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Fivepoints is located east of Lodo
and is one of Denver’s oldest neighborhoods. The
general boundaries of Five Points are Park Ave,
Downing St, Stout St, Tremont Place. Note: The
boundaries between the neighborhoods Curtis Park,
Five Points and Ballpark overlap. Fivepoints was
founded in the 1860’s and features numerous historic
homes and storefronts. This neighborhood served
as a requisite stop for many of the world's premier
African American jazz musicians--including Duke
Ellington, Charlie Parker, Lionel Hampton,
and countless others--who stopped in Denver on
their way between midwest and west coast tours
to play in Five Points' clubs and performance halls.
Victorian Italianate architecture abounds in this
culturally rich neighborhood. Other points of interest
in Fivepoints are: Black American West Museum,
Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library,
Stiles African American Heritage Center, and Cleo
Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble Studio. For more
info on Fivepoints go to this
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