City Park Friends and Neighbors

Denver’s City Park by Bette D. Peters would make a wonderful gift for your friends and family members who love City Park and would like to know more about its colorful history. UCD Professor, Dr. Tom Noel, known as Dr. Colorado states that Denver’s City Park “is still the single most important reference book for park enthusiasts who study and promote the history and heritage of the park. It is, in fact, the only book ever written about City Park, the ‘Crown Jewel’ of our treasured park system.” The book is full of the stories that have contributed to the unique character of the

Please join us for an exceptional program on Tuesday, November 12 when Dr. Erin Baxter, Curator of Anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science (DMNS), will speak about the excavations she directed in City Park this past summer in City Park. A collaboration between DMNS and Denver Parks and Recreation, the excavations took place at five locations in City Park and yielded artifacts like an 1800’s pottery fragment and a pre-historic chipstone flake.  High school students from underserved communities across Denver were recruited through DMNS’ Teen Science Scholars Program to serve as interns for the program. Under Dr.

On May 31, City Park Day continued its tradition of free ice cream (by Sweet Cooie’s), live music by the Denver Municipal Band with new additions – face painting, caricatures and exhibits from institutions like the Museum of Nature and Science and the Denver Zoo, and neighborhood groups from around City Park.  To celebrate the roots of Denver’s crown jewel park, Victorian dress was in full force. See more photos below. Sponsors included City Council District 9, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, the Denver Zoo, City Park Friends and Neighbors, Greater Park Hill Community, Inc., and the  Victorian