Denver
Denver (/ˈdɛnvər/), officially the City and County of Denver, is
the capital and most populous municipality of the
U.S. state
U.S. state of
Colorado.
Denver
Denver is in the
South Platte River
South Platte River Valley on the western
edge of the High Plains just east of the
Front Range
Front Range of the Rocky
Mountains. The
Denver
Denver downtown district is immediately east of the
confluence of Cherry Creek with the South Platte River, approximately
12 mi (19 km) east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
Denver
Denver is nicknamed the Mile High City because its official elevation
is exactly one mile (
5280
5280 feet or 1609.3 meters) above sea level,
making it the highest major city in the United States.[14] The 105th
meridian west of Greenwich, the longitudinal reference for the
Mountain Time Zone, passes directly through
Denver
Denver Union Station.
Denver
Denver is ranked as a Beta- world city by the Globalization and World
Cities Research Network. With an estimated population of 704,621 in
2017,
Denver
Denver is the 19th-most populous U.S. city, and with a 17.41%
increase since the 2010
United States
United States Census, it has been one of the
fastest-growing major cities in the United States.[15] The 10-county
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area had an
estimated 2017 population of 2,888,227 and is the 19th most populous
U.S. metropolitan statistical area.[16] The 12-city Denver-Aurora, CO
Combined Statistical Area had an estimated 2016 population of
3,470,235 and is the 16th most populous U.S. metropolitan area.[17]
Denver
Denver is the most populous city of the 18-county
Front Range
Front Range Urban
Corridor, an oblong urban region stretching across two states with an
estimated 2016 population of 4,833,260.[18]
Denver
Denver is the most
populous city within a 500-mile (800 km) radius and the
second-most populous city in the Mountain West after Phoenix, Arizona.
In 2016,
Denver
Denver was named the best place to live in the United States
by U.S. News & World Report.[19]
Contents
1 History
2 Geography
2.1 Neighborhoods
2.2 Adjacent counties, municipalities and CDPs
2.3 Climate
3 Demographics
3.1 Languages
3.2 Longevity
4 Economy
5 Culture and contemporary life
6 Sports
7 Parks and recreation
8 Government
8.1 Politics
8.2 Taxes
9 Education
10 Media
10.1 Television stations
10.2 Radio stations
10.3 Print
11 Transportation
11.1 City streets
11.2 Cycling
11.3 Walkability
11.4 Freeways and highways
11.5 Mass transportation
11.5.1
Denver
Denver public transportation statistics
11.6 Airports
12 Notable people
13 In popular culture
14 Sister cities
15 See also
16 Notes
17 References
18 External links
History[edit]
Main articles:
History of Denver
History of Denver and Timeline of Denver
Former
Kansas
Kansas Territorial Governor
James W. Denver
James W. Denver visited his
namesake city in 1875 and in 1882.
The "Bronco Buster", a variation of Frederic Remington's "Bronco
Buster" western sculpture at the
Denver
Denver capitol grounds, a gift from
J.K. Mullen in 1920
In the summer of 1858, during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush, a group of
gold prospectors from
Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas established
Montana
Montana City as a
mining town on the banks of the
South Platte River
South Platte River in what was then
western
Kansas
Kansas Territory. This was the first historical settlement in
what was later to become the city of Denver. The site faded quickly,
however, and by the summer of 1859 it was abandoned in favor of
Auraria (named after the gold-mining town of Auraria, Georgia) and St.
Charles City.[20]
On November 22, 1858, General William Larimer, a land speculator from
eastern
Kansas
Kansas Territory, placed cottonwood logs to stake a claim on
the bluff overlooking the confluence of the
South Platte River
South Platte River and
Cherry Creek, across the creek from the existing mining settlement of
Auraria, and on the site of the existing townsite of St. Charles.
Larimer named the townsite
Denver
Denver City to curry favor with Kansas
Territorial Governor James W. Denver.[21] Larimer hoped the town's
name would help make it the county seat of
Arapaho
Arapaho County but,
unbeknownst to him, Governor
Denver
Denver had already resigned from office.
The location was accessible to existing trails and was across the
South Platte River
South Platte River from the site of seasonal encampments of the
Cheyenne
Cheyenne and Arapaho. The site of these first towns is now the site of
Confluence Park
Confluence Park near downtown Denver. Larimer, along with associates
in the St. Charles City Land Company, sold parcels in the town to
merchants and miners, with the intention of creating a major city that
would cater to new immigrants.
Denver
Denver City was a frontier town, with
an economy based on servicing local miners with gambling, saloons,
livestock and goods trading. In the early years, land parcels were
often traded for grubstakes or gambled away by miners in Auraria.[21]
In May 1859,
Denver
Denver City residents donated 53 lots to the Leavenworth
& Pike's Peak Express in order to secure the region's first
overland wagon route. Offering daily service for "passengers, mail,
freight, and gold," the Express reached
Denver
Denver on a trail that trimmed
westward travel time from twelve days to six. In 1863, Western Union
furthered Denver's dominance of the region by choosing the city for
its regional terminus.
The
Colorado
Colorado Territory was created on February 28, 1861,[22] Arapahoe
County was formed on November 1, 1861,[22] and
Denver
Denver City was
incorporated on November 7, 1861.[23]
Denver
Denver City served as the
Arapahoe County Seat from 1861 until consolidation in 1902.[24] In
1867,
Denver
Denver City became the territorial capital. With its newfound
importance,
Denver
Denver City shortened its name to Denver.[24] On August 1,
1876,
Colorado
Colorado was admitted to the Union.
"Pioneer Mothers of Colorado" statue at
The Denver Post
The Denver Post building
Although by the close of the 1860s,
Denver
Denver residents could look with
pride at their success establishing a vibrant supply and service
center, the decision to route the nation's first transcontinental
railroad through Cheyenne, rather than Denver, threatened the
prosperity of the young town. A daunting 100 miles away, citizens
mobilized to build a railroad to connect
Denver
Denver to the
transcontinental railroad. Spearheaded by visionary leaders including
Territorial Governor John Evans, David Moffat, and Walter Cheesman,
fundraising began. Within three days, $300,000 had been raised, and
citizens were optimistic. Fundraising stalled before enough was
raised, forcing these visionary leaders to take control of the
debt-ridden railroad. Despite challenges, on June 24, 1870, citizens
cheered as the
Denver
Denver Pacific completed the link to the
transcontinental railroad, ushering in a new age of prosperity for
Denver.[25]
Finally linked to the rest of the nation by rail,
Denver
Denver prospered as
a service and supply center. The young city grew during these years,
attracting millionaires with their mansions, as well as the poverty
and crime of a rapidly growing city.
Denver
Denver citizens were proud when
the rich chose
Denver
Denver and were thrilled when Horace Tabor, the
Leadville mining millionaire, built an impressive business block at
16th and Larimer as well as the elegant Tabor Grand Opera House.
Luxurious hotels, including the much-loved Brown Palace Hotel, soon
followed, as well as splendid homes for millionaires like the Croke,
Patterson, Campbell Mansion at 11th and
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania and the
now-demolished Moffat Mansion at 8th and Grant.[26] Intent on
transforming
Denver
Denver into one of the world's great cities, leaders
wooed industry and enticed laborers to work in these factories. Soon,
in addition to the elite and a large middle class,
Denver
Denver had a
growing population of German, Italian, and Chinese laborers, soon
followed by African-Americans and Spanish-surnamed workers. Unprepared
for this influx, the Silver Crash of 1893 unsettled political, social,
and economic balances, laying the foundation for ethnic bigotry, such
as the Red Scare and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, as well as
corruption and crime.[27]
Panorama print of Denver, 1898
Between 1880 and 1895 the city experienced a huge rise in corruption,
as crime bosses, such as Soapy Smith, worked side by side with elected
officials and the police to control elections, gambling, and bunco
gangs.[28] The city also experienced a depression in 1893 after the
crash of silver prices. In 1887, the precursor to the international
charity United Way was formed in
Denver
Denver by local religious leaders who
raised funds and coordinated various charities to help Denver's
poor.[29] By 1890,
Denver
Denver had grown to be the second-largest city west
of Omaha, Nebraska.[30] In 1900, whites represented 96.8% of Denver's
population.[31]
Between the 1880s and 1930s, Denver's floriculture industry developed
and thrived.[32][33] This period became known locally as the Carnation
Gold Rush.[34]
In 1901, the
Colorado
Colorado General Assembly voted to split Arapahoe County
into three parts: a new consolidated City and County of Denver, a new
Adams County, and the remainder of the Arapahoe County to be renamed
South Arapahoe County. A ruling by the
Colorado
Colorado Supreme Court,
subsequent legislation, and a referendum delayed the creation of the
City and County of
Denver
Denver until November 15, 1902.[35]
Early in the 20th century, Denver, like many other cities, was home to
a pioneering
Brass Era car
Brass Era car company. The Colburn Automobile Company
made cars copied from one of its contemporaries, Renault.[36]
From 1953 to 1989, the Rocky Flats Plant, a DOE nuclear weapon
facility that was about 15 miles from Denver, produced fissile
plutonium "pits" for nuclear warheads. A major fire at the facility in
1957, as well as leakage from nuclear waste stored at the site between
1958 and 1968, resulted in the contamination of some parts of Denver,
to varying degrees, with plutonium-239, a harmful radioactive
substance with a half-life of 24,200 years.[37] A study by the
Jefferson County health director, Dr. Carl Johnson, in 1981, linked
the contamination to an increase in birth defects and cancer incidence
in central
Denver
Denver and nearer Rocky Flats. Later studies confirmed many
of his findings.[38][39][40]
Plutonium
Plutonium contamination was still present
outside the former plant site as of August 2010[update],[41] and
presents risks to building the envisioned Jefferson Parkway,[42] which
would complete Denver's automotive beltway.
