus, and The Pepsi Center.

Band at Lola's

Attractions you love are so close.  Many restaurants, brew pubs, espresso bars and night spots are all nearby. The Denver Center for the Performing Arts brings Broadway to your doorstep and four major league sports teams are in the downtown area. LoHi is definitely on the rise, buy now because LoHi is Denver’s most happening Neighborhood

 LoLa's on Sunday Afternoon Denver

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Nov 162010

LoDo | Riverfront

$300,000 – $2,000,000 price range

12 Month Evaluation – 58 sold properties in last 12 months.  58 divided by 12 months equals 4.83 properties sold per month.  There are currently 74 active comparable properties on the market.  74 divided by 4.83 equals 15 months of worth of inventory.  This means a strong buyers market.

An absorption Rate of 5-7 is considered a normal market. Less than 5 is a sellers market and more than 7 is a buyers market.

Normal Market – In a normal market there is a 5-7 month supply of homes. A normal market has a balanced level of inventory where the market is not leaning in either the seller’s or buyer’s favor.

Seller’s Market – In a seller’s market there is less than 5 months supply of homes. Since there are fewer homes to choose from, sellers are in control and buyers have to be willing to pay top dollar to get the home that they want. Multiple offers are often the norm in a seller’s market.

Buyer’s Market – In a buyer’s market there is more than 6 months supply of homes. Buyers are in control since there are so many homes from which to choose from. Sellers often have to give an incentive (pay for closing costs or pay for repairs) to buyer’s to buy their home.

Original List Sold Net Sold
Average Price $721,115 $648,867 $595,183 $592,814
Median Price $629,900 $600,000 $560,000 $560,000
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Nov 162010

Golden Triangle, Denver’s Art & Museum District

$300,000 – $1,000,000 price range

1,400 to 2,500 square feet

12 Month Evaluation – 6 sold properties in last 12 months. 6 divided by 12 months equals 1 property sold per month. There are currently 11 active comparable properties on the market. 11 divided by 1 equals 11 months of worth of inventory. This means a strong buyers market.

Average Price per Square Foot | $244 | Sold Properties, Last year it was $320 per square foot

An absorption Rate of 5-7 is considered a normal market. Less than 5 is a sellers market and more than 7 is a buyers market.

Normal Market – In a normal market there is a 5-7 month supply of homes. A normal market has a balanced level of inventory where the market is not leaning in either the seller’s or buyer’s favor.

Seller’s Market – In a seller’s market there is less than 5 months supply of homes. Since there are fewer homes to choose from, sellers are in control and buyers have to be willing to pay top dollar to get the home that they want. Multiple offers are often the norm in a seller’s market.

Buyer’s Market – In a buyer’s market there is more than 6 months supply of homes. Buyers are in control since there are so many homes from which to choose from. Sellers often have to give an incentive (pay for closing costs or pay for repairs) to buyer’s to buy their home.

Original List Sold Net Sold
Average Price $608,500 $507,817 $473,500 $471,900
Median Price $695,000 $522,500 $490,000 $489,000
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Feb 252010

On the Third Thursday of every month (except January when we hold our Annual Meeting) the Golden Triangle Association throws a neighborhood party at a different member business.  Join us for food, drink and neighborly good will. 

Third Thursdays |  5-7pm.       Golden Triangle Third Thursday

February 18                         William Havu Gallery

March 18                             The Living Room

April 15                               The Collection

May 20                                Rooster & Moon Coffee Pub

June 17                               Tony’s Market

July 15                                Golden Triangle Wine & Spirits Rooftop Party

August 19                            Museum Residences Rooftop Potluck

September 16                      Harvest Feast at Urban Roots

October 21                          Roach Photos

November 18                       Curious Theatre Company

December 16                       Walker Fine Arts

 

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Feb 092010

Cherry Creek

Framed by Colorado Boulevard and University Avenue on the north and south respectively, and 6th Avenue and Exposition on the east and west. Cherry Creek has a walk score of 90.

Denver’s premier shopping enclave for several decades, Cherry Creek is the place to live, work, shop, and play.

This neighborhood, once known as Harmon, for George Harmon who owned the 320-acre farm that originally occupied the site, offers the ultimate urban lifestyle in a lovely central location where quiet, tree-shaded streets, pocket parks, and trails beckon you to walk, jog, or bike, and nearby thoroughfares whisk you to all points of the metro area in mere minutes.

Among the neighborhood’s attractions are the renowned Cherry Creek Mall, one of Denver’s leading tourist attractions; is the best, most well kept shopping center and has the highest saturation of top-notch stores: Hermes, Saks Fifth Avenue, Louis Vuitton and Tiffany & Co. among others. Along with bistros, gourmet restaurants, coffee houses, boutiques, spas, salons, bookstores and gallery’s.

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Jan 052010


The Clifford Still Museum, Funded through Private Donations will be Home to more than 2,400 Pieces of Still’s Work around 94% of what Still Created. The Museum Design, by Architect Brad Cloepfil of Portland Oregon will be a 30,000 square feet low lying rectiliner building located just West of Denver Art Museum’s Hamilton Building on Bannock between West 12th and 13th Street in The Golden Triangle, Denver’s Art & Museum District. The Museum is Now Scheduled to Open in Mid 2011.

