Thursday | March 11
 
Denver Neighborhoods

Arapahoe Acres
Arlington Park
Baker
Belcaro
Bonnie Brae
Capitol Hill
Cheesman Park
Cherry Creek
Cherry Hills Vista
Circle Drive
City Park
City Park South
Congress Park
Corey Merrill
Country Club
Country Club North
Country Club South
Crestmoor Park
Curtis Park
Downtown
Driving Park
Highlands
Hilltop
Humboldt Island
Mayfair
Montclair
Morgan's Addition
Park Hill
Platt Park
Polo Club
7th Avenue Historic District
Southern Hills/Wellshire
Stokes
University Park &
Observatory Park

Uptown/City Park West
Washington Park
Whittier & Cole
Wyman's Historic


 

 

Neighborhood Walking Tours

 

Phil Goodstein in lecture

Walking Tours by Phil Goodstein - 303.333.1095

Find Information on Phil Goodsein's Books here

Spring 2010

Saturday, March 20: The Seamy Side of Denver, 5:00-7:15 pm
Meet at the Lo-Do Bar & Grill, 1946 Market Street. This tour is $15 per person.

Sunday, March 21: University Park, 11 am-1 pm
Meet on the south steps of Chamberlin Observatory in Observatory Park, between South Fillmore and South Milwaukee streets and Warren and Iliff avenues. (Warren is a block south of Evans Avenue; Milwaukee is ten blocks west of Colorado Boulevard.) This tour is $10 per person. The area will be featured in Phil Goodstein’s forthcoming book, The Ghosts of University Park, Platt Park, and Beyond.

Saturday, March 27: Ghost Walk, 7-9 pm
Meet in front of the statue of the Indian on the east side of the Capitol on Grant Street between 14th and Colfax avenues. This tour is $15.

Sunday, March 28: Washington Park, 11 am-1 pm
Meet at the statue of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod at the southwest corner of Exposition Avenue and Franklin Street. (Exposition is four blocks south of Alameda Avenue. Franklin is eight blocks west of University Boulevard.) The cost is $10.

Saturday, April 3: Ghosts of Cheesman Park, 11 am-1 pm
Meet at the gazebo along the 12th Avenue loop of the park near South Gilpin Street. (This is a quaint wooden structure just south of the RTD bus stop. Park just east of the bus stop. This tour is $10.

Saturday, April 10: Bicycling Tour of Wellshire, 11 am-1 pm
Meet on the east side of the swimming pool in Eisenhower Park to the south of Dartmouth Avenue near South Bellaire Street. This tour is $10.

Sunday, April 11: Park Hill, 11 am–1 pm
Meet at the gazebo of Ferguson Park, northeast corner of 23rd Avenue and Dexter Street. (Dexter is seven blocks east of Colorado Boulevard.) This tour is $10.

Saturday, April 17: West Washington Park, 11 am-1 pm
Meet in front of the Washington Street Community Center at the southwest corner of Washington Street and Ohio Avenue. (Ohio is five blocks south of Alameda Avenue). This tour is $10..

Saturday, April 24: Ghost Walk, 7-9 pm
Meet in front of the statue of the Indian on the east side of the Capitol on Grant Street between 14th and Colfax avenues. This tour is $15.

Saturday, May 1: West Colfax/East of Sloans Lake, 11 am-1 pm
Meet on the west steps of Lake Middle School at West 19th Avenue and Meade Street. (Take Lowell Boulevard north of Colfax to where it dead ends at 18th Avenue. Meade Street is one block directly to the west.) This tour is $10.

Sunday, May 2: Ghosts of Cheesman Park, 11 am-1 pm
Meet at the gazebo along the 12th Avenue loop of the park near South Gilpin Street. (This is a quaint wooden structure just south of the RTD bus stop. Park just east of the bus stop. This tour is $10.

Sunday, May 9: Berkeley, 11 am-1 pm
Meet in front of the Smiley Library at West 46th Avenue and Utica Street in Berkeley Park. Utica is one block west of Tennyson Street and seven blocks east of Sheridan Boulevard. The cost is $10.

