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Highlands was made up of 35 subdivisions with the street names, directions and lot sizes not conforming to the Denver norm. As a general rule, building was permitted on 25-foot (7.6 m) lots, and some builders would put up a row of small gothic cottages, built very close together, and surrounded
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Street in the heart of the neighborhood. The park was part of an undeveloped portion of Crane's
Addition to the Town of Highlands before annexation, and became part of the Highland Division of the City of Denver Parks, landscaped in the early 20th century and then named after former President
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Provisional laws and joint resolutions passed at the first and called session of the general assembly of Jefferson Territory:held at Denver City, J. T., November and December, 1859, and January, 1860, N. T. Robertson & Clark, printers,
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Jefferson Park sits on a bluff just to the northwest of Denver's downtown core, providing it views of Denver's Central Platte Valley. The boundaries of the neighborhood are:
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