Downtown Denver
Downtown Denver cityscape, 1964. Includes Denver's oldest church
(Trinity United Methodist), first building of the Mile High Center
complex, Lincoln Center, old brownstone part of the Brown Palace
Hotel, and Cosmopolitan Hotel – since demolished.
In 1970,
Denver
Denver was selected to host the
1976 Winter Olympics
1976 Winter Olympics to
coincide with Colorado's centennial celebration, but in November 1972,
Colorado
Colorado voters struck down ballot initiatives allocating public funds
to pay for the high costs of the games, which were subsequently moved
to Innsbruck, Austria.[43] The notoriety of becoming the only city
ever to decline to host an Olympiad after being selected has made
subsequent bids difficult. The movement against hosting the games was
based largely on environmental issues and was led by State
Representative Richard Lamm, who was subsequently elected to three
terms (1975–87) as
Colorado
Colorado governor.[44]
Denver
Denver explored a
potential bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics,[45] but no bid will be
submitted.[46] In 2010,
Denver
Denver adopted a comprehensive update of its
zoning code.[47] The new zoning was developed to guide development as
envisioned in adopted plans such as Blueprint Denver,[48] Transit
Oriented Development Strategic Plan, Greenprint Denver, and the
Strategic Transportation Plan.
Denver
Denver has hosted the
Democratic National Convention
Democratic National Convention twice, in 1908
and again in 2008, taking the opportunity to promote the city's status
on the national, political, and socioeconomic stage.[49] On August
10-15, 1993,
Denver
Denver hosted the Catholic Church's 6th World Youth Day,
which was attended by an estimated 500,000, making it the largest
gathering in
Colorado
Colorado history.
Denver
Denver has also been known historically as the Queen City of the
Plains and the Queen City of the West, because of its important role
in the agricultural industry of the High Plains region in eastern
Colorado
Colorado and along the foothills of the
Colorado
Colorado Front Range. Several
US Navy ships have been named
USS Denver in honor of the city.
Geography[edit]
Main article: Geography of Denver
Panorama of
Denver
Denver in early May, as seen from the
Denver
Denver Museum of
Nature and Science. Snow-capped Mount Evans can be seen to the left
beyond the city skyline.
Aerial photograph of
Denver
Denver from the northwest
Downtown Denver
Downtown Denver in 2007, looking southeast from the Highland
neighborhood
Sunrise in
Denver
Denver on a typical January morning
Denver
Denver is in the center of the
Front Range
Front Range Urban Corridor, between the
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains to the west and the High Plains to the east. Denver's
topography consists of plains in the city center with hilly areas to
the north, west and south. According to the
United States
United States Census
Bureau the city has a total area of 155 square miles (401 km2),
of which 153 square miles (396 km2) is land and 1.6 square miles
(4.1 km2) (1.1%) is water.[50] The City and County of
Denver
Denver is
surrounded by only three other counties: Adams County to the north and
east, Arapahoe County to the south and east, and Jefferson County to
the west.
Although Denver's nickname is the "Mile-High City" because its
official elevation is one mile above sea level, defined by the
elevation of the spot of a benchmark on the steps of the State Capitol
building, the elevation of the entire city ranges from 5,130 to 5,690
feet (1,560 to 1,730 m). According to Geographic Names
Information System (GNIS) and the National Elevation Dataset, the
city's elevation is 5,278 feet (1,609 m), which is reflected on
various websites such as the National Weather Service.[51]
Neighborhoods[edit]
See also: List of
Denver
Denver neighborhoods
Denver's 78 official neighborhoods
Downtown Denver
As of January 2013, the City and County of
Denver
Denver has defined 78
official neighborhoods that the city and community groups use for
planning and administration.[52] Although the city's delineation of
the neighborhood boundaries is somewhat arbitrary, it corresponds
roughly to the definitions used by residents. These "neighborhoods"
should not be confused with cities or suburbs, which may be separate
entities within the metro area.
The character of the neighborhoods varies significantly from one to
another and includes everything from large skyscrapers to houses from
the late 19th century to modern, suburban-style developments.
Generally, the neighborhoods closest to the city center are denser,
older and contain more brick building material. Many neighborhoods
away from the city center were developed after World War II, and are
built with more modern materials and style. Some of the neighborhoods
even farther from the city center, or recently redeveloped parcels
anywhere in the city, have either very suburban characteristics or are
new urbanist developments that attempt to recreate the feel of older
neighborhoods. Most neighborhoods contain parks or other features that
are the focal point of the neighborhood.
Denver
Denver does not have larger area designations, unlike the City of
Chicago, which has larger areas that house the neighborhoods (IE:
Northwest Side).
Denver
Denver residents use the terms "north", "south",
"east", and "west".[53]
Construction along Cherokee Street in the Golden Triangle
neighborhood.
Denver
Denver also has a number of neighborhoods not reflected in the
administrative boundaries. These neighborhoods may reflect the way
people in an area identify themselves or they might reflect how
others, such as real estate developers, have defined those areas.
Well-known non-administrative neighborhoods include the historic and
trendy
LoDo
LoDo (short for "Lower Downtown"), part of the city's Union
Station neighborhood; Uptown, straddling North Capitol Hill and City
Park West; Curtis Park, part of the Five Points neighborhood; Alamo
Placita, the northern part of the Speer neighborhood; Park Hill, a
successful example of intentional racial integration;[54] and Golden
Triangle, in the Civic Center.
Adjacent counties, municipalities and CDPs[edit]
North: Adams County, Berkley, Northglenn, Commerce City
West: Jefferson County, Arvada, Wheat Ridge, Lakeside, Mountain View,
Edgewater, Lakewood, Dakota Ridge
Denver
Enclave: Arapahoe County, Glendale, Holly Hills
Adams County
East: Aurora
Arapahoe County
South: Arapahoe County, Bow Mar, Littleton, Sheridan, Englewood,
Cherry Hills Village, Greenwood Village, Aurora
Climate[edit]
View of downtown
Denver
Denver after a snowstorm in March 2016, looking
northwest from Cheesman Park.
Denver
Denver lies within the semi-arid, continental climate zone (Köppen
climate classification BSk).[55] It has four distinct seasons and
receives a modest amount of precipitation spread throughout the year.
Due to its inland location on the High Plains, at the foot of the
Rocky Mountains,
Denver
Denver is subject to sudden changes in weather.[56]
Contrary to the popular belief that
Denver
Denver receives 300 days of
sunshine a year, the city can actually expect to receive an average of
115 clear days, 130 partly cloudy days, and 120 cloudy days each
year.[57][58][59]
July is the warmest month, with a daily average temperature of
74.2 °F (23.4 °C). Summers range from mild to hot with
occasional, sometimes severe, afternoon thunderstorms and high
temperatures reaching 90 °F (32 °C) on 38 days annually,
and occasionally 100 °F (38 °C). December, the coldest
month of the year, has a daily average temperature of 29.9 °F
(−1.2 °C). Winters consist of periods of snow and very low
temperatures alternating with periods of milder weather due to the
warming effect of Chinook winds. In winter, daytime highs can exceed
60 °F (16 °C) but also often fail to reach 32 °F
(0 °C) during periods of cold weather and can even fail to rise
above 0 °F (−18 °C) on occasion.[60] On the coldest
nights of the year, lows can easily fall to −10 °F
(−23 °C) or below. Snowfall is common throughout the late
fall, winter and early spring, averaging 53.5 inches (136 cm) for
1981–2010.[61] The average window for measurable (≥0.1 in or
0.25 cm) snow is October 17 through April 27; although,
measurable snowfall has fallen in
Denver
Denver as early as September 4 and
as late as June 3. Extremes in temperature range from −29 °F
(−34 °C) on January 9, 1875, up to 105 °F (41 °C)
as recently as June 25 and 26, 2012.[62] Due to the city's high
elevation and aridity, diurnal temperature variation is large
throughout the year.
Tornadoes are rare west of the I-25 corridor; however, one notable
exception was an F3 tornado that struck 4.4 miles south of downtown on
June 15, 1988. On the other hand, the suburbs east of
Denver
Denver and the
city's east-northeastern extension (
Denver
Denver International Airport) can
see a few tornadoes, often weak landspout tornadoes, each spring and
summer—especially during June with the enhancement of the Denver
Convergence Vorticity Zone (DCVZ). The DCVZ, also known as the Denver
Cyclone, is a variable vortex of storm-forming air flow usually found
north and east of downtown, and which often includes the
airport.[63][64] Heavy weather from the DCVZ can disrupt airport
operations.[65][66] In a study looking at hail events in areas with a
population of at least 50,000,
Denver
Denver was found to be ranked 10th most
prone to hail storms in the continental United States.[67] In fact,
Denver
Denver has received three of the top 10 costliest hailstorms in United
States history which occurred on July 11, 1990; July 20, 2009; and May
8, 2017 respectively.
