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The Highland neighborhood encompasses two separate city-center neighborhoods in Denver, Colorado, Highland and West Highland, which are both in the area that is referred to as North Denver.
The Highland neighborhood, bordered by West 38th Avenue on the North, Union Pacific Railroad lines on the East, South Platte River on the Southeast, Speer Boulevard and Wes 29th Avenue to the South, and Federal Boulevard on the West, is located immediately northwest of downtown. The West Highland neighborhood lies to the immediate West of Highland, with the borders of 38th and 29th Avenues on the North and South, and Federal and Sheridan Boulevards on the East and West. To distinguish between its immediately adjacent neighbor, West Highland, Highland is sometimes referred to as East Highland, Lower Highland and LoHi. The two together are casually called "the Highlands," a term which often encompasses other Northwest Denver neighborhoods such as Jefferson Park, Sunnyside and Berkley. To add further confusion, within the Highland neighborhood there are several historic designations of various degrees, including Potter Highlands, Scottish Highlands and Highlands Park.
The townsite of Highland was laid out in December 1858 by William Larimer, Jr., who the previous month had founded Denver City. In 1859 the Highland town company formed, and a Platte River bridge was planned to connect to Auraria and Denver. The redevelopment of the Central Platte Valley in the late 1990s and early 2000s saw Highland's fortunes rise. Highland became much more accessible to downtown with the construction of the Millennium Bridge Denver Millennium Bridge and Platte River Platte River Bridge bridge in the Central Platte valley, along with the construction of the Highland Bridge Highland Bridge over Interstate 25 in 2006. Preservationists stepped in to save some of the city's most architecturally interesting areas within the Highland neighborhood, such as Potter-Highland Historic District and Stonemans' Row Historic District. Proximity to downtown led to rapid growth of the area in recent years, while the area today is one of the more sought-after city-center neighborhoods.
Consequently, considerable redevelopment is occurring in Highland along with a noticeable rise in density, as high-end condominiums and lofts replace older structures and parking lots. However, Highland still offers a large stock of historic single family homes--now some of the closest historic single family construction to Denver's original town site on the South Platte River.
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