Lower Downtown District, Inc.

Get To Know LoDo...Take a Walk Around the Hood!

Jun 24, 1999

In recent years, LoDo's Cinderella-like transformation from urban blight to downtown destination has drawn national and international attention. What was it like before
it became home to the ballpark, fashionable watering holes and luxury loft living? What efforts are being made to preserve this neighborhood's rich history? Discover
the answers with a series of tours that take you from the birthplace of the city to one of its most popular neighborhoods.

For the last five years LDDI has offered a great way to get to know your neighborhood. LoDo is ground zero as the founding place for Denver and offers more
tales of the boom bust cycles than any other part of the city. From June 5th through October 9th, you can join your neighbors and visitors every Saturday morning
at 10 a.m. for a 1-1/2 to 2-hour walk. The $3 fee is tax-deductible. We meet at the Market Street Station turnaround at 16th and Market Streets.

Volunteers who have their own personal view to pass on with stories of the architecture, history and events that shape the historic district lead each tour.

In the past, we've been treated to the tales of the red light district with its cribs and bordellos, ladies of the evening and their gambling customers. See
examples of all the building styles and learn which ones you'll most likely never see built in the neighborhood. Come and find out what used to be standing in all
those soon "not-to-be-empty" parking lots. And find out where all the neighborhood skeletons are "buried." The tours offer those familiar with and not-so-familiar
with the neighborhood the chance to experience it the way it was meant to be...on foot.

For those who already "know-it-all," we need volunteers to lead the tours. So if you'd like to be a LoDo Pied (but unpaid) Piper and tell everyone your own version
of the stories of the neighborhood, give Barbara Gibson a call at 303-446-9343 and sign up for a Saturday.

By Barbara Gibson