Based on 30-year averages obtained from NOAA's National Climatic Data
Center for the months of December, January and February, Weather
Channel ranked
Denver
Denver the 18th coldest major U.S. city as of
2014[update].[68]
Climate data for
Denver
Denver (DIA), 1981−2010 normals,[a] extremes
1872−present[b]
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Record high °F (°C)
76
(24)
80
(27)
84
(29)
90
(32)
95
(35)
105
(41)
105
(41)
105
(41)
97
(36)
90
(32)
81
(27)
79
(26)
105
(41)
Mean maximum °F (°C)
64.7
(18.2)
66.5
(19.2)
73.9
(23.3)
80.8
(27.1)
87.8
(31)
95.9
(35.5)
99.2
(37.3)
96.4
(35.8)
91.5
(33.1)
82.7
(28.2)
73.6
(23.1)
64.9
(18.3)
99.9
(37.7)
Average high °F (°C)
44.0
(6.7)
46.2
(7.9)
54.4
(12.4)
61.5
(16.4)
71.5
(21.9)
82.4
(28)
89.4
(31.9)
87.2
(30.7)
78.5
(25.8)
65.3
(18.5)
52.1
(11.2)
42.8
(6)
64.6
(18.1)
Daily mean °F (°C)
30.7
(−0.7)
32.5
(0.3)
40.4
(4.7)
47.4
(8.6)
57.1
(13.9)
64.7
(18.2)
74.2
(23.4)
72.5
(22.5)
63.4
(17.4)
50.9
(10.5)
38.3
(3.5)
30.0
(−1.1)
50.5
(10.3)
Average low °F (°C)
17.4
(−8.1)
18.9
(−7.3)
26.4
(−3.1)
33.3
(0.7)
42.7
(5.9)
52.3
(11.3)
58.9
(14.9)
57.9
(14.4)
48.3
(9.1)
36.6
(2.6)
24.5
(−4.2)
17.1
(−8.3)
36.2
(2.3)
Mean minimum °F (°C)
−3
(−19)
−1.3
(−18.5)
10.4
(−12)
19.7
(−6.8)
31.0
(−0.6)
41.6
(5.3)
50.9
(10.5)
49.9
(9.9)
34.4
(1.3)
21.5
(−5.8)
5.5
(−14.7)
−4.5
(−20.3)
−12.7
(−24.8)
Record low °F (°C)
−29
(−34)
−25
(−32)
−11
(−24)
−2
(−19)
19
(−7)
30
(−1)
42
(6)
40
(4)
17
(−8)
−2
(−19)
−18
(−28)
−25
(−32)
−29
(−34)
Average precipitation inches (mm)
0.41
(10.4)
0.37
(9.4)
0.92
(23.4)
1.71
(43.4)
2.12
(53.8)
1.98
(50.3)
2.16
(54.9)
1.69
(42.9)
0.96
(24.4)
1.02
(25.9)
0.61
(15.5)
0.35
(8.9)
14.30
(363.2)
Average snowfall inches (cm)
7.0
(17.8)
5.7
(14.5)
10.7
(27.2)
6.8
(17.3)
1.1
(2.8)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
1.3
(3.3)
4.0
(10.2)
8.7
(22.1)
8.5
(21.6)
53.8
(136.7)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)
4.1
5.3
5.9
9.1
9.4
8.4
8.3
8.6
6.5
5.3
4.7
4.1
79.7
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in)
5.0
5.3
5.8
4.1
0.6
0
0
0
0.5
1.8
4.9
5.3
33.3
Average relative humidity (%)
55.2
55.8
53.7
49.6
51.7
49.3
47.8
49.3
50.1
49.2
56.3
56.6
52.0
Mean monthly sunshine hours
215.3
211.1
255.6
276.2
290.0
315.3
325.0
306.4
272.3
249.2
194.3
195.9
3,106.6
Percent possible sunshine
72
70
69
69
65
70
71
72
73
72
65
67
70
Source:
NOAA
NOAA (sun 1961−1990)[61][69][70][71]
Demographics[edit]
See also: Demographics of Denver
Historical population
Census
Pop.
%±
1860
4,749
—
1870
4,759
0.2%
1880
35,629
648.7%
1890
106,713
199.5%
1900
133,859
25.4%
1910
213,381
59.4%
1920
256,491
20.2%
1930
287,861
12.2%
1940
322,412
12.0%
1950
415,765
29.0%
1960
493,887
18.8%
1970
514,678
4.2%
1980
492,686
−4.3%
1990
467,610
−5.1%
2000
554,636
18.6%
2010
600,158
8.2%
Est. 2017
704,621
[12]
17.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[72]
Racial composition
2010[73]
1990[31]
1970[31]
1940[31]
White
68.9%
72.1%
89.0%
97.3%
—Non-Hispanic
52.2%
61.4%
74.5%[74]
n/a
Black or African American
10.2%
12.8%
9.1%
2.4%
Asian or Asian American
3.4%
2.4%
1.4%
0.2%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)
31.8%
23.0%
15.2%[74]
n/a
Map of racial distribution in Denver, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25
people: White, Black, Asian, Hispanic, or Other (yellow)
As of the 2010 census, the population of the City and County of Denver
was 600,158, making it the 24th most populous U.S. city.[75] The
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area had an
estimated 2013 population of 2,697,476 and ranked as the 21st most
populous U.S. metropolitan statistical area,[16] and the larger
Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area
Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area had an estimated 2013
population of 3,277,309 and ranked as the 16th most populous U.S.
metropolitan area.[16]
Denver
Denver is the most populous city within a
radius centered in the city and of 550-mile (890 km)
magnitude.[16] Denverites is a term used for residents of Denver.
According to the 2010 census, the City and County of
Denver
Denver contained
600,158 people and 285,797 households. The population density was
3,698 inhabitants per square mile (1,428/km²) including the airport.
There were 285,797 housing units at an average density of 1,751 per
square mile (676/km²).[15] However, the average density throughout
most
Denver
Denver neighborhoods tends to be higher. Without the 80249 zip
code (47.3 sq mi, 8,407 residents) near the airport, the average
density increases to around 5,470 per square mile.[76]
According to the 2010
United States
United States Census, the racial composition of
Denver
Denver was as follows:
White: 68.9% (Non-Hispanic Whites: 52.2%)
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 31.8%; Mexican Americans made up
24.9% of the city's population.
Black or African American: 10.2%
Asian: 3.4% (0.8% Vietnamese, 0.6% Chinese, 0.5% Indian, 0.3% Korean,
0.3% Japanese, 0.3% Filipino, 0.2% Burmese, 0.1% Cambodian)
Native American: 1.4%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
Some other race: 9.2%
Two or more races: 4.1%
Approximately 70.3% of the population (over five years old) spoke only
English at home. An additional 23.5% of the population spoke Spanish
at home. In terms of ancestry, 31.2% were Mexican, 14.6% of the
population were of German ancestry, 9.7% were of Irish ancestry, 8.9%
were of English ancestry, and 4.0% were of Italian ancestry.
There were 250,906 households, of which 23.2% have children under the
age of 18 living with them, 34.7% were married couples living
together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and
50.1% were non-families. 39.3% of all households were made up of
individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age
or older. The average household size was 2.27, and the average family
size was 3.14.
Age distribution was 22.0% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24,
36.1% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years
of age or older. The median age is 33 years. Overall there were 102.1
males for every 100 females, but in 2015 for the category of
never-married ages 25 to 34, there were 121.4 males[77] for every 100
females. Due to a skewed sex ratio wherein single men outnumber single
women, some protologists have nicknamed the city as Menver.[78]
The median household income was $45,438, and the median family income
was $48,195. Males had a median income of $36,232 versus $33,768 for
females. The per capita income for the city was $24,101. 19.1% of the
population and 14.6% of families were below the poverty line. Out of
the total population, 25.3% of those under the age of 18 and 13.7% of
those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.[79]
Languages[edit]
As of 2010[update], 72.28% (386,815) of
Denver
Denver residents aged five and
older spoke only English at home, while 21.42% (114,635) spoke
Spanish, 0.85% (4,550) Vietnamese, 0.57% (3,073) African languages,
0.53% (2,845) Russian, 0.50% (2,681) Chinese, 0.47% (2,527) French,
and 0.46% (2,465) German. In total, 27.72% (148,335) of Denver's
population aged five and older spoke a language other than
English.[80]
Panorama of downtown Denver, circa 2006, looking east along Speer
Blvd.
Longevity[edit]
According to a report in the Journal of the American Medical
Association, residents of
Denver
Denver had a 2014 life expectancy of 80.02
years.[81]
Economy[edit]
See also: List of tallest buildings in Denver
Republic Plaza, Colorado's tallest building
Construction in Denver's booming Union Station neighborhood
The 17th street district includes many financial, business and
corporate buildings.[82]
The
United States
United States Mint in
Denver
Denver (2010)
The
Denver
Denver MSA has a gross metropolitan product of $157.6 billion in
2010, making it the 18th largest metro economy in the United
States.[83] Denver's economy is based partially on its geographic
position and its connection to some of the country's major
transportation systems. Because
Denver
Denver is the largest city within 500
miles (800 km), it has become a natural location for storage and
distribution of goods and services to the Mountain States, Southwest
states, as well as all western states. Another benefit for
distribution is that
Denver
Denver is nearly equidistant from large cities of
the Midwest, such as Chicago and
St. Louis
St. Louis and some large cities of
the West Coast, such as Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Over the years, the city has been home to other large corporations in
the central United States, making
Denver
Denver a key trade point for the
country. Several well-known companies originated in or have relocated
to Denver. William Ainsworth opened the
Denver
Denver Instrument Company in
1895 to make analytical balances for gold assayers. Its factory is now
in Arvada.
AIMCO
AIMCO (NYSE: AIV)—the largest owner and operator of
apartment communities in the United States, with approximately 870
communities comprising nearly 136,000 units in 44 states—is
headquartered in Denver, employing approximately 3,500 people. Also
Samsonite
Samsonite Corp., the world's largest luggage manufacturer, began in
Denver
Denver in 1910 as Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company, but Samsonite
closed its NE
Denver
Denver factory in 2001, and moved its headquarters to
Massachusetts
Massachusetts after a change of ownership in 2006. The Mountain States
Telephone & Telegraph Company, founded in
Denver
Denver in 1911, is now a
part of telecommunications giant CenturyLink.
