It has been a long time since I took the RTD bus from my condo across the street from the University of Denver up to Colfax Avenue, and then walked from there down East 17th to Lower Downtown Denver (LoDo) and the light rail train home. However, last week, I finally had an afternoon free, and did exactly that. This street has lots of late 19th century structures, both residential and commercial, and is in the heart of the Uptown neighborhood, which is yet another Denver hipster haven. What surprises me is that Colfax Avenue, frequented by the homeless and the poor, is just 2 blocks to the south of 17th and parallel to it, but yet each group steers clear of the other. On the right in the photograph on the left is an apartment building built in 1890 with a two bedroom, two bath condo for sale for $575,000. It looks really nice from the real estate photos on the web, but is still too pricey for me. And in the background is a Phillip Johnson designed high rise where the Father's Day Bank Massacre took place back in 1991, where 4 unarmed guards were killed. The person accused of the crime was acquitted, and the case never solved. Lots to contemplate on this walk, to say the least.
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