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Visitor Information for Denver's Larimer Square

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Larimer Square

Courtesy of Denver CVB
  • Hours: Open any time. Business hours vary
  • Reservations: None required.
  • Cost: Free
  • Location: Between 14th and 15th Streets
  • How Long: Allow half an hour or more
  • Best Time to Visit:Any time.

Larimer Square

Centered on Denver's first city street, Larimer Square (named for Denver's founder, General William Larimer) once housed Denver's first bank, bookstore, photographer and dry goods store. It was also the site of the city's first post office and the first theater.

Rescued from the wrecking ball in the 1960s, Larimer Square is now a shopping, dining and entertainment center, lively day and night. It includes 16 renovated late-nineteenth-century commercial buildings that now house shops, nightclubs and cafes, connected by courtyards and open spaces.

Larimer Square also hosts a number of events throughout the year, such as Oktoberfest and Winterfest (which includes an ice-sculpting competition).

Getting to Larimer Square

Larimer Square
1430 Larimer Square, #200
Denver, CO 80202
303-534-2367
website

Larimer Square is near the Colorado Convention Center, Denver Performing Arts Complex, Pepsi Center and Coors Field From I-25 Southbound, exit at Speer Boulevard South. Follow Speer to Auraria Parkway. Turn right, then immediately left onto Auraria Parkway East.

From I-25 Northbound, exit at Auraria Parkway.

After the above, follow these directions: Follow Auraria Parkway across Speer Boulevard where it turns into Market Street, and park in the Larimer Square parking garage on the right, between 14th and 15th Streets.

The free 16th Street Mall Shuttle connects Larimer Square with Denver Pavilions.

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