MediaNews Group
MediaNews Group purchased the
Denver Post
Denver Post in 1987; the company is
based in Denver. The Gates Corporation, the world's largest producer
of automotive belts and hoses, was established in S.
Denver
Denver in 1919.
Russell Stover Candies
Russell Stover Candies Inc. made its first chocolate candy in Denver
in 1923, but moved to
Kansas
Kansas City in 1969. The Wright & McGill
Company has been making its Eagle Claw brand of fishing gear in NE
Denver
Denver since 1925. The original
Frontier Airlines
Frontier Airlines began operations at
Denver's old
Stapleton International Airport
Stapleton International Airport in 1950; Frontier was
reincarnated at DIA in 1994. Scott's Liquid Gold, Inc., has been
making furniture polish in
Denver
Denver since 1954.
Village Inn
Village Inn restaurants
began as a single pancake house in
Denver
Denver in 1958. Big O Tires, LLC,
of Centennial opened its first franchise in 1962 in Denver. The Shane
Company sold its first diamond jewelry in 1971 in Denver. Johns
Manville Corp., a manufacturer of insulation and roofing products,
relocated its headquarters to
Denver
Denver from New York in 1972. CH2M HILL
Inc., an engineering and construction firm, relocated from
Oregon
Oregon to
the
Denver Technological Center
Denver Technological Center in 1980. The
Ball Corporation
Ball Corporation sold its
glass business in
Indiana
Indiana in the 1990s and moved to suburban
Broomfield; Ball has several operations in greater Denver.
Molson Coors Brewing Company
Molson Coors Brewing Company established its U.S. headquarters in
Denver
Denver in 2005. Its subsidiary and regional wholesale distributor,
Coors Distributing Company, is in NW Denver. The Newmont Mining
Corporation, the second-largest gold producer in
North America
North America and one
of the largest in the world, is headquartered in Denver. MapQuest, an
online site for maps, directions and business listings, is
headquartered in Denver's
LoDo
LoDo district.
Large Denver-area employers that have headquarters elsewhere include
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin Corp., United Airlines,
Kroger
Kroger Co. and Xcel Energy,
Inc.
Development in the bustling Union Station section of downtown
Geography also allows
Denver
Denver to have a considerable government
presence, with many federal agencies based or having offices in the
Denver
Denver area. Along with federal agencies come many companies based on
US defense and space projects, and more jobs are brought to the city
by virtue of its being the capital of the state of Colorado. The
Denver
Denver area is home to the former nuclear weapons plant Rocky Flats,
the
Denver
Denver Federal Center, Byron G. Rogers Federal Building and United
States Courthouse, the
Denver
Denver Mint, and the National Renewable Energy
Laboratory.
In 2005, a $310.7 million expansion for the
Colorado
Colorado Convention Center
was completed, doubling its size. The hope was the center's expansion
would elevate the city to one of the top 10 cities in the nation for
holding a convention.[84]
Denver's position near the mineral-rich
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains encouraged
mining and energy companies to spring up in the area. In the early
days of the city, gold and silver booms and busts played a large role
in the city's economic success. In the 1970s and early 1980s, the
energy crisis in America and resulting high oil prices created an
energy boom in
Denver
Denver captured in the soap opera Dynasty.
Denver
Denver was
built up considerably during this time with the construction of many
new downtown skyscrapers. When the price of oil dropped from $34 a
barrel in 1981 to $9 a barrel in 1986, the
Denver
Denver economy also
dropped, leaving almost 15,000 oil industry workers in the area
unemployed (including former mayor and current governor John
Hickenlooper, a former geologist), and the nation's highest office
vacancy rate (30%).[85] The industry has recovered and the region has
700 employed petroleum engineers.[86] Advances in hydraulic fracturing
have made the DJ Basin of
Colorado
Colorado into an accessible and lucrative
oil play. Energy and mining are still important in Denver's economy
today, with companies such as EnCana, Halliburton, Smith
International, Rio Tinto Group, Newmont Mining, Noble Energy, and
Anadarko headquartered or having significant operations.
The first Chipotle Mexican Grill, near the campus of the University of
Denver
Denver's west-central geographic location in the Mountain Time Zone
(UTC−7) also benefits the telecommunications industry by allowing
communication with both North American coasts, South America, Europe,
and Asia in the same business day. Denver's location on the 105th
meridian at over one mile (1.6 km) in elevation also enables it
to be the largest city in the U.S. to offer a "one-bounce" real-time
satellite uplink to six continents in the same business day. Qwest
Communications, Dish Network Corporation, Starz-Encore, DIRECTV, and
Comcast
Comcast are a few of the many telecommunications companies with
operations in the
Denver
Denver area. These and other high-tech companies had
a boom in
Denver
Denver in the mid to late 1990s. After a rise in
unemployment in the Great Recession, Denver's unemployment rate
recovered and had one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation
at 2.6% in November 2016.[87] As of December 2016, the unemployment
rate for the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield MSA is 2.6%.[88] The Downtown
region has seen increased real estate investment[89] with the
construction of several new skyscrapers from 2010 onward and major
development around
Denver
Denver Union Station.
Denver
Denver has also enjoyed success as a pioneer in the fast-casual
restaurant industry, with many popular national chain restaurants
founded and based in Denver. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Quiznos, and
Smashburger
Smashburger were founded and headquartered in Denver. Qdoba Mexican
Grill, Noodles & Company, and Good Times Burgers & Frozen
Custard originated in Denver, but have moved their headquarters to the
suburbs of Wheat Ridge, Broomfield, and Golden, respectively.
In 2015,
Denver
Denver ranked No. 1 on Forbes' list of the Best Places for
Business and Careers.[90]
Culture and contemporary life[edit]
See also:
Landmarks of Denver
Landmarks of Denver and Music in Denver
Colorado
Colorado Convention Center
Denver Pavilions
Denver Pavilions is a popular arts, entertainment, and shopping center
on the
16th Street Mall
16th Street Mall in downtown Denver.
Denver
Denver Performing Arts Complex
Apollo Hall opened soon after the city's founding in 1859 and staged
many plays for eager settlers.[24] In the 1880s
Horace Tabor
Horace Tabor built
Denver's first opera house. After the start of the 20th century, city
leaders embarked on a city beautification program that created many of
the city's parks, parkways, museums, and the Municipal Auditorium,
which was home to the 1908
Democratic National Convention
Democratic National Convention and is now
known as the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.
Denver
Denver and the metropolitan
areas around it continued to support culture. In 1988, voters in the
Denver Metropolitan Area
Denver Metropolitan Area approved the Scientific and Cultural
Facilities Tax (commonly known as SCFD), a 0.1% (1 cent per $10) sales
tax that contributes money to various cultural and scientific
facilities and organizations throughout the Metro area.[91] The tax
was renewed by voters in 1994 and 2004 and allows the SCFD to operate
until 2018.[92]
Denver
Denver has many nationally recognized museums, including a new wing
for the
Denver Art Museum
Denver Art Museum by world-renowned architect Daniel
Libeskind, the second largest Performing Arts Center in the nation
after
Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center in
New York City
New York City and bustling neighborhoods such
as LoDo, filled with art galleries, restaurants, bars and clubs. That
is part of the reason why
Denver
Denver was, in 2006, recognized for the
third year in a row as the best city for singles.[93] Denver's
neighborhoods also continue their influx of diverse people and
businesses while the city's cultural institutions grow and prosper.
The city acquired the estate of abstract expressionist painter
Clyfford Still
Clyfford Still in 2004 and built a museum to exhibit his works near
the
Denver
Denver Art Museum.[94] The
Denver
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
holds an aquamarine specimen valued at over $1 million, as well as
specimens of the state mineral, rhodochrosite. Every September the
Denver
Denver Mart, at 451 E. 58th Avenue, hosts a gem and mineral show.[95]
The state history museum, History
Colorado
Colorado Center, opened in April
2012. It features hands-on and interactive exhibits, artifacts and
programs about
Colorado
Colorado history.[96] It was named in 2013 by True West
Magazine as one of the top-ten "must see" history museums in the
country.[97] History Colorado's
Byers-Evans House
Byers-Evans House Museum and the Molly
Brown House are nearby.
Denver
Denver has numerous art districts around the city, including Denver's
Art District on Santa Fe and the River North Art District (RiNo).[98]
Denver's Art District on Santa Fe
Sakura Square
Sakura Square in downtown Denver
While
Denver
Denver may not be as recognized for historical musical
prominence as some other American cities, it has an active pop, jazz,
jam, folk, and classical music scene, which has nurtured several
artists and genres to regional, national, and even international
attention. Of particular note is Denver's importance in the folk scene
of the 1960s and 1970s. Well-known folk artists such as Bob Dylan,
Judy Collins
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Judy Collins and
John Denver
John Denver lived in
Denver
Denver at various points during
this time and performed at local clubs.[99] Three members of the
widely popular group
Earth, Wind, and Fire
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Earth, Wind, and Fire are also from Denver. More
recent Denver-based artists include Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night
Sweats, The Lumineers, Air Dubai, The Fray, Flobots, Cephalic Carnage,
Axe Murder Boyz, Deuce Mob, and Five Iron Frenzy.
Because of its proximity to the mountains and generally sunny weather,
Denver
Denver has gained a reputation as being a very active,
outdoor-oriented city. Many
Denver
Denver residents spend the weekends in the
mountains; skiing in the winter and hiking, climbing, kayaking, and
camping in the summer.
Denver
Denver and surrounding cities are home to a large number of local and
national breweries. Many of the region's restaurants have on-site
breweries, and some larger brewers offer tours, including Coors and
New Belgium Brewing Company. The city also welcomes visitors from
around the world when it hosts the annual Great American Beer Festival
each fall.
