Past Owners Include an Early Denver Developer, a Lawyer Who Stood Up To The KKK, and a Famed Colorado Mountaineer and Inventor. Now, Their Old Park Hill Home Is an Historic Landmark. By Cara DeGette Editor, GPHN Risky business, lost fortunes made again; midnight car chases and threats of violence from the Ku Klux Klan; […]
The U.S. Senate Race Is Real. Get Engaged. And Vote. Many of us think of the U.S. Senate as the place where judges are confirmed and some legislation is passed. But in our current life and times, the impeachment of Donald John Trump, and the president’s subsequent trial in the Senate, we are all acquiring […]
Park Hill Native Mattie Toll, On The Passion, Challenges and Delights Of Being Part Of The Pod By Reid Neureiter For the GPHN Park Hill native Mattie Toll grew up just a jump across Colorado Boulevard from the Denver Zoo. That proximity to the zoo and its youth programs, as well as the programs offered […]
Local Marade Honors Martin Luther King, Jr. Six years ago, the Greater Park Hill News published a story marking an important anniversary – an event that had been forgotten by many over time: In January, 1964, paving the path for the passage of the Civil Rights Act later that year, Martin Luther King, Jr. made […]
Celebrating King On His 91st Birthday A massive crowd gathered on Monday, Jan. 20 at the base of the Martin Luther King, Jr. statue and I Have A Dream Memorial in City Park, just west of Park Hill. The annual tribute to the slain city rights leader kicked off with numerous speeches from elected officials […]
Big City Park Meeting Feb. 22 Denver Parks and Recreation will review its current City Park Master Plan on Saturday, Feb. 22. The public – especially users of City Park and everyone who cares about the park, which is just west of Park Hill – is invited and encouraged to attend. This is your chance […]
2020: A Year Of Action • Today We Dance, Tomorrow We Vote An estimated 10,000 people converged downtown on Saturday, Jan. 18 for the fourth women’s march – an annual gathering in Denver and in cities and towns around the globe that was inspired by the election of President Donald Trump. The day after Trump’s […]