See the Video Below about a Clyfford Still Painting on the Antique Roadshow

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Jan 042010

 

Capitol Hill’s borders are Colfax to Seventh and Broadway to Downing.

It was Henry C. Brown who donated land to Colorado for a State Capitol. Henry ownded substantial adjacent land and wanted to develop it. Brown built the Brown Palace Hotel. He had no relation to Margaret Tobin Brown (Molly, the unsinkable). 

It was Brown who named Broadway, referencing the Broadway of New York City. Broadway Street was the original eastern border of Denver where the diagonal streets of Downtown Denver ended.

Pre-eminent among Capitol Hill’s numerous historical residences are the 1899 William Lang designed Molly Brown House and the 1906 Crawford hill mansion at Sherman and 10th. This French Renaissance Revival extravaganza became home to the “Sacred 36″ an elite group of Denver Socialites. Today it’s executive offices.

Among Capitol Hill’s numerous Historical Multi-Unit Residences are the 1896 Spanish Colonial Revival Style Sterns Mansion at 1030 Logan, the 1891 Queen Ann Style Pennborough at 1265 Pennsylvania and the 1890 Richardson Romanesque Style Charline Place at 1419 – 1441 Pennsylvania.

Noted for it’s density and diversity, it’s bohemians, gays, punks, politicos, artists, urban homesteaders and professionals, Capitol Hill has a total current population of 15,000 with 11,700 housing units. Home ownership on the Hill is at 18%, while in Denver it’s over 52%. More than 50% of 25 and Over Hill Residents have College Degrees, compared to less than 40% for Denver.

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Jan 042010

 

LoHi Denver Overlooking Downtown

Lower Highlands, also called LoHi is located adjacent to Riverfront Park on the West side of I-25. It is close enough to Downtown and Lodo with only a short jaunt across the walking bridge on 16th street and Commons Park. LoHi is full of life, you can lose a Sunday afternoon at LoLa’s sipping Cocktails listening to Jazz and eating Tacos overlooking the skyline.

The Neighborhood overlooks the new Commons Park, the Central Platte Valley and the Downtown Denver Skyline. The street have some of the oldest real estate in the city going back to the mid-1800′s along with modern infill townhomes w/rooftop patios that overlook the skyline

  • Commons Park is a 30-acre park with wetlands and trails along the South Platte River.
  • The 16th Street Mall Shuttle will connect the 16th Street Mall to the Central Platte Valley and the Highlands.
  • The Light Rail Spur connects riders between Central and Southwest Light Rail Lines to Denver Union Terminal and 16th Street Mall and many of the Central Platte Valley’s attractions including Coors Field, Invesco Field, Auraria Campus, and The Pepsi Center.

Attractions you love are so close.  Many restaurants, brew pubs, espresso bars and night spots are all nearby. The Denver Center for the Performing Arts brings Broadway to your doorstep and four major league sports teams are in the downtown area. LoHi is definitely on the rise, buy now because LoHi is Denver’s most happening Neighborhood

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Jan 042010

 

LoDo Denver

Boundaries:  Larimer Street, Speer Boulevard, Wynkoop Street and 20th Street

Population:  2,180

Overview: Lower Downtown–or LoDo, as it is commonly referred to–is located in the area where Denver was founded in 1858 by General William Larimer. Redolent with history, this neighborhood of three and four story red brick buildings was built on the site of Denver’s first Gold Rush settlement. I have been working and playing in LoDo since 1992 when the only bars were The Cruise Room, The Wazee Supper Club and Billabongs. Coors Field was just a Field of Dreams, Now the Colorado Rockies are the 2007 National League Champions. What a transformation and what a Rocktober in Denver. Today, LoDo is a vibrant 25-block urban neighborhood and tourist destination.

Lower Downtown was a bustling commercial area during Denver’s early years. However, much of Denver’s industrial economy shifted away from Lower Downtown after World War II, and almost one-fifth of the buildings in the area were demolished in the 1960s and 1970s. In order to preserve Denver’s historic legacy, Denver City Council created the Lower Downtown Historic District in 1988. The historic district designation introduced zoning ordinances that limited building heights, preserved dozens of buildings from the wrecking ball, and instituted strict guidelines for building rehabilitation and new construction.

Today, LoDo is a  neighborhood with lots of entertainment options. Art galleries, dozens of restaurants, brewpubs, jazz clubs, and specialty retail stores line the ground floors of historic buildings. LoDo Loft residents enjoy proximity to outdoor parks, including the Cherry Creek bike path, the 16th Street Mall, The Pepsi Center, and the recently completed 30-acre Commons Park in the Central Platte Valley. Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies, anchors the neighborhood at 20th and Blake Street. Wynkoop Street is home to historic Denver Union Station, the Tattered Cover bookstore, and the Wynkoop Brewing Co., Denver’s first brewpub (and the country’s largest) that opened in 1988.

Most recently I lived in West End Lofts (In the Bridge Loft over the Alley) and walked my Labradoodle around the street’s of LoDo 4 times a day. So you could say that I do Know this Neighborhood every street and every alley.

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