Denver
Denver used to be a major trading center for beef and livestock when
ranchers would drive (or later transport) cattle to the
Denver
Denver Union
Stockyards for sale. As a celebration of that history, for more than a
century
Denver
Denver has hosted the annual National Western Stock Show,
attracting as many as 10,000 animals and 700,000 attendees. The show
is held every January at the National Western Complex northeast of
downtown.
Denver
Denver has one of the country's largest populations of Mexican
Americans and hosts four large
Mexican American
Mexican American celebrations: Cinco de
Mayo (with over 500,000 attendees),[100] in May, El Grito de la
Independencia, in September, the annual
Lowrider
Lowrider show, and the Dia De
Los Muertos art shows/events in North Denver's Highland neighborhood,
and the Lincoln Park neighborhood in the original section of West
Denver.
Denver
Denver is also famous for its dedication to
New Mexican cuisine
New Mexican cuisine and
the chile. It's best known for its green and red chile sauce, Colorado
burrito, Southwest (Denver) omelette, breakfast burrito, chiles
rellenos, and tamales.
Denver
Denver is also well known for other types of
food such as Rocky Mountain oysters, rainbow trout, and the Denver
sandwich.
The
Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon Boat Festival in July,
Moon Festival
Moon Festival in September and
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year are annual events in
Denver
Denver for the Chinese and Asian
residents. Chinese hot pot (huo guo) and Korean BBQ restaurants have
been growing in popularity. The
Denver
Denver area has 2 Chinese newspapers,
the Chinese American Post and the
Colorado
Colorado Chinese News.[101]
Denver
Denver is the setting for The Bill Engvall Show, and the 18th season
of MTV's The Real World. It was also the setting for the prime time
drama Dynasty from 1981 to 1989 (although the show was mostly filmed
in Los Angeles). From 1998 to 2002 the city's Alameda East Veterinary
Hospital was home to the
Animal Planet
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Animal Planet series Emergency Vets, which
spun off three documentary specials and the current Animal Planet
series E-Vet Interns. The city is also the setting for the Disney
Channel sitcom Good Luck Charlie.
Sports[edit]
Main article: Sports in Denver
Sports Authority Field, home of the
Denver
Denver Broncos
Pepsi Center, home of the
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets and the
Colorado
Colorado Avalanche
Coors Field, home of the
Colorado
Colorado Rockies
Dick's Sporting Goods Park, home of the
Colorado
Colorado Rapids
Denver
Denver is home to a variety of sports teams and is one of the U.S.
cities with teams from four major sports (the
Denver
Denver metro area is the
smallest metropolitan area to have a team in all four major sports).
The
Denver Broncos
Denver Broncos of the
National Football League
National Football League have drawn crowds
of over 70,000 since their origins in the early 1960s, and continue to
draw fans today to their current home Sports Authority Field at Mile
High. The Broncos have sold out every home game (except for
strike-replacement games) since 1970.[102] The Broncos have advanced
to eight Super Bowls and won back-to-back titles in 1997 and 1998, and
won again in 2015.
The
Colorado
Colorado Rockies were created as an expansion franchise in 1993
and
Coors Field
Coors Field opened in 1995. The Rockies advanced to the playoffs
that year, but were eliminated in the first round. In 2007, they
advanced to the playoffs as a wild-card entrant, won the NL
Championship Series, and brought the
World Series
World Series to
Denver
Denver for the
first time but were swept in four games by the
Boston
Boston Red Sox.
Denver
Denver has been home to two
National Hockey League
National Hockey League teams. The Colorado
Rockies played from 1976 to 1982, but became the
New Jersey
New Jersey Devils.
The
Colorado
Colorado Avalanche joined in 1995, after relocating from Quebec
City. While in Denver, they have won two Stanley Cups in 1996 and in
2001. The
Denver Nuggets
Denver Nuggets joined the
American Basketball Association
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American Basketball Association in
1967 and the
National Basketball Association
National Basketball Association in 1976. The Avalanche
and Nuggets have played at
Pepsi Center
Pepsi Center since 1999. The Major League
Soccer team
Colorado
Colorado Rapids play in Dick's Sporting Goods Park, an
18,000-seat soccer-specific stadium opened for the 2007 MLS season in
the
Denver
Denver suburb of Commerce City.[103] The Rapids won the MLS Cup in
2010.
Major League sports teams
Club
League
Venue
Attendance
Start
Championship
Denver
Denver Broncos
NFL
Sports Authority Field
76,939[104]
1960
1997, 1998, 2015
Denver
Denver Nuggets
NBA
Pepsi Center
16,899[105]
1967
Colorado
Colorado Rockies
MLB
Coors Field
33,090[106]
1993
Colorado
Colorado Avalanche
NHL
Pepsi Center
16,176[107]
1995
1996, 2001
Colorado
Colorado Rapids
MLS
Dick's Sporting Goods Park
15,819[108]
1996
2010
Denver
Denver has several additional professional teams. In 2006 Denver
established a Major League Lacrosse team, the
Denver
Denver Outlaws. They
play in Sports Authority Field at Mile High. In 2006, the Denver
Outlaws won the Western Conference Championship, and then went on to
become 2014 MLL Champions, eight years later. The
Colorado
Colorado Mammoth of
the National Lacrosse League play at the Pepsi Center.
Denver
Denver submitted the winning bid to host the
1976 Winter Olympics
1976 Winter Olympics but
subsequently withdrew, giving it the dubious distinction of being the
only city to back out after having won its bid to host the
Olympics.[43]
Denver
Denver and
Colorado
Colorado Springs hosted the 1962 World Ice
Hockey Championships.
Parks and recreation[edit]
As of 2006[update],
Denver
Denver had over 200 parks, from small mini-parks
all over the city to the giant 314 acres (1.27 km2) City
Park.[109]
Denver
Denver also has 29 recreation centers providing places and
programming for resident's recreation and relaxation.[110]
The Carla Madison Recreation Center, completed in 2017.
Many of Denver's parks were acquired from state lands in the late 19th
and early 20th centuries. This coincided with the City Beautiful
movement, and
Denver
Denver mayor Robert Speer (1904–12 and 1916–18) set
out to expand and beautify the city's parks. Reinhard Schuetze was the
city's first landscape architect, and he brought his German-educated
landscaping genius to Washington Park, Cheesman Park, and City Park
among others. Speer used Schuetze as well as other landscape
architects such as
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and
Saco Rienk DeBoer to
design not only parks such as Civic Center Park, but many city
parkways and tree-lawns. All of this greenery was fed with South
Platte River water diverted through the city ditch.[111]
Cheesman Park
Cheesman Park started as a cemetery.
City Park
In addition to the parks within Denver, the city acquired land for
mountain parks starting in the 1911s.[112] Over the years,
Denver
Denver has
acquired, built and maintained approximately 14,000 acres
(57 km2) of mountain parks, including Red Rocks Park, which is
known for its scenery and musical history revolving around the unique
Red Rocks Amphitheatre.[113][114]
Denver
Denver also owns the mountain on
which the
Winter Park Resort
Winter Park Resort ski area operates in Grand County, 67
miles (110 km) west of Denver.[115] City parks are important
places for Denverites and visitors, inciting controversy with every
change.
Denver
Denver continues to grow its park system with the development
of many new parks along the Platte River through the city, and with
Central Park and
Bluff Lake Nature Center
Bluff Lake Nature Center in the Stapleton
neighborhood redevelopment. All of these parks are important gathering
places for residents and allow what was once a dry plain to be lush,
active, and green.
Denver
Denver is also home to a large network of public
community gardens, most of which are managed by
Denver
Denver Urban Gardens,
a non-profit organization.
Genesee Park is the largest of the
Denver
Denver Mountain Parks.
Since 1974,
Denver
Denver and the surrounding jurisdictions have
rehabilitated the urban
South Platte River
South Platte River and its tributaries for
recreational use by hikers and cyclists. The main stem of the South
Platte River Greenway runs along the South Platte from Chatfield
Reservoir 35 miles (56 km) into Adams County in the north. The
Greenway project is recognized as one of the best urban reclamation
projects in the U.S., winning, for example, the Silver Medal Rudy
Bruner Award for Urban Excellence in 2001.[116]
In its 2013 ParkScore ranking, The Trust for Public Land, a national
land conservation organization, reported
Denver
Denver had the 17th best park
system among the 50 most populous U.S. cities.[117]
Government[edit]
Main article: Government of Denver
Denver
Denver City and County Building (circa 1941), looking west.
Denver
Denver City Hall lit up with Christmas lights, 1955.
Colorado State Capitol
Colorado State Capitol looking east.
Denver
Denver is a consolidated city-county with a mayor elected on a
nonpartisan ballot, a 13-member city council and an auditor. The
Denver City Council
Denver City Council is elected from 11 districts with two at-large
council-members and is responsible for passing and changing all laws,
resolutions, and ordinances, usually after a public hearing, and can
also call for misconduct investigations of Denver's departmental
officials. All elected officials have four-year terms, with a maximum
of three terms. The current mayor is Michael Hancock.
Denver
Denver has a strong mayor/weak city council government. The mayor can
approve or veto any ordinances or resolutions approved by the council,
makes sure all contracts with the city are kept and performed, signs
all bonds and contracts, is responsible for the city budget, and can
appoint people to various city departments, organizations, and
commissions. However, the council can override the mayor's veto with a
nine out of thirteen member vote, and the city budget must be approved
and can be changed by a simple majority vote of the council. The
auditor checks all expenditures and may refuse to allow specific ones,
usually based on financial reasons.[118]
The
Denver
Denver Department of Safety oversees three branches: the Denver
Police Department,
Denver
Denver Fire Department, and
Denver
Denver Sheriff
Department. The
Denver
Denver County Court is an integrated
Colorado
Colorado County
Court and Municipal Court and is managed by
Denver
Denver instead of the
state.
