Santa Fe Drive used to be the business district for one of Denver's largest Hispanic communities. It was a low income area with cheap rents, which I imagine is why it attracted so many artists and art galleries. Now it is Denver's biggest arts district, attracting thousands of art lovers on the first Friday of every month, not to mention the rest of the time. Hispanic art is represented here by the Museo de las Americas, as well as art galleries such as in the photograph above (which has a nifty little beer garden in the back, by the way). However, upscale apartments and condos are encroaching on the neighborhood, and so can gentrification be far behind, especially since the area is a mere 7 blocks from downtown Denver? Progress or paradise lost? You decide.
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