historic depot (exterior only) · since 1906
Moffat Station
The other surviving Denver depot, now the front door of a retirement home
Built in 1906 as the terminal for David Moffat's Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway, the line that eventually punched the Moffat Tunnel through the Divide. Architect Edwin Moorman gave it a Georgian Revival brick front with a curved portico, and it is one of only two railroad stations left standing in Denver (the other is Union Station, three blocks away). After decades as a moving-company warehouse and produce depot it was restored and, in 2015, absorbed as the entrance pavilion of a senior-living community. It has been on the National Register since 1976. You cannot go in, but it is worth the two-minute detour on the walk from Union Station to Commons Park.
Why go. A five-minute history stop on the way to the river.
Read the HABS plaque, then keep walking north on 15th to the Millennium Bridge; do not try the door.
A short walk from Moffat Station
Menya Ramen & Poke
$Quick ramen and poke bowls at the foot of the Riverfront Park towers.
LoDo · 1590 Little Raven St
LandmarkMillennium Bridge
The white mast at the end of 16th Street, over the tracks
LoDo · 16th St & Chestnut Pl
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver
$David Adjaye's glass box with the best rooftop bar in LoDo
LoDo · 1485 Delgany St
Cherry Creek Trail at Confluence
The below-grade bike path out of downtown, starting at the river
LoDo · Trailhead at Confluence Park
ParkConfluence Park
Where Cherry Creek meets the Platte, and where Denver started
LoDo · 2250 15th St
Ajax Downtown
$$$Aspen's Ajax Tavern, transplanted into the Limelight hotel by Union Station.
LoDo · 1899 16th St