Politics[edit]
Denver
Denver vote
by party in presidential elections[119]
Year
Republican
Democratic
Others
2016
18.9% 62,690
73.7% 244,551
7.4% 24,611
2012
24.2% 73,111
73.4% 222,018
2.4% 7,289
2008
23.0% 62,567
75.5% 204,882
1.5% 4,084
2004
29.3% 69,903
69.6% 166,135
1.2% 2,788
2000
30.9% 61,224
61.9% 122,693
7.3% 14,430
1996
30.0% 58,529
61.8% 120,312
8.2% 15,973
1992
25.4% 55,418
56.0% 121,961
18.6% 40,540
1988
37.1% 77,753
60.7% 127,173
2.2% 4,504
1984
47.8% 105,096
50.2% 110,200
2.0% 4,442
1980
42.2% 88,398
41.0% 85,903
16.8% 35,207
1976
46.7% 105,960
49.5% 112,229
3.8% 8,549
1972
54.1% 121,995
43.5% 98,062
2.3% 5,278
1968
43.5% 92,003
50.2% 106,081
6.3% 13,233
1964
33.6% 73,279
65.7% 143,480
0.7% 1,529
1960
49.6% 109,446
49.7% 109,637
0.7% 1,618
1956
55.9% 121,402
43.2% 93,812
0.9% 1,907
1952
56.1% 119,792
43.2% 92,237
0.7% 1,534
1948
45.2% 76,364
52.9% 89,489
1.9% 3,214
1944
48.8% 86,331
50.8% 90,001
0.4% 759
1940
46.9% 81,328
52.5% 90,938
0.6% 1,105
1936
33.3% 50,743
65.1% 99,263
1.6% 2,486
1932
43.5% 59,372
53.4% 72,868
3.2% 4,318
1928
63.4% 73,543
35.6% 41,238
1.1% 1,221
1924
63.4% 59,077
16.9% 15,764
19.6% 18,282
1920
62.0% 43,581
32.5% 22,839
5.5% 3,838
1916
33.8% 23,185
62.8% 43,029
3.4% 2,298
1912
13.6% 8,155
44.5% 26,690
41.9% 25,171
While
Denver
Denver elections are non-partisan, Democrats have long dominated
the city's politics; most citywide officials are known to be
Democrats. The mayor's office has been occupied by a Democrat since
the 1963 municipal election. All of the city's seats in the state
legislature are held by Democrats.
In federal elections, Denverites also tend to vote for Democratic
candidates, voting for the Democratic Presidential nominee in every
election since 1960, excluding 1972 and 1980. At the federal level,
Denver
Denver is the heart of Colorado's 1st congressional district, which
includes all of
Denver
Denver and parts of Arapahoe County. It is represented
by Democrat Diana DeGette.
Benjamin F. Stapleton
Benjamin F. Stapleton was the mayor of Denver, Colorado, for two
periods, the first from 1923 to 1931 and the second from 1935 to 1947.
Stapleton was responsible for many civic improvements, notably during
his second stint as mayor when he had access to funds and manpower
from the New Deal. During this time, the park system was considerably
expanded and the Civic Center completed. His signature project was the
construction of
Denver
Denver Municipal Airport, which began in 1929 amidst
heavy criticism. It was later renamed Stapleton International Airport
in his honor. Today, the airport has been replaced by a neighborhood
also named Stapleton. Stapleton Street continues to bear his name.
During the 1960s and 1970s,
Denver
Denver was one of the epicenters of the
Chicano Movement. The boxer-turned-activist Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales
formed an organization called the Crusade for Justice, which battled
police brutality, fought for bilingual education, and, most notably,
hosted the First National Chicano Youth Liberation Conference in March
1969.[120]
In recent years,
Denver
Denver has taken a stance on helping people who are
or become homeless, particularly under the administrations of mayors
John Hickenlooper
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John Hickenlooper and Wellington Webb. At a rate of 19 homeless per
10,000 residents in 2011 as compared to 50 or more per 10,000
residents for the four metro areas with the highest rate of
homelessness,[121] Denver's homeless population and rate of homeless
are both considerably lower than many other major cities. However,
residents of the city streets suffer
Denver
Denver winters - which, although
mild and dry much of the time, can have brief periods of extremely
cold temperatures and snow.
In 2005,
Denver
Denver became the first major city in the U.S. to vote to
make the private possession of less than an ounce of marijuana legal
for adults 21 and older.[122] The city voted 53.5 percent in favor of
the marijuana legalization measure, which, as then-mayor John
Hickenlooper pointed out, was without effect, because the city cannot
usurp state law, which at that time treated marijuana possession in
much the same way as a speeding ticket, with fines of up to $100 and
no jail time.[122]
Denver
Denver passed an initiative in the fourth quarter
of 2007 requiring the mayor to appoint an 11-member review panel to
monitor the city's compliance with the 2005 ordinance.[123] In 2012,
Colorado
Colorado Amendment 64 was signed into law by Governor John
Hickenlooper and at the beginning of 2014
Colorado
Colorado became the first
state to allow the sale of marijuana for recreational use.[124]
Former
Denver
Denver mayor
John Hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper was a member of the Mayors
Against Illegal Guns Coalition,[125] an organization formed in 2006
and co-chaired by
New York City
New York City mayor
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg and Boston
mayor Thomas Menino.
Denver
Denver hosted the 2008 Democratic National Convention, which was the
centennial of the city's first hosting of the landmark 1908
convention. It also hosted the G7 (now G8) summit between June 20 and
22 in 1997 and the 2000 National Convention of the Green
Party.[126][127] In 1972, 1981, and 2008,
Denver
Denver also played host to
the Libertarian Party of the
United States
United States National Convention. The
1972 Convention was notable for nominating
Tonie Nathan
Tonie Nathan as the Vice
Presidential candidate, the first woman, as well as the first Jew, to
receive an electoral vote in a
United States
United States presidential election.
On October 31, 2011 it was announced The
University of Denver
University of Denver in
Denver
Denver would host the first of three 2012 presidential debates to be
held on October 3, 2012.
Taxes[edit]
The City and County of
Denver
Denver levies an Occupational Privilege Tax
(OPT or head tax) on employers and employees.
If any employee performs work in the city limits and is paid over $500
for that work in a single month, the employee and employer are both
liable for the OPT regardless of where the main business office is
located or headquartered.
The employer is liable for $4 per employee per month and the employee
is liable for $5.75 per month.
It is the employer's responsibility to withhold, remit, and file the
OPT returns. If an employer does not comply, the employer can be held
liable for both portions of the OPT as well as penalties and interest.
Education[edit]
The Ritchie Center at University of Denver
See also: List of higher education institutions in Denver
Denver Public Schools
Denver Public Schools (DPS) is the public school system in Denver. It
educates approximately 92,000 students in 92 elementary schools, 18
K-8 schools, 34 middle schools, 44 high schools, and 19 charter
schools.[128] The first school of what is now DPS was a log cabin that
opened in 1859 on the corner of 12th Street between Market and Larimer
Streets. The district boundaries are coextensive with the city
limits.[129] The
Cherry Creek School District serves some areas with
Denver
Denver postal addresses that are outside the city limits.[129][130]
Denver's many colleges and universities range in age and study
programs. Three major public schools constitute the Auraria Campus,
University of
Colorado
Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State University of
Denver, and Community College of Denver. The private University of
Denver
Denver was the first institution of higher learning in the city and
was founded in 1864. Other prominent
Denver
Denver higher education
institutions include Johnson & Wales University, Catholic (Jesuit)
Regis University
Regis University and the city has Roman Catholic and Jewish
institutions, as well as a health sciences school. In addition to
those schools within the city, there are a number of schools
throughout the surrounding metro area.
Media[edit]
Main article: Media in Denver
The
Denver Metropolitan Area
Denver Metropolitan Area is served by a variety of media outlets
in print, radio, television, and the Internet.
Television stations[edit]
Denver
Denver is the 16th-largest market in the country for television,
according to the 2009–2010 rankings from Nielsen Media Research.
KWGN-TV, channel 2, is a CW affiliate owned by Tribune Broadcasting.
Tribune also owns KDVR, the Fox affiliate on channel 31, and KWGN is
controlled by
KDVR
KDVR management. KWGN is Colorado's first television
station, signing on the air in July 1952.
KCNC-TV, channel 4, is a
CBS
CBS owned and operated station.
KRMA-TV, channel 6, is the flagship outlet of Rocky Mountain PBS, a
statewide network of
Public Broadcasting Service
Public Broadcasting Service stations. Programming
on KRMA is rebroadcast to four other stations throughout Colorado.
KMGH-TV, channel 7, is an ABC affiliate owned by the E.W. Scripps
Company, previously owned by the
McGraw-Hill
McGraw-Hill company from 1972 to
January 2012.
KUSA-TV, channel 9, is an
NBC
NBC affiliate, owned by Tegna, Inc.. TEGNA
also owns KTVD, the
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV affiliate on channel 20.
KBDI-TV, channel 12, is Denver's secondary PBS affiliate.
KDEN-TV, channel 25, is a Telemundo-owned station.
KPJR-TV, channel 38, is a Trinity Broadcasting Network-owned station.
KCEC, channel 50, is the
Univision
Univision affiliate.
KETD, channel 53, is a Christian station owned by the LeSEA
Broadcasting group.
