Denver’s City Park – a perfect gift for the holidays!
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 park. There’s the story of the bear, “Billy Bryant” who lived in City Park until becoming the star resident of the Denver Municipal Zoo. There are stories about Cookie and Candy, elephants who resided at the Elephant House, the brick bungalow at the northeast corner of Ferril Lake, before also moving to the Zoo. There are descriptions of the popular Lover’s Lane lined with cottonwood trees at 23rd Avenue and York St. and the jail cells below the Pavilion, attesting to the sometimes wilder antics in the early days of City Park. Besides stories, the book contains a treasure trove of historic photographs.
Denver’s City Park is available for $20 at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science Gift Shop, 2001 Colorado Blvd and at the Park Hill Community Bookstore, 4620 E. 23rd Avenue. You can also use the Donate button on CPFAN’s website, www.cpfan.org to make a $20 donation and we will contact you about delivering the book right to your door. For any questions or comments about Denver’s City Park, please send any questions or comments to info@cpfan.org.
City Park Friends and Neighbors will have updates about City Park projects (like Duck Lake and its new mural) in our January, 2025 newsletter. We wish happy holidays to all our friends and members. Thank you for sharing our passion for City Park, the People’s Park of Denver!
