This past week, I took photographs of two pretty interesting houses. The one on the left is located two blocks south of the Denver Art Museum. As far as I can tell, it is the only single family home on the block. Everything else is either a business, office building, apartment building, and last but not least, some really nice looking multistory townhouses. Think single family brownstones in New York City - these are the Denver equivalent. And I am sure they are reasonably priced, too. At least for one percenters. But I am not jealous - at least not much.
The other house I have featured on this blog in the past. When residential neighborhoods began to become too commercial back in the late 19th and early 20th century, homes would be sold to businessmen, who would put storefronts right in front of the house. I imagine the owner of the shop would live upstairs, making going to work an easy trip. There are a lot of examples of this on Colfax Avenue and Broadway here in Denver, but the house in the photograph on the left is a prime example. The house itself is deserted these days, unless homeless people are squatting there. There are lots of broken and boarded up windows, too, and the place seems pretty run down. Another piece of Denver history crumbling.
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