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The South Pearl area is an established home of many well-respected restaurants and eateries ranging from the Best-of-Westword Sushi Den and the long-lived Pearl Street Grille to the ultra-refreshing Nosh Gelato and the gourmet Chocolate Berry Company. However, South Pearl is more than a place to stimulate the palate – it's also a haven for book and art-lovers with Bell Studio/Gallery, Old South Frame [and] Gallery, Book Buffs, and Murder by Book. Beyond South Pearl, Broadway is a mecca for all things strange and unique from catching a show at hip-and-grungy Herman's Hideaway to cruising for antiques at places like Antique Exchange and Hooked on Glass. Broadway and Buchtel Boulevard also offer prime thoroughfares to downtown and I-25. If this isn't enough, Platt Park is also a bike ride from the University of Denver, two light-rail stations, Washington Park and the Overland Golf Course.
With such a great location, proximity to public transportation and the University, Platt Park seems like an evolving community with an influx of new duplexes and apartment buildings. Ashbury Court is a ¾-acre green housing development with 17 townhomes/brownstones and 3 single-family units. The Gates Rubber Company at Interstate-25 & Broadway has relocated downtown and has sold 50 acres on the west side of Broadway to the Cherokee Denver Company. In addition a number of other plots surrounding the area have been purchased by Joseph Freed & Associates and Trammell Crow Residential and are in the planning phase for redevelopment. The site will be redeveloped into a mixed-use neighborhood of single and multifamily residences, and a variety of office structures. |