| Summer/Fall 2008
Walking Tours
by Phil Goodstein - 303.333.1095
Sunday, June 15: Washington
Park, 11 am-1 pm
Meet at the statue of Wynken, Blynken, and Nod at
the southwest corner of South Franklin Street and
Exposition Avenue. (Franklin is four blocks east of
Downing on the east side of the park. Exposition is
four blocks south of Alameda.) This tour is $10.
Sunday, June 22: Civic Center, 11 am-1 pm
Meet at the benches at the benches at West 13th Avenue
and Acoma Street between the Denver Public Library
and the Denver Art Museum.) This tour is $10.
June 28: The Seamy Side of Denver, 5:00-7:15
pm
Meet at Mattie's House of Mirrors, 1942 Market Street.
This tour is $15 per person.
Wednesday, July 9: Park Club Place, 6:30-8:30
pm
Meet at Leonard Leonard & Associates, 420 Downing
Street. This tour is $10.
Wednesday, July 16: North Denver, 6:30-8:30
pm
Meet at the pavilion in the middle of Columbus Park
which is bordered by West 38th and West 39th avenues
between Navajo and Osage streets. This tour is $10.
Wednesday, July 23: Morgan's
Addition/Botanic Gardens, 6:30-8:30
pm
Gather at the northwest corner of Seventh Avenue
and High Street along the Cheesman Park Esplanade.
(High Street is the 1900 east block, four blocks west
of York Street.) This tour is $10.
Wednesday, July 30: Park
Hill, 6:30-8:30 pm
Meet at Ferguson Park, a corner park at 23rd Avenue
and Dexter Street. (Dexter Street is seven blocks
east of Colorado Boulevard.) This tour is $10
August 2: 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.
Thursday, August 7: Berkeley, 6:00-8:00 pm
Meet in front of the Smiley Library, West 46th Avenue
and Utica Street in Berkeley Park. (Utica Street is
one block west of Tennyson Street and seven blocks
east of east of Sheridan Boulevard.) This tour is
$10.
Thursday, August 14: Hilltop,
6:00-8:00 pm
Meet at the sundial in Cranmer Park, Second Avenue
and Clermont Street. (Clermont is five blocks east
of Colorado Boulevard. Enter the park at First Avenue
or Third Avenue at Clermont.) This tour is $10.
Thursday, August 21: Capitol
Hill, 6:00-8:00 pm
Meet at the benches at the northwest corner of 13th
Avenue and Washington Street. (Washington is seven
blocks east of Broadway.) This tour is $10.
September 14: Ghosts of Cheesman
Park, 11 am-1 pm
Meet at the plaza south the Capitol Hill Community
Center/Greater Capitol Hill Events Center, southeast
corner of 13th Avenue and Williams Street. The best
place to park is on the 12th Avenue loop, eastbound,
inside of the park.
Sunday, September 21: Riverside Cemetery,
11 am–1 pm
Meet at the administration building. The cemetery
is at 52nd Avenue, Race Street, and Brighton Boulevard.
The only entrance is on the north side of Brighton
Boulevard across the railroad tracts, about a half
block east of Race Street. The administration building
is the white structure you see to your right as you
enter the graveyard. This tour is $10
September 27: The Seamy Side of Denver, 5:00-7:15
pm
Meet at Mattie's House of Mirrors, 1942 Market Street—if
it is locked, enter through the adjacent LoDo Bar
& Grill. It is $15 per person. The walk features
tales of the sex, sleaze, and scandal of yesterday
and today.
Sunday, September 28: Fairmount Cemetery,
11 am–1 pm
Meet by the front entrance (east side) of the Ivy
Chapel. This is the Gothic structure east of the main
parking lot. Fairmount Cemetery is at Alameda Avenue
and South Quebec Street. The entrance to the main
parking lot is on Dakota Avenue, one block south of
Alameda. This tour is $10.
September 30: The Seamy Side of Denver, 5:00-7:15
pm
Meet at Mattie's House of Mirrors, 1942 Market Street—if
it is locked, enter through the adjacent LoDo Bar
& Grill. It is $15 per person. The walk features
tales of the sex, sleaze, and scandal of yesterday
and today.
Sunday, October 5: Mount Olivet Cemetery,
11 am–1 pm
Meet by the Madonna Mausoleum. The main entrance
to Mount Olivet is west of Youngfield Street on West
44th Avenue. Go up the hill past the administration
building to near where there is a big crucifix. On
your left is the Madonna Mausoleum. On your right
is a big sign reading "Mount Olivet." (Coming
from the east take exit 266 on Ward Road from I-70
and go west about a half mile to the cemetery. Coming
from the west take exit 265 at Youngfield. and go
north about a mile to West 44th Avenue.) This tour
is $10.
October 11: Ghosts of Cheesman
Park, 11 am-1 pm
Meet at the plaza south the Capitol Hill Community
Center/Greater Capitol Hill Events Center, southeast
corner of 13th Avenue and Williams Street. The best
place to park is on the 12th Avenue loop, eastbound,
inside of the park.
October 18: 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 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.
October 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.
Friday, October 31: Haunted Halloween, 6:30–8:30
pm and 9:00–11:00 pm.
This is a bus tour around the haunted mansions of
Capitol Hill. We stay in the bus the entire time as
we explore the site of the horrid hippie murder, the
floating heads under the Capitol, the way a United
States senator haunts the Rocky Mountain News, the
"sign from above" at Immaculate Conception,
and the doings at the Whitehead Mansion. It gathers
at the Castle Marne, 1572 Race Street. Reservations
are required through Colorado Free University, 303/399-0093.
The cost is $29 per person.
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