Union Station, Denver (neighborhood)

Union Station is a downtown neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. According to the Piton Foundation, in 2007, the population of the neighborhood was 3,475, and there were 2,530 housing units. Piton Foundation data from 2000 indicates the neighborhood’s average household income was $97,080.[1] The neighborhood is named for Union Station, Denver's main railroad terminal. Much of the Lower Downtown Historic District (known as LoDo) is in the Union Station Neighborhood, but the boundaries of the two are not the same, and LoDo is not one of the city's official, statistical neighborhoods.

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Boundaries

Redevelopment

Union Station and 19.5 acres (79,000 m2) of land surrounding it in the Union Station Neighborhood are slated for re-development.[2]

Landmarks

The 16th Street Mall ends in the Union Station Neighborhood. It then continues in a northwesterly direction towards the Highland Neighborhood as a pedestrian route. This route includes three pedestrian bridges: Highland Bridge, Denver Millennium Bridge, and the Platte River Bridge.

References

  1. ^ Piton Foundation, Neighborhood summary, Union Station., http://www.piton.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=CommunityFacts.Summary&Neighborhood_ID=922, retrieved 2009-08-29 
  2. ^ Denver Union Station Master Plan and Process

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