Mark and I took a long walk this afternoon in our Montclair neighborhood. Montclair was the first suburban neighborhood in Denver that is a whole 3 miles east of Downtown Denver. It was its own town when it was created by the Baron Von Richtoffen who was the uncle of the Red Barron. He subdivided his land and many famous architechs designed the houses. Our house was built by Baums who were jewlers at the time and it was design by William Lang. Our stairs case was ordered from the Sears and Roebuck catalog as that was considered to be a very upscale thing to do. Thomas Noel and William Hansen wrote "The Montclair Neighborhood" Denver Historic Guide which contains a walking tour of the historic houses in our neighborhood. Mark and I walked by about half of the 55 historic houses today. The air was cool and the sun was warm during our walk. The crocus, hyacynths, and tulips are just starting to bloom. Our little bonus was walking by a stack of toys and children's books that someone had set out for the garbage. There were twelve colored interlocking mats that we use in the ballroom on our third floor that we converted into a gym. Just what we needed to expand our cushioned gym floor. We had leftovers from last night and they were still quite spectacular.
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