Capitol Hill
The neighborhood is located just southeast of Denver's Central Business District (CBD) in a well-established residential neighborhood, with commercial centers located along major traffic routes (such as Colfax Avenue and Broadway) and interior intersections (such as East 13th and 14th Avenues). The neighborhood is directly east of the Civic Center neighborhood and the Colorado State Capitol. Over 95% of this neighborhood is developed. The average year of construction for buildings is approximately 1920, with some of the oldest single-family homes in the city.
The characteristics of Capitol Hill are closely related to other east Denver neighborhoods, which include the hospital district and the North Capitol Hill neighborhood. Public transportation and city support services are readily available Parking is at a premium in the neighborhood, and a number of multi-family properties lack off-street parking facilities. Traffic during rush hours (Sixth Avenue and Lincoln Street in the morning and Eighth Avenue and Broadway in the evening) can be quite heavy. The area is strongly influenced on the north by Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Kaiser Permanente, and by numerous other health facilities, medical offices, and general small office buildings in the area. The south portion of Capitol Hill is more residential in nature; both are strongly influenced by their proximity to the Central Business District.
What promises to be a large development in the North Capitol Hill neighborhood is the redevelopment of Children’s Hospital after its relocation to the site of the former Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora, Denver's eastern neighbor. The redevelopment of portions of Colfax Avenue is also in the works. This has many officials concluding that the neighborhood will be seeing drastic changes. The entire area is considered mixed-use; commercial uses are typically located on major arterials such as Colfax Avenue, East Sixth Avenue, East 14th Avenue, East 17th Avenue, East 18th Avenue, Lincoln Street, and Broadway. Residential development, including multi-family uses ranging from low to high-density apartments, condominiums and new townhouse construction, and older single-family residences are located throughout the area, both on major arterials and on side streets.
A considerable number of mansion properties have been converted to office uses over the past several years. Office development along this route is typified by smaller-scale office development interspersed in residential developments. The development of newer office buildings is generally located further west in the lower downtown Denver area and along Broadway in the area known as the Golden Triangle. The Capitol Hill neighborhood is influenced by its proximity to the Colorado State Capitol, the hospitals of North Capitol Hill/Uptown, and Downtown.