Running tour · Denver

Five Points Jazz

2.0 mi run

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The stories on this route

1. Sakura Square

   Look into the plaza at the foot of Tamai Tower, twenty stories tall, with a small Japanese garden at its entrance. Among the busts, find Governor Ralph Carr.

2. Coors Field

   Look up at the brick walls and the light towers of Coors Field. It opened in 1995 and holds about 50,000 for baseball. Inside, most of the seats are dark green. But one row in the upper deck, the 20th, is purple. It marks one mile above sea level.

3. Welton Street

   Look at the light-rail tracks down the middle of Welton. Rails gave this neighborhood its name. Welton, Washington, 26th Avenue and 27th Street all meet at one junction. Rather than list them all, the streetcar sign just said Five Points. Welton became the neighborhood's Mainstreet, between 22nd and 29th.

4. Blair-Caldwell Library

   Look at the three-story library at 24th and Welton. This is the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library. It holds a museum and research collection on the African American experience in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West.

5. Rossonian Hotel

   Look at the brick wedge where Welton meets Washington, 26th Avenue and 27th Street. The building's triangle shape comes from that wedge of land. High on the corner, under the cornice, you can still read the name Baxter.

6. Curtis Park

   Look at the big old trees and the red flagstone sidewalks. This is Mestizo-Curtis Park, and it was Denver's first city park. Francis Case and Frederick Ebert donated the land in 1868. The first 2.44 acres were named after Samuel Curtis, a pioneer who came to Denver in 1859.

Stories researched October 2026 · every fact checked against a source