Welcome to Washington Park
Washington Park, or Wash Park as the locals call it, has become one of the most popular residential neighborhoods in Denver. Washington Park (the park itself) is over 100 years old and is the largest park in the Denver district. It has two lakes, a recently renovated rec center, jogging paths, tennis courts, basketball courts, and a large open area for soccer and volleyball. The park was designed in 1899 by Reinhard Scheutze with input from “The Unsinkable” Molly Brown and includes a flower garden that is a replica of George Washington’s gardens in Mount Vernon. Locals head to the park for running, biking, rollerblading, volleyball, soccer, pedal-boating, canoeing, and people-watching.
Residents will divide themselves between the official neighborhoods of Wash Park and West Wash Park, although most not living there consider the entire area to be “Wash Park.” The borders of the neighborhoods are Broadway to the West, Alameda to the North, University to the East, and 1-25 to the South, with the actual park dividing West Wash Park from (East) Wash Park.
Washington Park is right next to the neighborhood of Bonnie Brae, only ten minutes away from Downtown Denver and minutes from Cherry Creek. The diversity in Washington Park is wonderful with people from different backgrounds, careers, and families. Like Bonnie Brae, Washington Park is conveniently located near local bars, shops, and restaurants.
Just six blocks east of Washington Park is Old South Gaylord, home of the Annual Old South Gaylord Street Festival, which offers vendors, food, beverages, kids’ activities, and live music for two days of festival fun. The second-oldest shopping district in Denver hosts fine dining, health and beauty services, fine art, fashion, sporting goods, quaint shops, and much more year-round.
Not only does Washington Park offer the best in outdoor and entertainment options, but it is also home to one of the best areas to live in Denver. The residences of Wash Park consist mostly of remodeled 1920s bungalows and smaller wood-frame homes from the 1940s and 1950s which were razed to build modern mansions. Trendy, diverse, and beautiful are the perfect words to use to describe the homes in Washington Park.
