Denver's Golden Triangle Neighborhood
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The Golden Triangle is in many ways a resurrected neighborhood. It gets its name from the bordering streets that make this neighborhood the shape of a triangle. The neighborhood’s current growth has been driven by several new construction developments. With more than 500 housing units added during this decade, mostly in new construction, including condominiums and lofts, new residents are attracted by the neighborhood’s central location and proximity to Downtown. It is somewhat of a mixed-use neighborhood; home to restaurants, two child care centers, a dance club and seven art galleries. Several former garages and industrial buildings have been renovated for use by law firms, architects, interior designers and other small office users.
The area was platted and developed early in Denver’s history with single family houses, Victorians and small brick bungalows, most of which are no longer standing. After World War II, the neighborhood was seen as an emerging business support area for Downtown, and many car repair garages, car dealerships, printers and supply stores moved in; surface parking lots also proliferated during this time. An early 1980s plan to build a convention center at 13th & Broadway was scuttled when the current location at 14th & California Street in Downtown’s central business district was selected.
The Golden Triangle’s north side hosts some of Denver’s most prominent cultural attractions in the Civic Center Cultural Complex: Denver Art Museum (now beginning a $62.5 million expansion by Berlin-based architect Daniel Libeskind, who was recently selected as architect of the rebuilding of New York City’s World Trade Center), the Michael Graves-designed Central Denver Public Library, Colorado History Museum, Denver Mint, Byers-Evans House and Civic Center Park. Acoma Street, the primary corridor through the Golden Triangle to the Civic Center Cultural Complex, recently received significant streetscape upgrades; it will serve as the promenade and outdoor gathering place for the expanded art museum.
Golden Triangle residents have quick access to the Cherry Creek bike path, Civic Center Park, and the 16th Street Mall in the heart of Downtown Denver is only a 12-15 minute walk away.
If you like The Golden Triangle area, you will also like the LoDo, Downtown, Riverfront Park and Ballpark neighborhoods.
Golden Triangle Association Website: www.goldentriangleofdenver.com
Boundaries: Lincoln to the East, Speer to the Southwest, 14th Ave to the North
