‘Painted ladies’ (a term coined in San Francisco during the 1970s for Victorian homes sporting 3-tone paint jobs that spritzed up their gingerbread) are rare in neighborhoods below 8th Avenue, typically built after the turn of the century.

Barbara Betcher (left) and Sonja Leonard Leonard show a ‘painted lady’ they have open at 468 Ogden near Alamo Placita Park.

You’ll find a great exception, however, on Ogden Street just north of Alamo Placita Park – a whole block of Victorians and Edwardians, including a remodeled one that Leonard Leonard & Associates has open Sunday, July 3 – with flags, ice cream, and maybe a lottery ticket or two, awarded to visitors. more »

Kentwood Cherry Creek agent Berenice Bejarano (she has a contemporary townhouse open today in LoHi, close to La Loma Restaurant) has a unique way to tour home opportunities in popular Denver neighborhoods this summer. Starting Sunday, July 3, she’s conducting 2-hour bike tours of neighborhood properties…beginning with ‘LoHi,’ the hot area between LoDo and Highlands.
Berenice Bejarano (left) gathers bikers for a tour of LoHi, in front of a townhome at 2525 Bryant Street. Wells Fargo mortgage broker Dan Decter (right) is providing ice cream for bikers.

That tour meets at 2 p.m., Sunday July 3, at 16th and Boulder Streets, a block west of the Highland Bridge over I-25 into LoHi. (There’s one of those new B-cycle bike racks there, in case you’re not bringing a bike; sign up to borrow at bcycle.com). From there, your group will shove off on a 5-mile trip of listings from $250,000 to $600,000. Dan Dexter of Wells Fargo Private Mortgage Banking will buy you something frosty at a LoHi landmark, Little Man Ice Cream, 2620 16th, near the end of the ride. more »