Radio stations[edit]
Denver
Denver is also served by over 40 AM and FM radio stations,
covering a wide variety of formats and styles. Denver-
Boulder
Boulder radio is
the No. 19 market in the United States, according to the Spring 2011
Arbitron ranking (up from No. 20 in Fall 2009). For a list of radio
stations, see Radio Stations in Colorado.
Print[edit]
After a continued rivalry between Denver's two main newspapers, the
Denver Post
Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News, the papers merged operations in
2001 under a Joint Operating Agreement which formed the Denver
Newspaper Agency[131] until February 2009 when E. W. Scripps Company,
the owner of the Rocky Mountain News, closed the paper. There are also
several alternative or localized newspapers published in Denver,
including the Westword, Law Week Colorado, Out Front
Colorado
Colorado and the
Intermountain Jewish News.
Denver
Denver is home to multiple regional
magazines such as 5280, which takes its name from the city's mile-high
elevation (5,280 feet or 1,609 meters).
Transportation[edit]
Dawn over downtown
Denver
Denver and the
Front Range
Front Range to the south
City streets[edit]
Main article: Street system of Denver
Colfax Avenue
Colfax Avenue at Broadway, where the downtown street grid and the
"normal" city grid meet.
Colfax Avenue
Colfax Avenue carries U.S. Highway 40 through
Denver.
Most of
Denver
Denver has a straightforward street grid oriented to the four
cardinal directions. Blocks are usually identified in hundreds from
the median streets, identified as "00", which are Broadway (the
east–west median, running north–south) and Ellsworth Avenue (the
north–south median, running east–west). Colfax Avenue, a major
east–west artery through Denver, is 15 blocks (1500) north of the
median. Avenues north of Ellsworth are numbered (with the exception of
Colfax Avenue
Colfax Avenue and several others, such as Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
and Montview Blvd.), while avenues south of Ellsworth are named.
There is also an older downtown grid system that was designed to be
parallel to the confluence of the
South Platte River
South Platte River and Cherry Creek.
Most of the streets downtown and in
LoDo
LoDo run northeast–southwest and
northwest–southeast. This system has an unplanned benefit for snow
removal; if the streets were in a normal N–S/E–W grid, only the
N–S streets would receive sunlight. With the grid oriented to the
diagonal directions, the NW–SE streets receive sunlight to melt snow
in the morning and the NE–SW streets receive it in the afternoon.
This idea was from Henry Brown the founder of the Brown Palace Hotel.
There is now a plaque across the street from the Brown Palace Hotel
which honors this idea. The NW–SE streets are numbered, while the
NE–SW streets are named. The named streets start at the intersection
of
Colfax Avenue
Colfax Avenue and Broadway with the block-long
Cheyenne
Cheyenne Place. The
numbered streets start underneath the Colfax and I-25 viaducts. There
are 27 named and 44 numbered streets on this grid. There are also a
few vestiges of the old grid system in the normal grid, such as Park
Avenue, Morrison Road, and Speer Boulevard. Larimer Street, named
after William Larimer, Jr., the founder of Denver, which is in the
heart of LoDo, is the oldest street in Denver.
Speer Boulevard runs north and south through downtown Denver.
All roads in the downtown grid system are streets (e.g. 16th Street,
Stout Street). Roads outside that system that travel east/west are
given the suffix "avenue" and those that head north and south are
given the "street" suffix (e.g. Colfax Avenue, Lincoln Street).
Boulevards are higher capacity streets and travel any direction (more
commonly north and south). Smaller roads are sometimes referred to as
places, drives (though not all drives are smaller capacity roads, some
are major thoroughfares) or courts. Most streets outside the area
between Broadway and
Colorado
Colorado Boulevard are organized alphabetically
from the city's center.
Some
Denver
Denver streets have bicycle lanes, leaving a patchwork of
disjointed routes throughout the city. There are over 850 miles[132]
of paved, off-road, bike paths in
Denver
Denver parks and along bodies of
water, like Cherry Creek and the South Platte. This allows for a
significant portion of Denver's population to be bicycle commuters and
has led to
Denver
Denver being known as a bicycle-friendly city.[133] Some
residents are very opposed to bike lanes, which have caused some plans
to be watered down or nixed. The review process for one bike line on
Broadway will last over a year before city council members will make a
decision. In addition to the many bike paths,
Denver
Denver launched
B-Cycle – a citywide bicycle sharing program – in late
April 2010. The B-Cycle network was the largest in the United States
at the time of its launch, boasting 400 bicycles.[134]
The
Denver
Denver Boot, a car-disabling device, was first used in
Denver.[135]
Cycling[edit]
The
League of American Bicyclists
League of American Bicyclists has rated
Colorado
Colorado as the sixth most
bicycle-friendly state in the nation for the year 2014. This is due in
large part to
Front Range
Front Range cities like Boulder,
Fort Collins
Fort Collins and Denver
placing an emphasis on legislation, programs and infrastructure
developments that promote cycling as a mode of transportation.[136]
Walk score has rated
Denver
Denver as the third most bicycle-friendly large
city in the United States.[137] According to data from the 2011
American Community Survey,
Denver
Denver ranks 6th among US cities with
populations over 400,000 in terms of the percentage of workers who
commute by bicycle at 2.2% of commuters.[138] B-Cycle –
Denver's citywide bicycle sharing program – was the largest in
the
United States
United States at the time of its launch, boasting 400
bicycles.[134] Through the acquisition of new grants, the program has
expanded each year, adding dozens of new stations, hundreds of bikes,
and by beginning service during the winter months.[139][140]
Walkability[edit]
A 2011 study by
Walk Score
Walk Score ranked
Denver
Denver sixteenth most walkable of
fifty largest U.S. cities, though massive gaps in the city's sidewalks
remain an oft-discussed issue.[141] Many walkability advocates believe
the city's need for pedestrian infrastructure is only growing as
Denver
Denver and the
Colorado
Colorado Department of Transportation place the needs
of cars over the needs of people by widening roads or the purposeful
plowing of snow onto sidewalks during winter storms.
Freeways and highways[edit]
Denver
Denver is primarily served by the interstate freeways I-25 and I-70.
The problematic intersection of the two interstates is referred to
locally as "the mousetrap" because, when viewed from the air, the
junction (and subsequent vehicles) resemble mice in a large trap.
Interstate 25 runs north–south from
New Mexico
New Mexico through
Denver
Denver to
Wyoming
Interstate 225
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Interstate 225 traverses neighboring Aurora. I-225 was designed to
link Aurora with I-25 in the southeastern corner of Denver, and I-70
to the north of Aurora, with construction starting May 1964 and ending
May 21, 1976.
Interstate 70 runs east–west from
Utah
Utah to Maryland. It is also the
primary corridor on which Denverites access the mountains. A proposed
$1.2 billion widening of an urban portion through a primarily
low-income and Latino community has been met with community protests
and calls to reroute the interstate along the less urban Interstate
270 alignment. They cite increased pollution and the negative effects
of tripling the interstates large footprint through the neighborhood
as primary objections. The affected neighborhood bisected by the
Interstate was also designated the most polluted neighborhood in the
country and is home to a
Superfund
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Superfund site.[142]
Interstate 270 runs concurrently with US 36 from an interchange with
Interstate 70 in northeast
Denver
Denver to an interchange with Interstate 25
north of Denver. The freeway continues as US 36 from the interchange
with Interstate 25.
Interstate 76 begins from I-70 just west of the city in Arvada. It
intersects I-25 north of the city and runs northeast to
Nebraska
Nebraska where
it ends at I-80.
US 6 follows the alignment of 6th Avenue west of I-25, and connects
downtown
Denver
Denver to the west-central suburbs of Golden and Lakewood. It
continues west through
Utah
Utah and
Nevada
Nevada to Bishop, California. To the
east, it continues as far as Provincetown, on
Cape Cod
Cape Cod in
Massachusetts.
US 285 ends its 847 Mile route through
New Mexico
New Mexico and
Texas
Texas at
Interstate 25 in the University Hills Neighborhood.
US 85 also travels through Denver. This Highway is often used as an
alternate route to Castle Rock instead of taking Interstate 25.
US 36 connects
Denver
Denver to
Boulder
Boulder and Rocky Mountain National Park
near Estes Park. It runs east into Ohio, after crossing four other
states.
State Highway 93 starts in the Western
Metropolitan area
Metropolitan area in Golden,
Coloado and travels almost 19 miles to meet with SH 119 in
central Boulder. This highway is often used as an alternate route to
Boulder
Boulder instead of taking US 36.
State Highway 470 (C-470, SH 470) is the southwestern portion of the
Denver
Denver metro area's beltway. Originally planned as Interstate 470 in
the 1960s, the beltway project was attacked on environmental impact
grounds and the interstate beltway was never built. The portion of
"Interstate 470" built as a state highway is the present-day SH 470,
which is a freeway for its entire length.
Denver
Denver also has a nearly complete beltway known as "the 470's". These
are SH 470 (also known as C-470), a freeway in the southwest Metro
area, and two toll highways,
E-470
E-470 (from southeast to northeast) and
Northwest Parkway
Northwest Parkway (from terminus of
E-470
E-470 to US 36). SH 470 was
intended to be I-470 and built with federal highway funds, but the
funding was redirected to complete conversion of downtown Denver's
16th Street to a pedestrian mall. As a result, construction was
delayed until 1980 after state and local legislation was passed.[143]
I-470 was also once called "The Silver Stake Highway", from Gov.
Lamm's declared intention to drive a silver stake through it and kill
it.
A highway expansion and transit project for the southern I-25
corridor, dubbed T-REX (Transportation Expansion Project), was
completed on November 17, 2006.[144] The project installed wider and
additional highway lanes, and improved highway access and drainage.