Sunday, May 16: Platt Park, 11 am-1 pm
Meet in front of the Decker Library, South Logan Street and Florida Avenue. (Logan Street is four blocks east of Broadway. Florida Avenue is four blocks south of Mississippi Avenue.) This tour is $10.

Saturday, May 22: Washington Park, 11 am-1 pm
Meet at the statue of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod at the southwest corner of Exposition Avenue and Franklin Street. (Exposition is four blocks south of Alameda Avenue. Franklin is eight blocks west of University Boulevard.) The cost is $10.

Sunday, May 29: Bicycling Tour of Globeville, 11 am-1 pm
Meet to the south of the swimming pool in Argo Park at 47th Avenue and Logan Street. This tour is $10.

Wednesday, June 2: Capitol Hill, 6:30-8:30 pm
Meet at the apartment building at 1375 High Street (the southwest corner of 14th and High). High is four blocks west of York Street. This tour is $10.

June 19: Ghost Walk, 7-9 pm
Meet in front of the statue of the Indian on the east side of the Capitol on Grant Street between 14th and Colfax avenues. This tour is $15.

June 26: The Seamy Side of Denver, 5:00-7:15 pm
Meet at the Lo-Do Bar & Grill, 1946 Market Street. This tour is $15 per person.

August 14: Ghost Walk, 7-9 pm
Meet in front of the statue of the Indian on the east side of the Capitol on Grant Street between 14th and Colfax avenues. This tour is $15.

September 18: The Seamy Side of Denver, 5:00-7:15 pm
Meet at the Lo-Do Bar & Grill, 1946 Market Street. This tour is $15 per person.

September 19: Ghosts of Cheesman Park, 11 am-1 pm
Meet at the gazebo along the 12th Avenue loop of the park near South Gilpin Street. (This is a quaint wooden structure just south of the RTD bus stop. Park just east of the bus stop. This tour is $10.

September 25: Ghost Walk, 7-9 pm
Meet in front of the statue of the Indian on the east side of the Capitol on Grant Street between 14th and Colfax avenues. This tour is $15.

October 22: Ghost Walk, 7-9 pm
Meet in front of the statue of the Indian on the east side of the Capitol on Grant Street between 14th and Colfax avenues. This tour is $15.

October 23: Ghosts of Cheesman Park, 11 am-1 pm
Meet at the gazebo along the 12th Avenue loop of the park near South Gilpin Street. (This is a quaint wooden structure just south of the RTD bus stop. Park just east of the bus stop. This tour is $10.

October 29: Ghost Walk, 7-9 pm
Meet in front of the statue of the Indian on the east side of the Capitol on Grant Street between 14th and Colfax avenues. This tour is $15.

October 30: Ghost Walk, 7-9 pm
Meet in front of the statue of the Indian on the east side of the Capitol on Grant Street between 14th and Colfax avenues. This tour is $15.

October 31: Ghost Walk, 7-9 pm
Meet in front of the statue of the Indian on the east side of the Capitol on Grant Street between 14th and Colfax avenues. This tour is $15.


Find information on Phil Goostein's Books on Denver here

 

Denver Old House Fair
March 27, 2010 - Denvers Old House Society

Denver’s beloved old neighborhoods are full of charm and represent more
than 100,000 homeowners. Denver’s Old House Society aims to protect these
communities and educate the people living in them about how to care for
their old houses (50 years or older) while maintaining the original
character with which they were built.

The Denver Old House Society hosts many events. We are now looking for
sponsors for our 4th Annual Old House Fair. This fair gives local
businesses the opportunity to create a strong image in Denver’s classic
neighborhoods and to brand themselves as leading companies. This is your
chance to reach a targeted audience interested in your products and
services.

The event will be widely publicized and your business has the opportunity
to be a part of it as a sponsor. The Denver Old House Society has a large
following and introduces homeowners to different ways to take care of
their properties. Your business can be introduced to these people, too,
allowing your clientele to grow. We have a number of sponsorship packages
with the society or the Fair to fit your budget and marketing needs.

The Fair will take place on Saturday, March 27, 2010 offering workshops
from experts on how to improve the safety, functionality, and appeal of
older homes. Vendors will have booths to showcase products and services to
more than 500 attendees

New this year will be various retail vignette areas boasting the latest
and greatest in design for Victorians, Bungalows, Denver Squares, Tudors
and Mid-century Modern homes. From fancy lace items for a Queen Anne to
shiny chrome wares for the Ranch will be for sale.

