Largely residential in nature, with neighborhood shopping areas peppered throughout, Park Hill features tree-lined streets and parkways and in 1886, was advertised as “the finest square mile of real estate west of the Mississippi.”

Early residents displaced prairie dogs, rattlesnakes and ranches with brick Victorian and Denver Square homes. A second building boom in the 1920s and ’30s saw the construction of brick bungalows and Tudors; while a third wave just after World War II created brick housing for returning GIs and first-time homeowners.

Industrial properties, hotels and commercial uses dominate areas north of East 38th Avenue. A signature golf course attracts duffers from around the city.
The diverse mix of housing stock remains, serving a stable and culturally and ethnically rich neighborhood. Residents take obvious pride in their homes and are passionate participants in neighborhood planning.

A recently adopted Park Hill neighborhood plan stresses environmental, transportation, design, safety, land use, business and economic development, human relations and community service, and parks, recreation and open space issues while preserving the distinct flavor of the mature urban neighborhood

If you like the Park Hill area, you will also like Observatory Park, Washington Park, Bonnie Brae, Belcaro, Hilltop and Crestmoor Park.

Park Hill Neighborhood Association: www.gphc.org