
Valverde, Denver
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Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
. It is in the area known as West Denver or the "West Side". According to the Piton Foundation, in 2007, the population of the neighborhood was 4,093, and there were 1,276 housing units.
Boundaries
According to the Denver Statistical Neighborhood Boundaries map, the neighborhood is bordered on the west by Federal Boulevard, on the north by 6th AvenueU.S. Route 6 in Colorado
In the U.S. state of Colorado, U.S. Route 6 is an east–west highway stretching from Colorado to Nebraska. Much of the route overlaps other highways in Colorado, and as a result, much of US 6 is unsigned.- Route description :...
, and on the south by West Alameda Avenue. The Eastern border is the South Platte River
South Platte River
The South Platte River is one of the two principal tributaries of the Platte River and itself a major river of the American Midwest and the American Southwest/Mountain West, located in the U.S. states of Colorado and Nebraska...
.
Landmarks
There are several city parks in the neighborhood, and the South Platte River serves as the neighborhood's eastern boundary. Near the river, the neighborhood is mostly industrial, but further to the west it is dominated by single-family homes. Interstate 25Interstate 25
Interstate 25 is an Interstate Highway in the western United States. It is primarily a north–south highway. I-25 stretches from Interstate 10 at Las Cruces, New Mexico, , to Interstate 90 in Buffalo, Wyoming, .Interstate 25 is the main north–south expressway through...
runs alongside the South Platte River to the east, but because the river itself is Valverde's eastern border, the freeway is technically in the Baker Neighborhood.
History
Valverde is one of Denver's oldest neighborhoods. It consists mostly of industrial buildings as well as somesingle-family homes built in the 1930s and 1940s. Most are bungalow-style or low-profile 2-story homes. It
borders the neighborhoods of Barnum West, Barnum, and Westwood.