Best regards,

Suzanne Dupée Minear, AIA Elizabeth J. Wheeler
Board Chair Executive Director
information@denversoldhousesociety.org


Ongoing Group Tours

Denver Botanic Gardens
Denver Botanic Gardens is centrally located at 1005 York Street in Denver, just 10 minutes east of Downtown Denver and one mile north of the Cherry Creek Shopping Center.
Drop-In Tours
Stop by Denver Botanic Gardens on weekends in the summer and experience a tour of our various gardens. Weekend drop-in tours are held June through August at 11a.m. and 1 p.m. on both Saturdays and Sundays. Tours are included in the price of admission.
Sensory Garden Tours
Sensory Garden Tours are highly interactive garden experiences for people in special education classes, therapy or rehabilitative groups. The tours may be scheduled June through September between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Fridays. In order to provide a high-quality experience, one staff person from the facility must accompany each four participants, with a maximum of 15 people for each tour.
Please call 720-865-3560 to schedule a Sensory Garden Tour.
Group Tours

School groups, garden clubs, botanical societies, scout troops, day care, churches, recreation centers, hospitals, government institutions, families and more are all encouraged to experience a tour of any of Denver Botanic Gardens' three sites. Group rates are available. Reservations must be made at least two weeks in advance. Call 720-865-3619 for more information or to schedule a tour.

The Molly Brown House Museum
1340 Pennsylvania Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
Group Tours
Groups with 20 or more people qualify for the Museum's group rate. Advance reservations are required for groups and may be made by calling 303-832-4092, x16. We can accommodate up to 25 adults per tour and two tours per hour.
Please arrive 15 minutes before the time your tour is scheduled to begin. Groups arriving more than 10 minutes late will forfeit their tour.
Group Cost: $5.00 per person age 13 and older

 

Denver and the Beats
Certain cities and certain writers are linked in the minds of readers: Oxford, Mississippi means just one man: William Faulkner. Paris in the Twenties signifies F. Scott Fitzgerald, Hemingway and Gertrude Stein. Similarly, Chicago belongs to Carl Sandburg, Nelson Algren and Saul Bellow. Say the word "Harlem" and one thinks about Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes. For Denverites who have been swept up at some point in their reading lives by the works of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, it's a well known and beloved fact - though this will be news to most Coloradans and most Americans - that Denver possesses a fascinating slice of the Beat Generation's history, and it all comes down to one man and one summer: Neal Cassady and the summer of 1947.
Denver's Beat Poetry Driving Tour

Literary Landmarks
Behold, the misfits and infidels of Denver's vivid literary history. They range from fast-burning, baby-faced geniuses who stayed for a year or two, to slow-writing Western sages who wrote their hearts out in the town they inhabited for the whole of their lives.

Despite their wide-ranging minds and dispositions, they each - sometimes in spite of themselves - possessed a touching, furious affection for their Denver years. More charming still is that Denver tended to love them back, even if Colorado was only a brief stop on the way to their pronounced, subsequent fame.
Denver Literary Landmark Driving Tour

 

Colorado Fresh & Farmers Markets

The average piece of produce travels 2000 miles before it reaches you and with each day loses more of its nutritional value. Shopping at Colorado Fresh Markets helps local family farmers stay in business, preserves quality local food sources for Colorado while using less resources, and most importantly, provides you with access to the freshest and most nutritious produce available. Visit the website for more information.

CHERRY CREEK FRESH MARKET
Top Farmers Market in Denver
Saturdays May 3 through October 25, 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Wednesdays June 4 through September 24, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
North Cherry Creek Dr. & University at the Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Denver, CO

STAPLETON FARMERS MARKET
Sundays June 15 through September 28, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Founders' Green adjacent to the E. 29th Street Town Center at 29th & Quebec, Denver, CO

CITY PARK ESPLANADE FRESH MARKET
Sundays June 1 through October 26, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Sullivan Fountain at Colfax & City Park Esplanade
Across from the Tattered Cover. Denver, CO

 

Call Leonard Leonard at 303-744-6200 for more information on any of these programs.

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