The project also includes a light rail line that traverses from
downtown to the south end of the metro area at Lincoln Avenue.[145]
The project spanned almost 19 miles (31 km) along the highway
with an additional line traveling parallel to part of I-225, stopping
just short of Parker Road.
Metro
Denver
Denver highway conditions can be accessed on the Colorado
Department of Transportation website Traffic Conditions.[146]
Mass transportation[edit]
Denver
Denver RTD Light Rail car at the "Colfax at Auraria" station
Denver
Denver Union Station
Mass transportation throughout the
Denver metropolitan area
Denver metropolitan area is managed
and coordinated by the
Regional Transportation District
Regional Transportation District (RTD). RTD
operates more than 1,000 buses serving over 10,000 bus stops in 38
municipal jurisdictions in eight counties around the
Denver
Denver and
Boulder
Boulder metropolitan areas. Additionally, RTD operates nine rail
lines, the A, B, C, D, E, F, R, W, and H with a total of 57.9 miles
(93.2 km) of track, serving 44 stations. All lines are Light Rail
except the A Line and B Line which are Commuter Rail, with the G Line
to the suburb of Arvada, opening soon pending federal approval in
2017, and the N Line to Commerce City and Thorton, soon to open in
2018.[147]
FasTracks
FasTracks is a Commuter Rail, Light Rail and
Bus
Bus expansion
project approved by voters in 2004 which will serve neighboring
suburbs and communities. The W line, or West line, opened in April
2013 serving Golden/Federal Center. An Express
Bus
Bus Service, known as
the Flatiron Flyer, serves to connect
Boulder
Boulder and Denver. The service,
billed as
Bus
Bus Rapid Transit, has been accused of
Bus
Bus rapid transit
creep for failing to meet the majority of BRT requirements, including
level boarding and all-door entry. A Commuter Rail connection to
Boulder
Boulder and its suburb of Longmont, also part of the
FasTracks
FasTracks ballot
initiative and an extension of the B Line, is to be finished sometime
after 2040. In addition, the N Line, under FasTracks, is another
Commuter Rail line currently under construction with an expected
completion date in 2018 and will serve the suburbs of Commerce City
and Thorton.
CDOT runs a bus system named Bustang that offers weekday service
between Union Station in Denver, Glenwood Springs,
Colorado
Colorado Springs,
and Fort Collins.[148]
Union Station train shed, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill,
on opening day of the A line to DIA.
Greyhound Lines, the intercity bus operator, has a major hub in
Denver, with routes to New York City, Portland, Reno, Las Vegas, and
their headquarters, Dallas. Subsidiary
Autobuses Americanos
Autobuses Americanos provides
service to El Paso. Allied bus operators Black Hills Trailways, and
Burlington Trailways
Burlington Trailways provide service to Billings, Omaha, Indianapolis,
and Alamosa.
Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides service to
Denver, operating its
California Zephyr
California Zephyr daily in both directions
between Chicago and Emeryville, California, across the bay from San
Francisco.
Amtrak
Amtrak Thruway service operated by private bus companies
links the
Denver
Denver station with Rocky Mountain points. In 2017 a bill
was introduced into the state legislature to connect towns and cities
along the
Front Range
Front Range with an additional
Amtrak
Amtrak line or state-funded
alternative.
At Albuquerque, New Mexico,
Denver
Denver Thruway connections are made daily
with the
Amtrak
Amtrak Southwest Chief. Additionally, the
Ski Train
Ski Train operated
on the former
Denver
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, which took
passengers between
Denver
Denver and the Winter Park Ski Resort, but it is no
longer in service. The
Ski Train
Ski Train made its final run to Winter Park on
March 29, 2009. The service was revived on a trial basis in 2016 with
a great amount of local fanfare. Further development of a mountain
corridor rail option, though publicly popular, has been met with
resistance from politicians, namely the director of Colorado
Department of Transportation[149][not in citation given]. The Ski
Train did return to service under
Amtrak
Amtrak with the name "Winter Park
Express" in 2017, and currently runs only on Saturdays, Sundays, and
major holidays during the winter ski seasons.
Denver's early years as a major train hub of the west are still very
visible today. Trains stop in
Denver
Denver at historic Union Station, where
travelers can access RTD's 16th Street Free MallRide or use light rail
to tour the city. Union Station will also serve as the main juncture
for rail travel in the metro area, at the completion of FasTracks.
Denver
Denver public transportation statistics[edit]
The average amount of time people spend commuting on public transit in
Denver
Denver and Boulder, Colorado—for example, to and from work, on a
weekday—is 77 minutes; 31% of public transit riders ride for more
than 2 hours every day. The average amount of time people wait at a
stop or station for public transit is 14 minutes, while 25% of riders
wait for over 20 minutes, on average, every day. The average distance
people usually ride in a single trip with public transit is 6.96 miles
(11.20 km), while 31% travel over 7.46 miles (12.01 km) in a
single direction.[150]
Airports[edit]
Inside the main terminal of
Denver
Denver International Airport
Outside view of the main terminal, DIA
Denver International Airport
Denver International Airport (IATA: DEN, ICAO: KDEN), commonly known
as DIA, serves as the primary airport for a large region surrounding
Denver. DIA is 18.6 miles (30 km) east-northeast of the Colorado
State Capitol. DIA is the eighteenth busiest airport in the world and
ranks sixth in the United States, with 58,266,515 passengers passing
through it in 2016.[151] It covers more than 53 square miles
(137.3 km2), making it the largest airport by land area in the
United States
United States and larger than the island of Manhattan.[152][153]
Denver
Denver serves as a major hub for United Airlines, is the headquarters
for Frontier Airlines, and is the fastest-growing focus city for
Southwest Airlines.
As of 2017,
Denver International Airport
Denver International Airport has been rated by
Skytrax
Skytrax as
the 28th best airport in the world, falling to second place in the
United States
United States behind only Cincinnati/Northern
Kentucky
Kentucky International
Airport.
Skytrax
Skytrax also named DIA as the second best regional airport in
North America
North America for 2017, and the fourth best regional airport in the
world.
Three general aviation airports serve the
Denver
Denver area. Rocky Mountain
Metropolitan Airport (KBJC) is 13.7 miles (22 km)
north-northwest,
Centennial Airport
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Centennial Airport (KAPA) is 13.7 miles (22 km)
south-southeast, and
Front Range
Front Range Airport (KFTG) is 23.7 miles
(38 km) east of the state capitol.
In the past,
Denver
Denver has been home to several other airports that are
no longer operational.
Stapleton International Airport
Stapleton International Airport was closed in
1995 when it was replaced by DIA.
Lowry Air Force Base
Lowry Air Force Base was a military
flight training facility that ceased flight operations in 1966, with
the base finally being closed in 1994. It is being used for
residential purposes. Buckley Air Force Base, a former Air National
Guard base, is the only military facility in the
Denver
Denver area.
Notable people[edit]
Main article: List of people from Denver
Silverline V electric railcar for the A line at Denver's Union
Station.
In popular culture[edit]
The headquarters of Blake Carrington's oil empire was set in
Denver
Denver in
the 1980s prime-time soap Dynasty.[154]
In Tom Clancy's 1991 novel The Sum of All Fears, a terrorist group
attempts to destroy
Denver
Denver with a nuclear weapon while it is hosting
the Super Bowl. They fail to destroy the city, but both teams and all
spectators watching the game are killed. In the 2002 film version, the
action takes place in Baltimore.[155]
Sister cities[edit]
Main article: Sister cities of Denver
Denver's relationship with Brest, France, began in 1948, making it the
second-oldest sister city in the United States.[156] Since then,
Denver
Denver has established relationships with additional sister
cities:[157]
Brest, France, (1948)
Takayama, Japan (1960)
Nairobi, Kenya (1975)
Karmiel, Israel (1977)
Cuernavaca, Mexico (1983)
Potenza, Italy (1983)
Chennai, India (1984)
Kunming, China (1985)
Axum, Ethiopia (1995)
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (2001)
In addition to these, the
Denver
Denver Regional Council of Governments
(consisting of the city and 51 other local governments) has
established a "sister city" relationship with the Baghdad Governorate,
one of Iraq's eighteen provinces.[158]
See also[edit]
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Denver.
Colorado
Colorado portal
United States
United States portal
North America
North America portal
Geography portal
Arapahoe County, Colorado
Arapahoe County,
Colorado
Colorado Territory
Arapahoe County,
Kansas
Kansas Territory
Arrappahoe County, Jefferson Territory
Colorado
Colorado metropolitan areas
Front Range
Front Range Urban Corridor
Gang activity in Denver
Historic
Colorado
Colorado counties
List of cities and towns in Colorado
List of counties in Colorado
List of mayors of Denver
List of neighborhoods in Denver
List of people from Denver
National Register of Historic Places listings in Denver, Colorado
New Denver, British Columbia
North Central
Colorado
Colorado Urban Area
Radioactive contamination from the Rocky Flats Plant
State of Colorado
Silicon Mountain
Notes[edit]
^ Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the highest and lowest
temperature readings during an entire month or year) calculated based
on data at said thread from 1981 to 2010, i.e. Stapleton from January
1981 to February 1995, and DIA from March 1995 to December 2010.
^ Official records for
Denver
Denver kept at downtown from January 1872 to
December 1949,
Stapleton Airport
Stapleton Airport from January 1950 to February 1995,
and DIA since March 1995. Temperature and precipitation normals are at
DIA; snowfall normals at Stapleton are provided since they are
unavailable for DIA
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Michael Hancock
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John Suthers
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Steve Hogan
(Aurora)
Karen Weitkunat
(Fort Collins)
Adam Paul
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Erik Hansen
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Bob Frie
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Nancy McNally
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Barbara Vidmar
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Cathy Noon
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Matthew Appelbaum
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