“A lot of people don’t realize how much history we have,” she said. Historic Denver outreach and tour coordinator Shannon Schaefer said the group is aiming to draw 2,300-2,400 guests this year. The program has seen significant growth since its launch in 2014, increasing from 535 guests that year to 1,969 last year. The season runs May to October, and the 16th Street tour debuts on June 3. Tours are available every day - rain or shine - except Tuesdays and the greatest availability is Saturdays. Historic Denver began giving walking tours of downtown neighborhoods in 2014 and has grown the program each year, starting with Lower Downtown and adding Capitol Hill, Larimer Square and, this year, 16th Street. Denver’s one of the only places I’ve been where the people who live here really like it,” Sanders said. “It’s cool to awaken people who live here and show and tell them what the city is all about. And a growing number of people are paying attention to Denver’s storied past during the 90-minute tours he leads for Historic Denver, trips that end at the top of the iconic Daniels and Fisher clock tower on the 16th Street Mall. He’ll tell you about the history of the square, from its place as the original heart of downtown, to its time as a slum, to today’s reincarnation with its hip restaurants and robust nightlife. How many people see the details when they look up while passing through the Kettle Arcade in Denver’s historic Larimer Square, or notice the names on the old Italianate buildings still gracing the block?Īnyone who walks through the area with Tom Sanders surely takes note as he points out the ceiling mural inside the arcade - William Larimer next to the cabin he built when settling in the square, legendary con man Soapy Smith and Denver Mayor Robert Speer, and Annie Oakley (although Sanders will tell you Oakley never visited Denver and the painter or whomever commissioned the mural likely confused her with Calamity Jane). Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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