Capitol Hill residents describe themselves as funky, eclectic and fiercely proud. This multi-generational, happily diverse neighborhood is home to people who all have staunch loyalty to their part of Downtown Denver. Many older, established families have lived in the big, beautiful Capitol Hill homes for decades, while a younger crowd is now renting apartments or buying condos in the area. But age makes no difference when they talk about the great sense of neighborhood here. With lots of walkable streets and almost every amenity close by, foot traffic outnumbers car traffic. There is a steady stream of pedestrians taking in the restaurants, bars, coffee shops and boutiques. In fact, Capitol Hill's longstanding popularity has made it the center city's most densely populated neighborhood. Strolling through the neighborhood, you're reminded that Capitol Hill was founded in the 1880s as a new residential suburb for Denver's wealthiest families. You can still see many of the extravagant Victorian, Tudor and Greek revival mansions they built using sandstone, granite and other materials native to Colorado. Among the most prominent residents was legendary Titanic survivor, Molly Brown, whose house still stands on Pennsylvania Street. On the north edge of Capitol Hill, Colfax Avenue is having its own resurgence. With new retail, entertainment venues, offices and even condominium developments along the fabled street, Capitol Hill residents have even more reasons to be proud.

The neighborhood offers perhaps the city\'s widest range in housing types and price ranges--everything from high-rise apartments to single-family homes, apartments in historic mansions, to lofts in renovated commercial buildings. Many apartment buildings have been rehabilitated throughout Capitol Hill, commercial buildings have been transformed into mixed-use housing projects, and vacant lots have given rise to new construction housing developments.