Posts tagged with Denver Parks and Rec

Last Updated: Jun 12 2018 · 7:41 p.m.

A paved bike/walking/running path and a dirt "social trail" on the south side of Sloan's Lake Park, Aug. 27, 2018. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Sloan’s Lake Park will get wider paths to accommodate tons of people moving in next door

It's just the most recent city park affected by the city's growth, and city planners have begun to look at ways to keep money flowing for green spaces.

Passengers unload from the Winter Park Express on Jan. 7 at Winter Park. (Andrew Kenney/Denverite)

Ski train 2018: You can ride the Winter Park Express cheaper this year

The ski train to Winter Park is returning this winter with largely the same prices and schedule as last year, but you can find some discounts if you act now.

Piper Tribelhorn shows off her My Denver Card. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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MY Denver Card unlocks free kids’ activities in the city

For my family and for many others, summer isn't the open-ended free time I remember from my own childhood.

What is the current year?

City Park, circa 1908. (Library of Congress)

Denver’s about to reimagine City Park, again

An open house meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. at City Park Pavilion marks the beginning of the next master plan process for the 330 acres east of downtown.

The Colorado mountains seen from the Winter Park Express. (Andrew Kenney/Denverite)

The Winter Park ski train will be back next year, perhaps with discount days

A westbound "ski train" in Tabernash, Colorado in 1940. (Denver Public Library/Western History Collection/OP-11288)

Winter Park Express: What killed the Denver ski train, what brought it back and how to catch a ride

‘Mexican Americans, members of the Crusade for Justice (La Crusada Para Justicia) march in protest down 15th (Fifteenth) street in Denver, Colorado. They carry a large banner written in both English and Spanish, which reads: "It Is Better to Die On Your Feet Than to Keep On Living On Your Knees" "Es Mejor Morir de Pie, Que Seguir Viviendo de Rodillas.”’

Between 1966 and 1970. (Shannon Garcia/Denver Public Library/Western History Collection/AUR-2152)

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“It’s going to be La Raza Park until I die”

This is a story about a green city block that was at the center of Denver's Chicano movement in the 1970s and what it means to call a place by its name.